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Helping military vets build new careers, applauding a hands-on young researcher and...
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It may be August and prime vacation time, but it was a busy week of interesting news at Microsoft. Let’s get started. The #GiveThem20 challenge raises awareness of the need to help returning military veterans transition to fulfilling civilian careers. Chris Cortez, vice president of Microsoft Military Affairs, and other Microsoft employees recently rose to the challenge, which included 20 push-ups. It was part of an ongoing commitment to helping servicemen and women. “Microsoft is committed to training and hiring veterans and helping them secure high-paying technology careers, and Microsoft is proud to employ many former servicemen and women from the Army, Navy, Air…
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GoSquared is a UK based global analytics company that tracks website traffic for its clients so that those companies can stay abreast of activities across their websites. They track thousands of websites that range from companies in publishing, marketing and ecommerce. We did hear officially from Microsoft that in the first 24 hours of the General Availability of the new OS after its release on 29 July that 14 million upgrades and installs had occurred. Since then we have not seen any new official numbers released but speculation, which was based on other tracking companies stats, has placed that number anywhere between 50 and 67 million installs. While we wait to …
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Security Update Solution Further Protects Customer Devices
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On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Microsoft released a security update solution to address a vulnerability. The update is for all supported versions of Internet Explorer. We recommend customers to apply this update as soon as possible by following the directions on the TechNet.com/Security website, in Security Bulletin MS15-093. More information about this bulletin can be found at Microsoft’s Bulletin Summary page. MSRC Team Continue reading...
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MS15-093 - Critical: Security Update for Internet Explorer (3088903) - Version: 1.0
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 18, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights. Continue reading...
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10525
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Hi everyone, It has been amazing to see the impact that Windows Insiders have made since we launched the program last year. Your feedback has helped us fix bugs and make changes which resulted in a better product because of your input. Thank you to all of the Windows Insiders who have been with us so far. Now I’d like to talk a bit about what is next. With the general availability of Windows 10, the Windows Insider Program will focus on building and delivering Windows as a service by updating Windows 10 with new features and functionality on an ongoing basis. As always, Windows Insiders will be the first to see these new features and changes. Feedback from Window…
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August update for Xbox app on Windows 10 brings high-res Game Streaming
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The Xbox Team has announced the August update for the Xbox app on Windows 10 today. This update adds a new streaming setting for gamers who have home networks with adequate bandwidth to stream their 1080p/60fps Xbox One games to Windows 10 PCs in high-res. In the Xbox app on Windows 10, go to Settings > Game Streaming and set the video encoding level to Very High. This will then stream games from your Xbox One to your Windows 10 PC at 1080p and 60fps (frames per second). In addition to this new streaming setting, this update also brings the following new features and improvements: Right Click – You can now right-click on one of your friends and select Send Mes…
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We know that in the first 24 hours after the release of Windows 10 nearly three weeks ago that 14 million users had installed/upgraded to the new operating system from Microsoft. Although we have not had any official numbers from the Redmond company since then, recent speculation now puts that figure in the area of 50 million installations - an average of about 2.5 million daily installs of Windows 10 over the last 20 days. Based on the comments we have seen here at the Supersite for Windows since the release and the buzz on social media all of those installs have not gone smoothly. We have also published several articles on how to fix post install issues that are b…
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On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Microsoft released a security update solution to address a vulnerability. The update is for all supported versions of Internet Explorer. We recommend customers to apply this update as soon as possible by following the directions on the TechNet.com/Security website, in Security Bulletin MS15-093. More information about this bulletin can be found at Microsoft’s Bulletin Summary page.
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Windows activation is alive and well in Windows 10. Microsoft doesn't like to talk about the inner workings of its anti-piracy software, but it's clear from testing that Windows 10 included a major change in the way activation works. Windows product keys are almost (but not quite) a thing of the past. With Windows 10, Microsoft has rewritten the rules for how it performs product activation on retail upgrades of Windows, including the free upgrades available for a year beginning on July 29, 2015. The net result is that clean installs will be much easier--but only after you get past the first one. OEM activation hasn't changed, nor have the procedures for act…
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Maybe it should have been called Windows 7.5 instead. Windows 10 has some Windows 8 in it, but the new OS is mostly a partial apology for Windows 8 and bears the burden of building a bridge into the modern world for Windows 7 users. In my opinion, after using it every day since release, it’s a much better experience for Windows 7 users than those of us who used and enjoyed Windows 8. Let me explain with a story. We have family in this week from out of town. And, as you might guess, I'm the designated IT guy in our family circle. So, after hello hugs it was straight to business. "What do you think of Windows 10?" I was asked straight out of the gate. I try to avoid s…
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Another Ice Bucket Challenge answered, diagnosing disease with the cloud and Hackathon...
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Greetings weekend warriors. Step away from that barbecue! Or, at least sit down long enough to take in some inspirational and personal stories from the past week. Also, more to report on the Windows 10 front. … Read on! A Vancouver-based OneNote developer and his team have emerged victorious over more than 3,300 other projects and 13,000 other hackers around the world competing in Microsoft’s second annual //oneweek Hackathon during the last week of July. Their idea? Small tools for learning that can help solve big problems. Also, this week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, for the second year running, took the Ice Bucket Challenge to promote awareness of ALS. Chall…
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Fitbit announces their new Universal Windows App for Windows 10, designed to motivate with...
