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KB979482 MS Security Bulletin MS10-033

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Windows Update

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-033 resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows through security update KB979482.

These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution  through crafted media files or  streaming content from a website or any application that delivers web content, if opened by a user. Then the attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to gain the same user rights as the user. More serious damage could occur if the user running the system has administrative rights.

This is categorised as an important update for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Download the update files from the direct download links given below:

KB979482 Direct Download Links:

Windows 7 x64 – Windows6.1-KB979482-x64.msu – 263 KB x86 (32 bit) – 221 KB
Windows Vista x64 – Windows6.0-KB979482-x64.msu – 287 KB x86 (32 bit) – 249 KB
Windows XP x64 – WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB979482-x64-ENU.exe – 732 KB x86 (32 bit) – 519 KB

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-032 (KB979559)

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MS10-032 bulletin

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-032, one of the 10 security bulletins released by Microsoft as part of the routine monthly security update for June 2010 addresses vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode drivers.

Security bulletin MS10-032 include important Windows security update KB979559, which resolves two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and one privately reported vulnerability  in the Windows kernel-mode drivers. These vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege, if a user just views content that is rendered in a specially crafted TrueType font.

Windows users who have not enabled automatic updates must download and installed this KB979559 update immediately.

KB979559 Direct Download Links:

Download the update package for various Windows systems from the following direct links.

Windows 7 x64 -1.6 MB x86 (32-bit) – 1.2 MB
Windows Vista x64 – 1.5 MB x86 (32-bit) – 1.2 MB
Windows XP x64 – 4.1 MB x86 (32-bit) – 1.4 MB

Cumulative Security Update Bulletin MS10-034 for ActiveX Killbits June 2010

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Windows Update

Microsoft update KB980195 Addresses the vulnerability discussed under the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-034, which is part of the  10 new security update bulletins released on June 8, 2010.

kb980195

MS10-034 addressed two privately reported vulnerabilities for Microsoft software. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution through a crafted web page setup by the attacker. If the user views that Web page and if that instantiates a specific ActiveX control with Internet Explorer, it allows the attacker to do a remote code execution. This particular update includes kill bits for four third-party ActiveX controls. This update sets the kill bits so that the vulnerable controls do not run in Internet Explorer.

As this updated is rated critical for most of the Windows operating systems, user must download this update immediate either by running the Windows Update (WSUS service) or from the direct links given at the end of this post.

Update Information:

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows (KB980195)

Rating:

Critical: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 ;  Moderate: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Direct Download Links:

Windows 7 x64 x86
Windows Vista x64 x86
Windows XP x64 x86

You might also want to download MS10-035 security update bulletin.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-035 (KB982381)

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Internet explorer logoWindows Update

Microsoft has released security belle tin MS 10-035 as part of the 10 security bulletins released for the monthly security update cycle.

MS10-035 is coming up with a critical security update KB982381 that resolves vulnerabilities reported in Internet explorer (versions 6, 7 and 8), out of which five are privately reported vulnerabilities and one is publicly disclosed vulnerability.  The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution on the users computer if he just visits a specially crafted WEB page in Internet Explorer.

Update Applies to:

Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 6,7 and 8 for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2001, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.

Download Links:

Here are the direct download links for the update KB982381.Click on the links to download the corresponding update files.

IE8 on Windows 7 x64 (15.4 MB) x86 (7.8 MB)
IE8 on Windows Vista x64 (17.8 MB) x86 (9.2 MB)
IE7 on Windows Vista x64 (14.6 MB) x86 (7.6 MB)
IE8 on Windows XP x64 (39.9 MB) x86 (4.8 MB)
IE7 on Windows XP x64 (36.6 MB) x86 (8.8 MB)

Change Drive Letters In Windows 7

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Change drive letter post image

Windows automatically assigns letters to drives by default. Most users are happy with the letters that Windows chooses and they don’t complain about it. But for some reasons, if you didn’t like a letter assigned by Windows to one your new drives, you might want to step-in and select your desired letter for that drive instead of the one chosen by Windows 7. Here is a tutorial on how you can accomplish it.

