Ok, I know it's Monday, but tomorrow is Patch Tuesday and I'm not caught up from last Patch Tuesday yet. For those of you who don't know what Patch Tuesday is, it is Microsoft's day to release updates to their operating system. The reason it gives me the blues is because I try my hardest to keep everything up to date and then in one fell swoop, I'm behind again. Last week Microsoft was especially evil (or good-I'm not sure) and they released a record-breaking 17 updates fixing 64 security flaws. OMG, a woman's work is never going to get done at that rate.
If automatic updates is enabled on your computer, you can save yourself a lot of hassle. Especially if you have the computer powered on AND logged on when the update is supposed to take place. Most of you are dreaming about days at the beach when this takes place. The default time is 3 am. Laptops provide more of a challenge since they are powered off at 3 am, but you can set them to automatically run still. Just choose a time when the computer will be on with the option to ask before applying.
For those of you with Microsoft Security Essentials, updates to that roll out with automatic updates. So, good choice!
The difference between a service pack and a patch is the size and the scope. Usually a service pack is huge and is almost a reinstall of the program. You are notified that a service pack is available through automatic updates, but it doesn't install automatically. That is because Microsoft recommends that you back up your data before applying a service pack.
Don't forget your patches maties, argggggggggggggggg!
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