I have automatic updates turned on and the latest bunch still wasn't in my sys tray earlier this afternoon when I remembered to look before reading this thread. There were about 13 and it took ages for the machine to check for updates and supposedly download and install all of them. I'll have to go through the whole thing all over again since I don't remember any of the 13 being for IE. Yes, I had it reboot for them to take effect.
Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Marang" <donald.mar...@gmail.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MSE update failures I heard about them from tech podcasts. I did not go looking for them, they were waiting to be downloaded and installed from the System Tray Tuesday night. I like to set the update setting so that I am aware of updates. This does require the user to be viligent! For most people, including my adault kids, I recommend automatic updates. Open Windows Update and check for Updates. If you use automatic updates, you can check update history to see if the IE8 and Windows 7 security updates were installed this week. Don Marang There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. Dean Kamen -------------------------------------------------- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <arobb...@nycap.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:32 PM To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MSE update failures > Don, > > > I haven't been notified as I usually am about any new > security downloads needing to be installed. Did you get the > auto alert or go looking on your own? > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of > Don Marang > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:21 PM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MSE update failures > > > I imagine the Windows Update servers are just extremely > busy! Microsoft > released it's largest numberr of security patches to date on > Tuesday! I > think I had about 14 different security downloads waiting. > Make sure that > you have downloaded and installed all Windows Updates this > week! Now that > these vulnerabilities are publicised, the virus writers will > attack all > computers whose users are not diligent with these updates or > have it done > automatically. > > I wonder if the timing of these fixes had anything to do > with being so close > to the Black Hat Security convention recently? There was > even a major > security hole disclosed regarding ATM machines. > > Don Marang > > There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is > devoid of any real > substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure > that I am working > on things that matter. > Dean Kamen > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <arobb...@nycap.rr.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:00 AM > To: "Blind-Computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Subject: [Blind-Computing] MSE update failures > >> Anyone else been having difficulty with MSE staying > updated >> automatically today and earlier this week? Even when >> clicking on the update button in the MSE interface it > won't >> complete successfully. I've had this problem occasionally > in >> the past and it has always self corrected in time. >> >> Al >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
