Users can get hold of the fixes via the Windows Update site or by using the update tool on Windows.
Windows Blue, which is thought to be the first major update to Windows 8, is also expected to give the industry a boost.
That leaked build of Windows Blue is a case in point: it suggests a relatively incremental update to Windows 8, yet some of its revelations are already causing quite a stir.
To prevent an attacker from exploiting Microsoft in the same way again, tomorrow's patch includes a change to Microsoft's Windows Update service.
Then I notice that one is the Windows Update page.
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Sophos reports that it directs you to a screen that looks exactly like Windows Update except that when you click the button to update your computer, you get a nice, tasty dose of malware instead.
The patches come hot on the heels of the shocking news that the sophisticated "Flame" malware, which was found targeting computers in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, used a forged Microsoft digital signature to pass itself off as a Windows update.
Eric Hautala -- the cog in the Microsoft machine responsible for Windows Phone 7's update mechanism -- has taken to the company's official Windows Phone blog today to deep-dive on some of the concerns, problems, and delays that have dogged the platform's updates so far.
In an update to Windows this agreement was seemingly forgotten by Microsoft for 17 months.
The rumored OS update, Windows Blue, could be a corrective that proves more accommodating of consumer hesitation.
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Every significant update of Windows or new version showed a decrease in the number of infections per thousand machines, said Mr Evans.
It appears the next major update of Windows Phone, code named Apollo, is rumored to replace the useless Zune syncing with something like ActiveSync.
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Microsoft just unveiled the first major update to Windows 8, and it includes tweaks to nearly every aspect of the operating system: the lock screen, Start menu, Windows Store and onscreen keyboard.
This year, Nokia is going both premium with its large Lumia 900 phone, and budget with a promise of a range of cheaper and simpler phones (now that the "Tango" update of Windows Phone is becoming available).
Samsung is working with Microsoft to define optimum packet sizes and best practices for reading and writing files to SSD as a potential update for Windows Vista, which is particularly optimized to work best with traditional hard drives.
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Owners of current Windows Phone devices, known as Windows Phone 7, will be able to download the update on their handsets when it is ready.
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Microsoft issued an emergency update to all Windows computers and servers June 3 to revoke the stolen certificate.
Microsoft launched the Mango update for its Windows Phone devices in late 2011.
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This week we got our first taste of that operating system's first major update, Windows 8.1, and it includes a number of notable upgrades and improvements.
T-Mobile and Microsoft have unleashed a new Windows Phone 8 update (version 8.0.10211.204, if you must know) to polish the OS for HTC 8X devices.
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BlackBerry just released its long-awaited new smartphone operating system and two new handsets in January, and Microsoft debuted its Windows Phone 8 update at the end of 2012.
Additionally, Apple is now invading your Windows system tray by adding an icon "for easy access to Boot Camp information and actions, " and finally, you'll find Apple Software Update within both Windows XP and Vista environments.
Installing and applying the toolkit may require Windows XP users to update the version of the operating system they are using.
The company promised an update to its mobile Windows Phone 7 operating system that will add copy-paste functionality and the ability to switch between apps more quickly.
More interestingly, its screenshot features an extra tile column, which is a feature rumored to be part of the Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update, according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
As always we communicate the status of incidents through the Windows Azure Service Dashboard and update that status on an hourly basis or as the situation changes.
Windows users alone see the second update, which integrates SkyDrive with right-click contextual menus for much faster sharing.
Microsoft recently released the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update for all devices and will be launching new dual core, LTE enabled smartphones soon.
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In fact, I had had a similar problem not a few weeks before where our server refused to load Windows after downloading and installing an update overnight.
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Through chat windows, they exchange data, update intelligence reports and talk in real time with commanders on the ground, including troops whose lives may depend on the constant and rapid flow of information they get from Langley.
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