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Hmmm... Is everything that MS creates a security risk? <g> I guess that I have the most contact with DirectX when loading games. I never considered that it would have other applications. I even looked it up at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci211958,00.html in case it did things other than graphics and sound that I wasn't aware of. I suppose when you consider that it's basically an API and could be used for I/O control there might be potential that it could be exploited for non-game and multimedia purposes. Does that mean that I have to admit that Microsoft might actually know what they're doing? Naah... <g> P.S. Thanks for the Office Update reminder. I had forgotten about it and Office does need to be reloaded as part of the scratch install. Dave Parnin Nishikawa Standard Company Topeka, IN 46571 daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Jones, John (US)" <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users asalle.com> <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>@SMTP@CTB Sent by: cc: (bcc: David A Parnin/Topeka/NISCO/SPCO) pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [PCTECH] The Priorities of Microsoft om 07/13/2004 09:33 AM Please respond to PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx> DirectX has also had it's share of security issues so updating that should also be considered critical. DX also affects other aspects of the system (it's not really just for gaming) and will make it a little more efficient. When starting on a fresh Windows install, I've found the most efficient method is to do the items that can only be done by themselves first and doing the necessary reboots as requested. Then download the things that don't have to be done individually. This lets you bulk-download the supplemental stuff as well as the fixes for the stand-alone downloads in one shot. When building my wife's upgraded PC a couple of weeks ago, the bulk-download was over 70MB. Thank goodness for broadband. BTW, even after that you should keep going back to Windows Update until there aren't any more downloads to get as you never know when downloading one patch will trigger another (why CUMes aren't available I couldn't tell you). BTW, if running MS Office, don't forget to go to the Office Update site as well. I use the link from Windows Update. John A. Jones Americas Security Officer Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782 John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:21 AM To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCTECH] The Priorities of Microsoft Last week there was a discussion about a scratch install of Windows 98SE, what to do, when to do it, etc. I wasn't the one whose project started the discussion but as fate would have it, over the weekend I did a scratch install of Windows 98SE on a friend's PC that had apparently never had it done before and was in serious need of it. After the installation of Windows when I did the first Windows Update I knew that the first thing that it would do would be to update Internet Explorer to the current version but I had never paid much attention to the second and third things that Windows Update did. The second was to load the latest version of DirectX. The third thing was to load the cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. Each required a reboot in between. If I didn't have a broadband Internet connection and wanted to get on with my life I might not have done everything right away. You would think that with the big bull's-eye that Internet Explorer and Windows have painted on them for viruses, spyware, etc. Microsoft would have prioritized that over their graphics platform. I wonder who made that decision...? Dave Parnin Nishikawa Standard Company Topeka, IN 46571 daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This email is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this email without the author's prior permission. 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