Updates - November 24, 2009

Microsoft has apparently released (and in at one case, RE-released) an "out-of-monthly-cycle" collection of Windows Updates.    If you're set for automatic updates, you should be notified about any CRITICAL ones that are applicable to your particular system.   For those who don't have updates set to automatic ---- or for those people who wish to consider the "non critical" updates --- you should manually go to Windows/Microsoft Update to determine what, if anything, is available for your particular system.

The following information was "lifted" from several posts at CoU.

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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-076 – (Re-Released, for the Windows XP Embedded operating system) Important
Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959807)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS08-076.mspx

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Update for Windows XP/Vista (KB973687)

Install this update to prevent applications from sending too many HTTP requests while a well-known Document Type Definition (DTD) is included.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=973687

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Update for Windows 7 (KB976092)

Install this update to resolve a possible data loss issue involving controllers that support ADMA. During some transfers to a SD card, the data written to the card could be corrupted. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

An update is available for Windows 7 to fix a data corruption issue for Secure Digital (SD) cards

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Update for Windows XP/Vista/7 (KB976098)

Install this update to resolve issues caused by revised daylight saving time and time zone laws in several countries. This update enables your computer to automatically adjust the computer clock on the correct date in 2009.

December 2009 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating

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Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB973688)

Install this update to prevent applications from sending too many HTTP requests while a well-known Document Type Definition (DTD) is included.

When an application uses MSXML to process XHTML, redundant retrieval requests for well-known DTD files from the W3C Web server cause XHTML parsing to fail on a Windows-based computer

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Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 3 (KB973685)

Install this update to prevent applications from sending too many HTTP requests while a well-known Document Type Definition (DTD) is included.

When an application uses MSXML to process XHTML, redundant retrieval requests for well-known DTD files from the W3C Web server cause XHTML parsing to fail on a Windows-based computer

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Update for MSXML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 2 (KB973686)

Install this update to prevent applications from sending too many HTTP requests while a well-known Document Type Definition (DTD) is included.

When an application uses MSXML to process XHTML, redundant retrieval requests for well-known DTD files from the W3C Web server cause XHTML parsing to fail on a Windows-based computer

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Update for Root Certificates [November 2009] (KB931125)

This item updates the list of root certificates on your computer to the list that is accepted by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Root Certificate Program. Adding additional root certificates to your computer enables you to use Extended Validation (EV) certificates in Internet Explorer 7, a greater range of security enhanced Web browsing, encrypted e-mail, and security enhanced code delivery.

Windows root certificate program members

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Update for Windows Vista (KB976470)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which the "Date and Time" window of Control Panel will incorrectly display an error message.

The "Date and Time" window shows "Date out of range" error message