Microsoft security advisory 4025685: Guidance for older platformsLast month's devastating WannaCry ransomware outbreak was just a warning shot. In an unprecedented move, Microsoft today released critical security updates to block another wave of similar attacks, making those patches available on unsupported versions like Windows XP and Server 2003.
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The vulnerability does not exist within Windows 10, the latest version of the software, but is present in all versions of Windows prior to that, dating back to Windows XP.
As a result of Microsoft’s first patch, users of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1 can easily protect themselves against the main route of infection by running Windows Update on their systems. In fact, fully updated systems were largely protected from WanaCrypt0r even before Friday, with many of those infected having chosen to delay installing the security updates.
Users of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 8 can defend against the ransomware by downloading the new patch from Windows.
Statistics: Posted by burger2227 — Tue May 16, 2017 6:01 pm
Windows Vista and Windows 8 I skipped altogether...When it comes to the overall share of the different operating systems, the percentage of each OS relative to the total number of machines it is running on breaks down like this:
Windows 7 - 69%
Windows XP - 14%
Windows 10 - 9%
Windows 8 - 5%
Windows Vista - 1%
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Possibly an idea to re-register the Windows Update dll files. To do that, please follow these steps:
- Click Start -> Run -> type:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
- Click OK
- This should make a box pop up telling you it was successful, just need to click ok.
Repeat that with the following files (remember to prefix each with regsvr32 ):
wuaueng.dll
wuaueng1.dll
wucltui.dll
wups.dll
wups2.dll
wuweb.dll
Once you have done that, try running Windows Update again please.
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Email from Drop Box on August 31:On June 26, 2016, the Dropbox desktop app for Windows XP will no longer be available for download on dropbox.com. Signing in to an existing account or creating a new account will also no longer be possible on Windows XP.
On August 29, 2016, the Dropbox desktop app will no longer support Windows XP. On this date, you will be automatically signed out of any Dropbox accounts linked to a Windows XP computer. You can sign in again once you update to Windows Vista or a later version of Windows.
We're reaching out to let you know that Dropbox no longer supports the Windows XP operating system and Windows Vista is the minimum required Windows version to run the Dropbox desktop application. Since one or more of your computers was recently running the Dropbox desktop application (client) on this operating system, you've been signed out of the Dropbox desktop application on those computer(s). These devices will no longer be able to access the Dropbox desktop application and/or send and receive Dropbox file updates.
Don’t worry – your files and photos haven't gone anywhere. To continue using the Dropbox desktop application you can follow Microsoft's instructions to update to Windows Vista or later. If you're unable to update your operating system, you can continue to access your files through the Dropbox website.
If you have multiple computers running the Dropbox desktop application, you can visit your Dropbox account settings to view which of your devices are still linked to Dropbox.
For more information, please visit our Help Center.
- The Dropbox Team
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