Posts Tagged ‘updates’

25 Nov
2011

Reconfigure nspluginwrapper

Yay, I just upgraded my nspluginwrapper and everything broke. Again. Couldn't use youtube or any of my other favorite sites anymore.

Running firefox from the console gave me some feedback:

<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">***</span> NSPlugin Viewer  <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">***</span> ERROR: NP_Initialize<span style="color: #7a0874; font-weight: bold;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #7a0874; font-weight: bold;">&#41;</span> get args: Message argument mismatch

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2 Aug
2010

Remove “standby” from shutdown window

I recently discovered that one of my most annoying users has found another way to frustrate the WSUS update process: First, she simply didn't shutdown the computer when she went home. Now I've installed a psshutdown script on the SBS Server that forces a shutdown every evening, she found out… Read more

13 May
2010

KB974417 install fails – working solution! – updated

(This article is an update to this original page from march.)

This article is an update to this original page from march.
If you can't get these instructions to work, you may try

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18 Mar
2010

Windows update: Install at night

In order to keep my users from getting windows update messages, I try to install any client updates at night. I have a few tricks to make this possible:

1: Boot up at night

Most computers can boot up automatically at night, using Wake-On-LAN. If your computer or… Read more

17 Mar
2010

KB974417 install fails – working solution!

Please read this updated article instead.
This page remains available for archiving purposes.

I recently installed a new Microsoft WSUS server. Most of it went just fine. Except for a few… Read more

22 Feb
2010

Adobe Reader and Acrobat security update

The last year or so, Adobe Reader has had a whole lot of leaks. Trend Micro published a blog yesterday about the fact that Adobe released an out-of-band update to plug yet another security hole.

If you want to use Adobe Reader, update. But I have a… Read more

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