Megh Neupane

Ben Armstrong, a Program Manager on the core virtualization team at Microsoft recently posted a blog with powershell and vbscript examples that will allow an administrator to boot up virtual machines (built with Windows Virtual PC) directly via scripting. He argues it will provide the following benefits:

• Automated testing
• Patch deployment
• Faster launch

Read his blog to view and download the scripts.

Here are the new security updates, click on hyperlinks for details and downloads. If you are a home user, Microsoft recommends using Windows Update to download and install all updates for greater security and flexibility.

• MS09-028 – Vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971633)
• MS09-029 – Vulnerabilities in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (961371)
• MS09-030 – Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969516)

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