Do you update your Windows Operating System as regularly as your Anti-Virus Programs?? Not updating your Windows OS can lead to many vulnerabilities unfixed. Protector Plus - Windows Vulnerability Scanner is a No-Installation Required Application that checks your system for Windows Vulnerabilities and also gives the list of all the vulnerabilities present on your system and provides links to Microsoft Security Bulletin ID’s of that vulnerability from where you can download the fix for the vulnerabilities.It also gives the criticality of the vulnerability like Critical, Important and Moderate, and also a brief description about the vulnerability.

Windows Vulnerability Scanner is compatible with these versions of Windows only:

• Windows Vista
• Windows XP (Home & Professional) Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2
• Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
• Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4
• Windows 2003 Servers

The tool is updated every month to detect the latest vulnerabilities.

Download Protector Plus - Windows Vulnerability Scanner from here.

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Microsoft has released an update for Windows Live Writer. This update fixes four problems that occur when Windows Live Writer publishes posts to Blogger.

• An error occurs when you publish a post that contains images to Blogger : File Upload Failed: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
• You cannot publish images to your Windows Live Writer album on Picasa if the folder already contains 500 images : File Upload Failed: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
• When you click a thumbnail image to view a larger image, a file download box appears.
• Link to images that were previously published to a blog in the blogspot.com domain are broken when the blog is migrated to a custom domain.

As of now the update KB951125 is only present being distributed via Microsoft Update.

Read more about article KB951125 here.

Microsoft today finally rolled out SP1 of its Windows Vista OS. This new service pack is a collection of all patches, which have been released till now and also include some important changes for the Vista OS. These include a relaxation of Vista’s strict WGA requirements, changes to file-copying problems that have plagued the OS since release and changes the way the OS handled older games that were designed for Windows XP.

This update is currently available through Windows Update and also a Stanalone Installer is available.

In case the update is not available through Windows Update check out KB948343.

Standalone Installer Download Link.

DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD THE STANDALONE IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download is available on Windows Update.

• The download size from Windows Update of Windows Vista SP1 for x86 is 65 MB (compared to 450 MB from the Microsoft Download Center).
• The download size from Windows Update of Windows Vista SP1 for x64 is 125 MB (compared to 745 MB from the Microsoft Download Center).

For users upgrading to this new SP, please note that the following security software are directly affected:
1) BitDefender Antivirus and Internet Security, version 10
2) Fujitsu’s Shock Sensor hard drive protection for rugged laptops
3) Two versions of Jiangmin KV Antivirus software and
4) Check Point Technologies’ Zone Alarm Security Suite.

Note :

1. Things to know before you download Windows Vista SP1, click here.
2. If you have a prior version of the Windows Vista SP1 beta installed, you must uninstall it prior to installing the final version.

Technorati Tags: Vista SP1,Windows Updates

Windows has released SP3 RC2 standalone downloads for it Windows XP Operating System.It is now available in 3 languages.Last week the SP3 (RC2) was released as part of the Windows Updates.

Here are the direct download links :

• Windows XP SP3 (RC2) - English Download (315.2MB)
• Windows XP SP3 (RC2) - German Download (312.0MB)
• Windows XP SP3 (RC2) - Japanese Download (324.5MB)

Windows Service Pack 2 is required in order to install this preview. Also uninstall any previous beta release of Service Pack 3 before installing SP3 RC2.

From the Windows Service Pack Road Map, the Estimated Date of Availability of SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition and Professional is 1H CY2008.

Windows Update SP3 ( RC2 ) — Link