May 12th 2015 Windows Updates Security Bulletin Details

DavidE said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

I used to use Secunia PSI to check for outdated programs but it became as slow as a dead turtle so I gave up on it.

What is slow as a dead turtle? How many minutes, hours ???

PSI is not really a program update checker.
It checks for missing security patches and out of date end of life programs.
I run it occasionally to see what it finds, runs in a matter of minutes for me, on old hardware with OS's installed years ago.

I never tried Glary, I'll have to check that out.

If you want to try the most comprehensive update checker I've found, check out SUMo.
There is a learning curve to use and understand it.
It may report more than you want to know about.
There is a SUMo portable version, so no install needed.

It was taking as long as 10-15 minutes to scan. I do have a lot of programs on my desktop machine (over 100).

Yea I used Secunia too it was good for alerting but I usually just uninstalled and re-installed the out of date doo-da instead of letting Secunia do it for me because it was a slow bugger.

ThrashZone said:

Yea I used Secunia too it was good for alerting but I usually just uninstalled and re-installed the out of date doo-da instead of letting Secunia do it for me because it was a slow bugger.

I did the same because it would take forever to do the updates for me.

Scoop said:

lehnerus2000 said:

I create backup images prior to installing any "Patch Tuesday" Updates.
I've been doing this for 6 years (since I first got a free imaging program).

This sort of fiasco is why I don't have much confidence in MS' new plan of pushing out updates "every few seconds" for W10.
MS had better restore the ability to turn off auto-updating (once W10 is released) unless they want constant bad publicity.

If they don't, people are going to have to unplug their network cables to protect themselves.
I don't want to have to image my PC prior to plugging in the network cable everyday.

I guess my options will be, stick with W7 and/or use Linux Mint every time I want to use the Internet.

I agree. I've been reading about W10 for a while and that is one of my 2 main questions. The other one is the talk about "secure boot" locking (user possibly not allowed to unlock to BIOS/legacy to boot to utility media (tool/rescue media, etc). It should be interesting to see what happens when the W10 general release is here and we begin to receive feedback about it.

Here is Dedoimedo's take:
Windows 10, alt OS lockout? Doomsday?