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#1 OFFLINE   Mike Rochip

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 03:16 AM

Windows MTF Patch

Available via Windows Update.

#2 OFFLINE   Andavari

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 08:49 AM

I was surprised they released it on the 5th, because according to some info I read on their website it wasn't to be released until the 10th. I suppose they wanted to release it right away which would suggest it wasn't just some low-risk it can wait type of vulnerability but instead a high-risk one.
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 09:05 PM

Yeah, it was supposed to be released later. They have monthly releases. But due to demand they had to release it earlier.



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Posted 06 January 2006 - 09:23 PM

Psst

#5 OFFLINE   Mike Rochip

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:26 PM

View PostAndavari, on Jan 6 2006, 01:49 AM, said:

I was surprised they released it on the 5th, because according to some info I read on their website it wasn't to be released until the 10th. I suppose they wanted to release it right away which would suggest it wasn't just some low-risk it can wait type of vulnerability but instead a high-risk one.

You're right, a lot of people were asking MS to release a patch ASAP, although Mike Nash, Corporate VP for Security at MS said "there is no imminent threat." Maybe not on his planet...

CNN.com

View PostTarun, on Jan 6 2006, 02:23 PM, said:


Sorry Tarun, I didn't see that you had posted hours before I did until after I posted and I didn't know how to delete my post. Of course I guess I would have seen it if I had started this thread in the right section of the forum! I blame Sony.

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 01:01 AM

View PostMike Rochip, on Jan 6 2006, 05:26 PM, said:

I blame Sony.
"Yes, it's not your fault it's that Sony DRM it's now spreading to people just by seeing the those four letters "Sony" combined."
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#7 OFFLINE   Mike Rochip

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 02:34 AM

THANK YOU! That's exactly what happened.

As members of the Push and Pull Generation we need to stick together.

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 07:52 AM

View PostMike Rochip, on Jan 6 2006, 08:34 PM, said:

Blah, I read that boring article which kept getting more boring up until the boring ending. "Push and Pull Generation" that sounds so stupid so much so that it almost sounds like a we want your used car commercial: "Push, Pull, Drag your old s**t in for a trade in."
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Posted 07 January 2006 - 08:55 AM

View PostAndavari, on Jan 7 2006, 12:52 AM, said:

Blah, I read that boring article which kept getting more boring up until the boring ending. "Push and Pull Generation" that sounds so stupid so much so that it almost sounds like a we want your used car commercial: "Push, Pull, Drag your old s**t in for a trade in."

I Googled "Push and Pull Generation". Described me (And I imagine you as well) perfectly. We are:

Good Republicans until we became involved with chicaco (Chicano?) art. We do not fit in because we're gay and our parents or grandparents speak Spanish.

It all makes sense now.

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 11:02 AM

View PostMike Rochip, on Jan 7 2006, 02:55 AM, said:

It all makes sense now.
Yeah that Sony dude is an assclown.
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