Microsoft just released a security patch that replaced the one that was pulled a couple of weeks ago. The patch will be installed tonight and computers will be restarted. This is an out-of-band update – sorry for the late notice.
Category Archives: Client Notifications
Fake Alerts
I wanted to do a little education on fake alerts. These have been around for over a year but I’m still asked about them. What happens is a legitimate website uses banner ads. The ads rotate around and point to other websites for the content. Those websites then get hijacked and a bad person inserts …
Client Specific Posts
Client specific posts are password protected. They are automatically unlocked for the client they pertain too when used from the CITS Support system tray icon.
Java Update 21
Java Update 21 for version 7 is being pushed out today. No restart should be necessary.
Patch Removal 20130411
Microsoft re-released bulletin MS13-036 in which they are recommending a removal of patch 2823324. I have set the nightly script to remove the patch; a restart should not be necessary. I’m not aware of any issues clients have had with this update.
Patch Management 04/05/2013
Logmein was updated yesterday along with Firefox and Dropbox. Microsoft should be releasing updates this coming Tuesday. Computers will be restarted Tuesday and/or Wednesday night.
Java, iTunes, Firefox Updates
Java 7 update 15 will be pushed out tomorrow. Strong possibility that iTunes updates will also go out along with Firefox 19.
February Patch Tuesday
Today is Patch Tuesday and there are 12 security bulletins. In addition there is yet another Flash update (last one was a week ago). I’ve incorporated Flash updates into the daily script since they are coming so often. I have improved the restart script that will reopen some programs – hope that helps a little. …
New Logmein Version and Ninite
A new Logmein version (4.01.2651) is being pushed out now. Most clients will update tonight. Also, we are implementing Ninite updater on select machines that have been more problematic. This will cause an update of Adobe Reader to the newest version XI.
User’s Manual
I’m starting on ongoing list of what clients should know. If you have some strange issue try restarting first. No need to restart three times – just once will do. If the issue is not resolved then send a help request. Use the help request system. We put it in place to make sure we …