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Microsoft pushes out Windows patch ahead of time
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+pushes+out+Windows+patch+ahead+of+time/2100-1002_3-6020070.html?tag=nefd.top ^

Posted on 01/05/2006 12:45:10 PM PST by Gomez

update Microsoft plans to release a fix for a serious security vulnerability in Windows on Thursday, several days before the patch's scheduled delivery.

The company is breaking with its monthly patch cycle because it completed testing of the security update earlier than it anticipated, it said in a note on its Web site. "In addition, Microsoft is releasing the update early in response to strong customer sentiment that the release should be made available as soon as possible," the company said.
The security update, originally scheduled for Tuesday, fixes a vulnerability in the way Windows renders Windows Meta File images. The bug was discovered last week and is increasingly being used in what Microsoft calls "malicious and criminal attacks on computer users."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: lowqualitycrap; microsoft; windows; wmf
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To: MrsEmmaPeel

Hmmm... Hmmm... Hmmm....

Don't think Starry Night will quite do what I need. :-)


81 posted on 01/05/2006 3:22:56 PM PST by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: beckett
Hmm...the Microsoft patch I got linked to shows up as KB912919.

Also, the directions I got when I downloaded the other patch said to install the patch and restart to fix the vulnerability and then uninstall the patch and restart to restore functionality. Did you not have the same thing?
82 posted on 01/05/2006 3:23:19 PM PST by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
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To: Bush2000

hehe :-)


83 posted on 01/05/2006 3:23:48 PM PST by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: tallhappy

Thanks for the link to the Windows patch. I just applied it. Why on earth would I buy an overpriced Mac? I'm getting good at this

o- Two Firewalls - software firewall and hardware firewall in my router
o- MS Anti Spyware
o-McAfee Anti Virus
o- I use Firefox for dicey websites and for financial transactions
o-I patch my Windows XP

Why get a Mac when I have all my bases covered and it's easy if you calmly think it all through


84 posted on 01/05/2006 3:24:18 PM PST by dennisw ("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
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To: beckett

Just installed KB912919, but I don't know how to test for the vulnerability. On a side note, Microsoft's web site used to throw a hissy fit when you tried to download updates with Firefox, but not today :-p


85 posted on 01/05/2006 3:26:24 PM PST by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Good riddance.


86 posted on 01/05/2006 3:29:22 PM PST by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: Turbopilot
KB912919...19? or KB912914?
87 posted on 01/05/2006 3:31:21 PM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: Turbopilot

Wait! 19 is correct...brain fart calling it KB912914


88 posted on 01/05/2006 3:32:31 PM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: RadioAstronomer
Don't think Starry Night will quite do what I need. :-)

LOL!
You're smart. You can learn objective-C, write your own creation, publish it for the Mac platform and sell it for a zillion dollars! (There's got to be others just like you... wanting that wonderful piece of software that doesn't exist ...)

89 posted on 01/05/2006 3:34:21 PM PST by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: Abcdefg
I don't use a MAC, but all of that is defined by the DV (NTSC or PAL) standard. After that, it's just type 1 or 2.

Nope, it is much more detailed than that. I do video encodes of recordings off TV so I can watch them later, but save space at the same time.

I have gotten it to over 12 hours over video on one 4.7GB DVD Disc.

Note the below settings I can play these Divx video files on a DVD standalone player, or portable DVD player than can play Divx files. I know this for a fact because I have a DVD player that can play divx files.

The below settings work fine for both animation and live action, depending on how much static and pixelation you need to clean out of the TV signal.

I use Divx 6.1, it is good for the job.

The frame rate I use is a 23.976 FPS which is a 3:2 pulldown of NTSC 29.970 fps. Note PAL is 25.000 fps.

I use the Divx settings "Better Quality", with frame motion to 100% with 690kbps.

I use VirtualdubMPEG2 with filters Deinterlace (Blend) and Precise Bilear and 3:2 Pulldown to get shrink the video size from it's orignal 640by480 recording from my TV tuner card.

The resolution is 480 lines in width and between widescreen 200 lines, to fullscreen 360 lines for the height.

For audio, I used Lame MP3 codec at 48kz at 160kbps.

The keep to mantain quality at such a small resolution is you have to record the TV show in progressive, not interlace, or deinterlace and hope the signal is in progressive, which DirectTV is.

Depending on the whether the video is widescreen or full screen, it can take in time to encode a video between a ration of 1:1 to 1:1.50, meaning it takes between 1 minute for every 1 minute of encoding to 1 minute for every 1 minute 30 seconds of encoding.

Now people say MAC are better for video/audio encoding and I am asking for benchmarks with either Divx or Quicktime on how long it takes to encode videos on a Mac Computer to either prove or disprove such statements.

90 posted on 01/05/2006 3:35:36 PM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Did the Russian do all the QA and regression testing too?
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Thought not.


91 posted on 01/05/2006 3:35:49 PM PST by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: ShadowAce

ROFL!


92 posted on 01/05/2006 3:35:55 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Gomez

All's well - the patch has been released and Microsoft's two jackabramoffs have been unleashed on FR with their usual lame excuses! Bravo!


93 posted on 01/05/2006 3:39:43 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Turbopilot
but also that it passed through two or three completely different DOS/Windows kernels. That does not sound plausible.

You think Microsoft rewrites every bit of code .....watch for old stuff in Vista....

94 posted on 01/05/2006 3:41:23 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: RadioAstronomer

and that is useless in this case because without the patch, the program is downloaded when you visit a webpage and run when the image is viewed (as part of a web page). Since the HTTP request is made by a program you already authorized, zone alarm is useless.


95 posted on 01/05/2006 3:44:51 PM PST by minus_273
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To: RadioAstronomer

How's the power bill....alternative question...staying warm....?


96 posted on 01/05/2006 3:45:31 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: dennisw

"Why get a Mac when I have all my bases covered and it's easy if you calmly think it all through"


but in this case, until this patch came out all of that was useless. In other words, for the last few days, you have been running exposed.

BTW macs are pretty cheap i got mine for $499.


97 posted on 01/05/2006 3:47:12 PM PST by minus_273
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To: Doohickey

Not likely!!!!

Did Microsoft?


98 posted on 01/05/2006 3:48:14 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: beckett
KB912919, that's one niner.
99 posted on 01/05/2006 3:48:53 PM PST by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
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To: beckett

Sorry...next time I should read more than one post at a time :-p


100 posted on 01/05/2006 3:49:42 PM PST by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
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