Please note that you must be logged on as an administrator to perform the steps mentioned below.

Steps:

1. Right-click on “Computer” and click on “Manage” to open “Computer Management”.

Windows 7 Computer management shortcut

2. In the Disk Management windows, click “Disk Management” under the section “Storage”.

Windows 7 Computer management

3. Right-click on the drive or partition that you want to change, and then select “Change Drive Letter and Paths”.

Windows 7 Disk management

4. Click on Change and then click “Assign the following drive letter” and select the drive letter that you want.

Change Drive letter and paths

Change Drive letter and paths selection

Similarly if you want to remove a drive letter, click “Remove” in the previous step and click Yes to confirm.

Close the Computer Management window and checkout the changes that you have made.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 11 (KB 981328) Released

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Microsoft Dynamics DRM 4.0

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 update rollup 11 (KB 981328)  is a cumulative set of updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, which includes performance enhancements that are packaged together for easy deployment. This new update rollup is available for all languages that are supported by Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 11 for the following products:

  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 server
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook,
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager,
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Packs
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router

OS Supported:

Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Download Link

KB981328 support article link

How To Fix “The Requested Operation Requires Elevation” Error

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Windows 7 logo

While executing some commands in Windows 7 (or Windows Vista) command prompt, you may see some error message like

The requested operation requires elevation

This may also appear sometimes when you are installing some older applications in your Windows 7.

In my case the above error popped in while I was trying to run a “netstat –b” command from the Windows 7 command prompt. You may also end with the same error if you try to other commands like “ipconfig /flush” or “ipconfig /release” etc.

requested operation requires elevation error

This error arises so because, some programs like this need to be run with elevated privileges even though you did turn off UAC (User Account Control). However, there is a simple solution available for this, all you need to do is that run the command prompt with administrative (elevated) privileges.

Solution:

To solve this error, go to Start > Type cmd in the search box, you will the result cmd.exe under programs. Right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

run_cmd_administrator_1

Now run the same command and you will no longer get any error messages and the command gets executed in the right manner.

Command prompt with elevated administrator rights

If you are wondering so as to how to find whether you are running the command prompt with Administrator privileges or not, use the following hint:

If you are running command prompt as an admin, you will see the word “Administrator” in the CMD window title. Checkout the following screenshot, which depicts the difference between the two CMD windows.

Difference between the command prompt windows

Microsoft Update For Silverlight June 2010 KB982926

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Windows update

A new update KB982926 is available for Microsoft Silverlight. This new update is actually a new build of the new version that is an upgrade to the earlier version of Silverlight offering fixing many issues identified the earlier versions (as many as 7 issues have been fixed in this update). This update has been categorised as “important” by Microsoft.

Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB982926)

This update to Silverlight improves security and reliability, and adds a variety of performance and functional enhancements including support for web-conferencing, printing support and improved support for video, networking and rich internet applications. This update is backward compatible with web applications built using previous versions of Silverlight.

Download file size: 6 MB

Direct download link: Microsoft Silverlight

Open Command Prompt From Any Folder In Windows 7

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Open command window here option in Windows 7 using shift plus right-click

Last month we have written about how to copy the path of a file or folder to clipboard in Windows 7. And now, here is another handy tip for Windows 7 users to open command prompt in any folder. This requires no extra software to be installed. It’s actually s built-in feature that many of us don’t really know.

Use Shift + Right-Click on any folder and you will find an option “Open command window here”.

Click on the option to open command prompt window in that particular folder

Command prompt opened in folder

This is an especially useful time saver when you use command prompt a lot to execute commands or for performing some tweaks in Windows.This trick also works in Windows Vista.

If you know more tips like this, you can let us know through your comments.

Download Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager

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Remote Desktop manager

Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) is a small program from Microsoft intended to manage your multiple remote desktop connections effectively.

With RDCMan, you can easily manage several labs when you need access at regular intervals to each machine in the lab (ex: as in a data center).It  is more or less similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but RDCMan is more flexible.

Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista.

Download:

File Size: 789 KB

Download Link (RDCMan.msi)