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I've been asked by many after a recent post about MS security updates how they could find out what products are affected. You can view the security updates and narrow down particular products by visiting the TechNet Security Bulletin Search site at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx.For instance, choose to view all of the ...

According to TechNet, Microsoft will hold a ''patch day'' on April 12th. The patches will include: 5 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the ...

Many times I here administrators complain about outside attempts to hack their systems. In most of these cases, these same administrators continue to use Administrator as their domain admin account. I'd recommend setting up another user account and giving that account the full admin priviledges. Then, disable the Administrator account. This is ...