My WSUS server will not download the Animated Cursor Vulnerability patches referenced on KB925902. A manual synchronization will not work either. Using the import utility I am able to download them manually using the Microsoft Update Catalog (Beta) however they do not complete the import and ofcourse 925902 does not show up in the Updates search on the SUS Box.
Is anyone else seeing this problem?
I called MS, they wanted me to use one of my support incidents for this, even though the Security bulletin clearly states that "There is no charge for support calls associated with security updates"
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
SUS Woes
Tonight I spent a few hours working on an SUS issue to address the Super Bowl site exploit. I found that the SUS server did not push this patch consistently to all workstations connecting to the update server. For reasons that I have yet to figure out (with the exception of possibly another Windows Update) the IIS settings on the ADS SUS server was disallowing anonymous connections. I finally figured this out when I searched the local SUS host log (C:\windows\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log) and discovered an error being reported by the client when it attempted to contact SUS (Error: Agent failed detecting with reason: 0x80244017). This would occur as well when I attempted to force an update the to the SUS Server using the syntax “wuauclt.exe /detectnow” from the command line. It appears that machines logged in with elevated accounts did pull updates.
Machines that I found that didn’t have the patch picked it up as a high priority update when I manually went to http://windowsupdate.com. Machines running IE7 show the patch as an Internet Explorer patch using the same KB number as the Windows XP SP2 patch which machines running IE6 would be applying. Machines running IE 6 show it as an XP Update.
The good news is that I found this tonight and that all machines from here forward should pull appropriate patches. I am not sure if this warrants a message to the campus, but it is likely that all clients will pull updates upon the next power-up. I certainly learned tonight that is something we better keep a closer eye on. I’ll continue to the monitor this over the weekend.
Machines that I found that didn’t have the patch picked it up as a high priority update when I manually went to http://windowsupdate.com. Machines running IE7 show the patch as an Internet Explorer patch using the same KB number as the Windows XP SP2 patch which machines running IE6 would be applying. Machines running IE 6 show it as an XP Update.
The good news is that I found this tonight and that all machines from here forward should pull appropriate patches. I am not sure if this warrants a message to the campus, but it is likely that all clients will pull updates upon the next power-up. I certainly learned tonight that is something we better keep a closer eye on. I’ll continue to the monitor this over the weekend.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Semester Back in Session
The semester is back in session and I am podcasting my lectures again. All lectures that are given on Tuesday evenings are available on my course weblog.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Vote Yes on Dec 12th
I know that not many of you will see this posting but I think that those who may would be in support of my cause. For the past year I have been involved with the school district within my town on a commmunity planning committee. I wrote an editorial in response to an editorial that ran in Wednesday's (12/6/06) Press of Atlantic City Southern Ocean County Edition that will run this Saturday. I have copied the article below:
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I’d like to respond to Fred Laurenzo’s letter from December 6th, "Little Egg doesn’t need new school" with the following comments. First and foremost I, as well as many other parents of Little Egg Harbor, appreciate the support that Mr. Laurenzo has confirmed in the need to maintain the school facilities properly and vote yes to Proposal I on December 12th.
I do however want to point out some inaccuracies in Mr. Laurenzo’s statements regarding the need for an additional school. The largest point that is missed in his letter is that although the district saw a drop in enrollment in the 2006 school year, there is still approximately 200 unhoused students within the district. In order to address unhoused students, the district has been using temporary classrooms which have reached the end of their useful life. At the current George J. Mitchell School, the district currently has 11 such classrooms that are now considered substandard by the State and must be removed. The district must apply for a variance to continue using them for a short term. I think that Mr. Laurenzo would feel much differently if one of his grandchildren was forced to have class in one of the temporary classrooms each day as the conditions of these units is highly undesirable. Additionally if you look around the town it is hard to imagine that the district will con tinue to see any type of decrease in enrollment. It is fairly safe to say new home building will continue and hence more children will be enrolling in our schools.
Furthermore, it should be noted that a no vote to proposal II will eliminate the possibility of receiving state funding that would be made available to offset the cost of building a new school. This could potentially have a negative tax impact in the future should the state come in and require that a new school be built. It needs to be clarified that the property tax impact of approving both proposals is approximately 25 cent per day on a home with a $300,000 assessed value. Let’s not take the chance of missing the opportunity to receive $12 million in State funding. Citizens of Little Egg Harbor, please remember to get out and vote yes for both proposals next Tuesday.
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I’d like to respond to Fred Laurenzo’s letter from December 6th, "Little Egg doesn’t need new school" with the following comments. First and foremost I, as well as many other parents of Little Egg Harbor, appreciate the support that Mr. Laurenzo has confirmed in the need to maintain the school facilities properly and vote yes to Proposal I on December 12th.
I do however want to point out some inaccuracies in Mr. Laurenzo’s statements regarding the need for an additional school. The largest point that is missed in his letter is that although the district saw a drop in enrollment in the 2006 school year, there is still approximately 200 unhoused students within the district. In order to address unhoused students, the district has been using temporary classrooms which have reached the end of their useful life. At the current George J. Mitchell School, the district currently has 11 such classrooms that are now considered substandard by the State and must be removed. The district must apply for a variance to continue using them for a short term. I think that Mr. Laurenzo would feel much differently if one of his grandchildren was forced to have class in one of the temporary classrooms each day as the conditions of these units is highly undesirable. Additionally if you look around the town it is hard to imagine that the district will con tinue to see any type of decrease in enrollment. It is fairly safe to say new home building will continue and hence more children will be enrolling in our schools.
Furthermore, it should be noted that a no vote to proposal II will eliminate the possibility of receiving state funding that would be made available to offset the cost of building a new school. This could potentially have a negative tax impact in the future should the state come in and require that a new school be built. It needs to be clarified that the property tax impact of approving both proposals is approximately 25 cent per day on a home with a $300,000 assessed value. Let’s not take the chance of missing the opportunity to receive $12 million in State funding. Citizens of Little Egg Harbor, please remember to get out and vote yes for both proposals next Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Looking for Podcasters
I am looking for technology professionals who work in the higher education environment that would be interested in participating in a regularly produced technology podcast.
If you are interested please contact me.
If you are interested please contact me.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Beginners Guides: Most Common Ways to Kill a PC - PCStats.com
Interesting Article outlines the most common ways computers can be damaged and become defective.
Beginners Guides: Most Common Ways to Kill a PC - PCStats.com
Beginners Guides: Most Common Ways to Kill a PC - PCStats.com
Winternals Software
Winternals Software For those of you who haven't been following this story, Winternals the maker of the one-time use Windows boot sector repair tool is suing Geek Squad and Best Buy for illegal use of their software and piracy. This survey is how they are going about collecting data from former GS employees.
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