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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Hmmm... Hmmm... Hmmm....
Don't think Starry Night will quite do what I need. :-)
hehe :-)
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
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
Good riddance.
Wait! 19 is correct...brain fart calling it KB912914
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 ...)
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.
Did the Russian do all the QA and regression testing too?
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Thought not.
ROFL!
All's well - the patch has been released and Microsoft's two jackabramoffs have been unleashed on FR with their usual lame excuses! Bravo!
You think Microsoft rewrites every bit of code .....watch for old stuff in Vista....
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.
How's the power bill....alternative question...staying warm....?
"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.
Not likely!!!!
Did Microsoft?
Sorry...next time I should read more than one post at a time :-p
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