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Today, Fitbit announced their new Universal Windows App now available for Windows 10. The Fitbit app delivers a more engaging and fluid app design that lets you personalize the way you interact with key pieces of your health and fitness journey across all of your Windows devices*. Through new Windows 10 app features, no matter your fitness level, you can easily access and log your most important personalized data in real-time. Fitbit helps you track your steps, activity, exercise, food, weight and sleep, providing the information you need to more successfully reach your goals. Fitbit for Windows 10 will also be available for Windows 10 mobile and Xbox One later this year.…
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I have always been a purist when it comes to my operating systems. Very rarely have I ever used any type of overlay or integrated software to modify how Windows performs out of the box as I prefer to just learn to work with the system as it is. It also helps to prevent any confusion as I am writing or helping someone out and keeps what the OS is capable of separate from what the overlay software does. One of the more recent options that found a market when Windows 8 was released was from Stardock Software. They saw the reaction to the lack of a Windows 7 style Start Menu in Windows 8 and released Start8 to address that. They then released ModernMix which allowed users…
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Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10512
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Hi everyone, We’re rolling out Build 10512 of the Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview right now to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. Thanks for your patience waiting for this one, the team was very focused on our Windows 10 release for PCs and tablets, and we needed to do some prep work for Mobile to move to a new branch. I expect the builds to be out more frequently again as we go forward from here. Our major focus on Windows 10 Mobile right now is on improvements to core quality. We’ve made quite a few improvements since the last build, but here are a few things that we fixed that were frequently reported by Insiders: General improvement in overall stability an…
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If you're waking up to a Windows 10 Home edition every morning since your upgrade and wondering if there might be something more, Microsoft makes it pretty easy to upgrade Windows 10 Home edition to Windows 10 Pro. Of course, this comes at a cost. It's not free like the Windows 10 upgrade. The Windows 10 Pro Pack is $99.99, but offers the following differences… If you're strictly a home user, most of these additional features won't matter. However, if you'd like to do things like connect your own Windows 10 computer to your company's network or access your PC remotely, the cost might be worth it. If you want the additional features, here's how to upgrade di…
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Satya Nadella and Terry Myerson challenge Windows Insiders to take the Ice Bucket Challenge
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Today, our CEO Satya Nadella has taken the Ice Bucket Challenge for the second year in a row, which helps promote awareness of ALS. For this year’s Ice Bucket Challenge – Satya “upgrades” his challenge by inviting Terry Myerson and other members of the Windows Team to take part! He also challenges Windows Insiders to do the same! Check out the video below: A year ago, Pat Quinn and Pete Frates inspired a global movement to promote awareness of ALS with the Ice Bucket Challenge, taking place every August until a cure is found. In 2014 the Team Gleason foundation raised nearly $1 million in the effort, and has donated close to $1.8 million in technology and equipment t…
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MS15-089 - Important: Vulnerability in WebDAV Could Allow Information Disclosure (3076949)...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker forces an encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 2.0 session with a WebDAV server that has SSL 2.0 enabled and uses a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack to decrypt portions of the encrypted traffic. Continue reading...
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MS15-084 - Important: Vulnerabilities in XML Core Services Could Allow Information...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure by either exposing memory addresses if a user clicks a specially crafted link or by explicitly allowing the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 2.0. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force users to click a specially crafted link; an attacker would have to convince users to click the link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message. Continue reading...
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MS15-079 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3082442) - Version: 1.0
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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights. Continue reading...
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MS15-088 - Important: Unsafe Command Line Parameter Passing Could Allow Information...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update helps to resolve an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. To exploit the vulnerability an attacker would first have to use another vulnerability in Internet Explorer to execute code in the sandboxed process. The attacker could then execute Notepad, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, or Word with an unsafe command line parameter to effect information disclosure. To be protected from the vulnerability, customers must apply the updates provided in this bulletin, as well as the update for Internet Explorer p…
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MS15-090 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Could Allow Elevation of...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application or convinces a user to open a specially crafted file that invokes a vulnerable sandboxed application, allowing an attacker to escape the sandbox. Continue reading...
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Mozilla's Firefox 40 for Windows 10 includes built-in browser-choice mechanisms meant to unseat Microsoft's Edge and Bing search engine defaults. After complaining that Microsoft has made choosing a browser other than its own Edge too difficult with Windows 10, Firefox officials have taken browser-choice into their own hands. Firefox 40 for Windows 10, made generally available on August 11, includes new "support materials to show you how to restore or choose Firefox as your default browser in Windows 10." The new Firefox for Windows 10 goes further. When Windows 10 users look to the Cortana search box built into the task bar, web searches done from that searc…
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August 2015 Security Update Release Summary
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Today we released security updates to provide protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security TechNet Library. MSRC Team Continue reading...
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85 - None: Vulnerability in Mount Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3082487) -...
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Severity Rating: None Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker inserts a malicious USB device into a target system. An attacker could then write a malicious binary to disk and in certain situations execute it. Continue reading...
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MS15-085 - Important: Vulnerability in Mount Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege...
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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker inserts a malicious USB device into a target system. An attacker could then write a malicious binary to disk and in certain situations execute it. Continue reading...