If you use Microsoft Office on a PC please read this revision notice to determine if there is any action you need to take.
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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Major Revisions
Issued: January 28, 2009
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The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.
Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.* MS08-074 – Critical
Bulletin Information:
=====================* MS08-074 – Critical
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-074.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V2.0 (January 28, 2009): Added a footnote to
the Affected Software table and two entries to the section,
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to this Security
Update, pertaining to security updates KB958437 and KB958439
for supported versions of Microsoft Office Excel 2007. There
were no changes to the security update binaries or detection.
Customers with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or Microsoft
Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 1 who have already
successfully installed KB958437 and KB958439 do not need to reinstall.
- Originally posted: December 9, 2008
- Updated: January 28, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 2.0
The relevant security updates applicable to the various versions of Microsoft Office are as follows:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 – KB958435
- Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 – KB958372
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 – KB958436
- 2007 Microsoft Office System – KB958437
- 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1 – KB958437
To determine if you have already installed the update relevant to your Office version, proceed as follows:
- Open Control Panel.
- Double-click on the “Add or Remove Programs” icon.
- Check the box at the top next to “Show updates”.
- Scroll down to the list of updates under the Microsoft Office entry.
- Look for entry something like:
Security Update for Excel 2003 (KB958436): EXCEL
or whatever suits your Office version.
To determine what version of Microsoft offers you have installed, open any Office component (e.g. Microsoft Word) and follow the menu sequence:
Help -> About
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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
For XP, even when I have the SHOW UPDATES box ticked it still only shows Microsoft Works & Microsoft Office 2000 Premium entries (no update details). Also can you tell me how to show the update info under Vista.
Hi Ray.
To be honest I don’t know why your Updates wouldn’t be showing, unless it relates to some Registry problem. Have you read my article which describes where the installed programs information is stored? Go to the Home page of the blog and scroll down to the heading:
Understanding & Troubleshooting the “Add or Remove Programs” Applet
I have noticed that, even on a “happy” XP system that does show Updates in “Add or Remove Programs”, not all the updates that are listed in the registry (as described in the above article) appear in the “Add or Remove Programs” applet. Apparently some sort of filter or exclusion logic is being applied, but what the terms and conditions are I have no idea.
> Also can you tell me how to show the update info under Vista.
Rather than attempt to answer your question I’m going to refer you to your own research, because there seems to be quite a number of different display possibilities which will affect what you see. A search something like this should eventually lead you to what you seek:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+Vista+%22add+or+remove+programs%22+%22show+updates%22
Do I need to have Adobe on my computer when I have gone to Foxit.
Essie, the short answer is “No” — either will do the job. However, I would make the following two points:
1. If you have the Adobe reader installed anyway (which a great many systems do), then either uninstall it or keep it up to date even though it may not be your primary PDF reader.
2. While Foxit is a lean, mean speed machine compared with the Adobe offering, and it will present 99.9% of PDFs perfectly, there are exceptions. I have encountered fancy PDFs with embellishments like embedded media and protection that the current version of Foxit cannot handle. For that reason I retain the Adobe reader although I almost never use it.
What is the difference between ADSL and Broadband?
Essie:
Put very simply and without worrying too much about a strict and exact definition, broadband is in general any connection to the Internet via Cable or DSL, with ADSL being a variation of DSL.
So you might think of broadband as referring to the speed of the connection, and ADSL as one method of connecting to a broadband provider. Cable is the other main broadband technology.
ADSL transmits a digital frequency over standard telephone lines, whereas telephone voice calls use analog signals. As they operate at different frequencies the ADSL data and telephone voice can be managed separately, so the computer/ADSL can be used on the same line as the voice telephone and at the same time.
The “A” in ADSL stands for Asymmetric, meaning that the downstream speed (Internet to you) is different to the upstream (you to the Internet) speed.
As far as I know there is no formal definition of the speed of a “broadband” connection, and different technologies have different limitations. ADSL allows speeds from 1.5 to 8Mbps (million bits per second). There are also newer variants of ADSL called ADSL2 and ADSL2+ which allow greater speeds (up to around 24Mpbs for ADSL2+). Cable has a potential of around 30Mpbs.
All speeds quoted are “possibles”, and there are many reasons why you may experience considerably less at any given location, and at any particular time.
PS While I don’t mind responding, you’d be better off using Google searches to find answers to these general type questions — you’ll get more information that way.