Are you thinking of Upgrading to Windows 7?

If you are thinking of upgrading to Windows 7, please download and run the following Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor uitiliy to see if your system is Windows 7 capable and what version of Windows 7 you can install.

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Monster Patch Tuesday on tap: 13 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilities

Microsoft is planning a bumper Patch Tuesday next week — 13 bulletins covering 34 security vulnerabilities in a wide range of products. Eight of the 13 bulletins will be rated “critical,” Microsoft’s highest severity rating.


According to Microsoft’s advance notice, the patches coming on October 13 includes fixes for two serious issues that are well-known and already documented — a code execution bug in SMB v2 and a gaping hole in FTP in IIS.
 
Affected products include Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Silverlight, Microsoft Forefront, Developer Tools, and SQL Server.

New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday!!!

Adobe has confirmed a critical, unpatched vulnerability in its PDF Reader/Acrobat software is being exploited by malicious attackers.




The vulnerability affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier versions on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX. Adobe described the in-the wild attacks as limited and targeted, suggesting PDF documents rigged with exploits are being attached to e-mails and sent to business targets.



The exploit only targets Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 on Windows.