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PatchDayReview Massive Update

Over the past few months, I let PatchDayReview.com get way too far behind. It took me nearly 7 hours to update, but the site is now current with all known security updates through this Tuesday. One change of note is that I am no longer allowing comments on bulletins themselves. If you want to comment on a specific patch, there is a link to that bulletin's forum on the PatchDayReview Forums. If you'd like to discuss patches, please do it there. At any rate, sorry to kill your aggregators, but most of you subscribe to Scoble, so you're used to it by now.

Note to Microsoft Downloads Staff: Thanks for making my life more difficult in getting the direct download links. Instead of clicking the hyperlink and selecting “Properties”, you turned the link into a button, and I know have to track it down in the HTML source to find the direct link. Way to take care of the people that are helping you deal with security.

Posted: Feb 12 2004, 12:36 PM by interscape | with 8 comment(s)
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Phil Scott said:

Perhaps they don't want direct downloads. Most of those links contain info on how to install, and usually other helpful information.

If I was MS, I personally wouldn't want anyone direct linking to those files for liability and tech support reasons.
# February 12, 2004 2:43 PM

Robert McLaws said:

Possibly, but I have all that in my bulletins anyways.
# February 12, 2004 2:56 PM

Julie Lerman said:

Robert - did mean to say that the site is "now current" rather than "the site is not current "?
# February 12, 2004 3:00 PM

Robert McLaws said:

Caught that right as you did... thanks.
# February 12, 2004 3:01 PM

Phil Scott said:

What if they find they need to change the wording, or add other information.

I don't think anyone minds clicking on the button, and in fact I would prefer it. Not that I don't trust you, but you know how clicking links that go to .EXEs goes.
# February 12, 2004 3:23 PM

Robert McLaws said:

<shrugs> Haven't had any complaints up to this point.
# February 12, 2004 3:32 PM

Shannon J Hager said:

consider this a second (after Phil's) complaint. I don't download directly from 3rd party sites and I have gotten complaints from others when I've sent them to sites that hotlink like yours (neowin, for example).
# February 12, 2004 7:07 PM

Roy Osherove said:

Thanks for the great work you're doing in thie area Robert.
I personally wouldn't mind clicking a button. Phil has a point.
# February 13, 2004 4:20 AM