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Like it or not, here are ALL your October Microsoft patches (Rolled-up Windows Update)
The Register ^ | Oct 11, 2016 | Shaun Nichols

Posted on 10/11/2016 9:07:53 PM PDT by dayglored

Microsoft is kicking off a controversial new security program this month by packaging all of its security updates into a single payload.

The October security release introduces Redmond's new policy of bundling all security bulletins as one download. While more convenient for end users, who now get just one bundle, the move will irk many administrators, who had preferred to individually test and apply each patch to avoid compatibility problems.

In total, ten bulletins have been bundled into the Patch Tuesday payload:

For those not yet getting their Flash Player fixes directly from Microsoft, Adobe has posted its own fixes for twelve remote code execution flaws in Flash.

Adobe has also posted code clean-ups for 71(!) CVE-listed security holes in Acrobat and Reader, as well as a fix for a single elevation of privilege vulnerability in Creative Cloud.

[Note: Article has individual links for each bulletin.]


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: patchtuesday; windows; windowspinglist; windowsupdate
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To: rockrr

Thanks, I’ll try that today. I’m usually able to easily stay under my data plan limit but downloading several hundred unplanned megs a couple of times a month does create a problem.


21 posted on 10/12/2016 7:31:33 AM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: rockrr

good advice


22 posted on 10/12/2016 9:46:58 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Unfortunately it only works with WiFi connections (not wired Ethernet) but with so many home users turning to tablets and laptops instead of desktop units it makes a difference for a lot of people. And with my desktop “server” having a WiFi adapter I’m covered ;’}


23 posted on 10/12/2016 10:10:59 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: doorgunner69

Plus change the look of your computer.

The Massive Windows 10 Update Failure
http://www.pcmag.com/commentary/348459/the-massive-windows-10-update-failure


24 posted on 10/12/2016 12:53:06 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Drago; rockrr

Unforunately, the tethered connection appears to the computer as an Ethernet network rather than a wifi connection. Ethernet connections don’t appear to support the metered option.


25 posted on 10/12/2016 7:29:58 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Drago; rockrr

Eureka!!

I can set my phone up as a wifi hotspot and connect my computer to the internet through that connection. Since the computer will see the phone as a wifi connection, I should be able to designate it as a metered connection.

Thanks to both of you for your assistance.


26 posted on 10/12/2016 7:33:00 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: dayglored

And patching these 56 vulnerabilities will create how many new ones?


27 posted on 10/12/2016 7:35:09 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: dayglored

Well, I am ever-so-pleased with MS this morning. I sat at my computer a couple of hours ago to find that the latest MS updates have removed ALL of my bookmarks and cookies. Even the ones in Firefox.

Joy, rapture and great pleasure is being felt here by me, myself and I.

Oh well, 3 years’ worth of finding cool sites down the drain. Humbug.


28 posted on 10/15/2016 11:05:53 AM PDT by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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