Here we go again…

Those of you who follow my blog know how I reasoning about Windows. Windows 7 is very stable compared with the early versions, and now I use windows much more than when I ran in XP (I will not even mention Vista) I have also said that Microsoft is the only company in the world that can sell a half finished program.

Once again, Microsoft will released a record updated. This update are also includes Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, and it will sort 64 bugs.
The update consists 17 partial update, and nine of them are rated as critical. The remaining eight are classified as importan.

The update are as you can read not only for Windows, its for the 3 biggest Microsoft software. Anyway… I dont think no other software are being update that offen and with that many fixes like Microsofts program

It would have been fun to count all the updates that are made ​​the last 18 months, but the risk had been that I would go back to my PC-dealer and ask for the money back.

For earlier post about Microsofts updates, click here

Microsoft reports record figures for the fourth quarter of 2010. Games and office suite, Office drives sales upward.
Microsoft brings in 19.95 billion dollars in sales in its second quarter financial statements, which ended 31 December. Turnover rises by 5 or 15 percent, depending on how you count. The higher figure includes deferred revenue from pre-orders of Windows 7, which became available in October 2009. Without the 1.7 billion that ticked into time, the increase had fallen to 5 percent.

The profit Gains to 6.63 billion dollars, slightly lower than the figure for the fourth quarter of 2009, which stood at 6.66 billion dollars.

- Corporations Division has gone surprisingly well, “said Forrester analyst Andrew Bartels, commenting on the financial statements. He notes that Microsoft has had the vapors, including Office, Dynamics ERP and environment program SharePoint. The strong sales on the business side is a sign of an upward turn in the economy, “he emphasizes.
- It bodes well not only for the whole economy, but it is also good news for Microsoft, deriving most of its revenue from businesses, “says Bartels.

But despite the success of Windows 7, with 300 million sold copies, so there is a stagnation there.
- The cause is difficult to define, but it is possible that the iPad hitting the PC sales, “he says. In a subsequent closing conference admits CFO Peter Klein to iPad and other touchpads affect sales of Windows negatively.

Server division increased 10 percent, two percentage points lower than Forrester’s forecast. One sign of trouble there is that Microsoft in early January announced that the server boss Bob Muglia, who heads the division, will step down later this year.

Security experts warn users of Internet Explorer 6, and more and more sites have stopped supporting it. But in a place you are fighting to keep it – in the British government. The government in Britain refuses to upgrade departmental computers because it “would be too expensive.”

Over 6000 Britons have signed a petition to get the government to replace the outdated version, as both are vulnerable to attacks and requires a site developer to customize their pages to support the reader.

The people behind the petition want the government to at least advise their employees to download the alternative browser to surf the outside respondents’ own systems, but the government maintains IE6.

“Nothing guarantees that a change from the patched version of IE6 to a different browser is an extra safety”, says the government in a statement.

On Tuesday, Microsoft will release a monster update that fills a whole 34 bugs in several of their programs.
Microsoft have announced that they will release a record updated, which consists of a total of 14 individual updates for Windows, IE, Office, and Silverlight.

The update fills a total of 34 bugs including eight that have been classified as critical and sex as important, the second highest classification. Users of Windows XP SP2 will only have access to some of the updates then support for that version has been discontinued.

Wolfgang Kandek the security company Qualsys. says:
- I would call it a massive patch on Tuesday. There is a huge update and it is important that all interested parties. I’m actually a bit surprised how big it really is,
- This is great, not only because of the number of incremental updates, but due to scale and that it affects everybody, “says Wolfgang Kandek.

Next week’s update beats Microsoft’s previous record updates in October last year and February. All versions of  Windows are affected, including Windows 7, which may be a full ten updates.

Furter Wolfgang Kandek says:
- We had expected a big update, but my concern is for those users still running Windows XP SP2. Any problems that clog up the Windows XP SP3 is safe even in SP2, but they will not be remedied.