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Microsoft Restricts Advanced Notification of Patch Tuesday Updates
wiredmikey writes Microsoft has decided to ditch its tradition of publicly publishing information about upcoming patches the Thursday before Patch Tuesday. The decision represents a drastic change for the company's Advance Notification Service (ANS), which was created more than a decade ago to communicate information about security updates before they were released. However, Microsoft's "Premier customers" who still want to receive information about upcoming patches will be able to get the information through their Technical Account Manager support representatives, Microsoft said.
if I had to guess, it might to be not tip off the cyber criminals using the exploits that will be patched. its the only logical reason I can think of
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
i really dont think windows 7 made it harder to find things, in fact quite the opposite. Between the expanded functionality in the start menu over XP and previous versions, and the faster indexing making search usable finally. Im with you on windows 8 however, it, to me is useless without classic shell installed
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
I still remember trying to set up an older printer on my mothers laptop with windows 8. I spent what felt like a half hour clicking around trying to find the damn printer settings. Eventually I gave up and googled it. The instructions on _Microsoft's_ site used the built in search feature. Even they couldn't figure out the convoluted path to the "add new printer" page. This was my first (though unfortunately not last) experience with windows 8, and subsequent exposure has not gone any better.
They've sinced changed it, but you can still use archive.org to view the old version:
Current: http://windows.microsoft.com/e...
Old: https://web.archive.org/web/20...