Upgrade those RTM versions of Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2!

December 4, 2012 Leave a comment

Windows 7 and Server 2008R2 have run so well, you may have forgotten all about applying the latest service pack :).  So here’s your friendly reminder (based on the Microsoft Service Pack Lifecycle Support Policy):

The release version of Windows 7 (i.e. no SP1) will not be supported after 4/9/2013.

The release version of Windows Server 2008 R2 (i.e. no SP1) will not be supported after 4/9/2013.

So this means that no new security patches will be released for RTM versions of these products after the April 2013 patch Tuesday cycle.

Greg

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Keeping Up With Microsoft Daylight Savings Time Updates

February 17, 2012 Leave a comment

My colleague Angie and I were searching for “The Latest” Daylight Saving Time Cumulative Update and stumbled onto the following page:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hottopics

If you deal with time zones around the world, you may want to bookmark that page for future reference! Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t release time zone patches as a separate category, and since they’re not a security update, are often overlooked.

Greg

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