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But I can't test! My boss won't let me

Yesterday I mentioned that there's no substitute for doing your own testing of updates. I mentioned virtualization is your friend -- building a model of your environment using Virtual PC and Virtual Server will save you a lot of money and it's something Read More...

Posted 09 November 05 01:19 by Steve Riley | 1 Comments   
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When security breaks things

Now that the furor has waned, I want to comment on MS05-051. For those of you who don't memorize bulletin numbers (I am part of that set; Susan Bradley , for example, isn't, hehe), this is the security update that fixed a number of vulnerabilities found Read More...

Posted 08 November 05 10:05 by Steve Riley | 14 Comments   
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