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If you're running Windows 7, Vista, or XP — or Server 2003, 2008 or 2008 R2 — you need to get patched now. No, there aren't any known BlueKeep explo
[See the full post at: MS-DEFCON 4: It's time to get the May 2019 Windows and Office patches installed]
win7: if i read this correct, i need both kb4499175 and pciclearstalecache in same folder and only execute kb44499175, correct?
win7 and 8.1: for ie11 i only need kb4505050, i assume? is kb4498206 replaced by this or do i need to install this one as well?
PC: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, Group B
Notebook: Windows 8.1, 64bit, Group B
i can't edit my post (edit button missing), so i have to reply:
i went ahead and installed kb4499175 (win7), kb4499165 (win8.1) and kb4505050 (ie11). i skipped kb4498206 so i hope kb4505050 is cumulative so i don't need the other one.
on windows 7 i had pciclearstalecache in same folder as kb4499175 but i did not encounter any command window popping up. did something go wrong? how can i verify if pciclearstalecache has been installed correctly?
afterwards i installed all checked important updates for office 2010, .net, msrt on both computers and windows defender, flash (win8.1), as usual.
PC: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, Group B
Notebook: Windows 8.1, 64bit, Group B
@honx… the answer to your question is here…….
I keep adding the correct post link but for some reason the last part keeps getting omitted. Scroll down to post # 1702336.
thx pci.sys version now is what it should be (6.1.7601.24441), but file date is 19.04.2019 04:44, not 04/18/2019 is this divergence time zone related?
PC: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, Group B
Notebook: Windows 8.1, 64bit, Group B
If your time zone is 6 hours different than EST here in the US I'd say yes as mine is time stamped exactly 6 hours earlier at 10:44 PM.
Glad you found the post by the way, I've never encountered adding a link to a particular post and having the post info get cut off before. And I tried editing and re-adding the entire link to the post twice thinking I somehow screwed up a simple copy/paste process!
Maybe a new "glitch" that hasn't been noted yet?
Hmmm… I'm testing with a link to the preceding post….
The link seems to work. Not sure what's getting messed up.
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Honx, it is probably not you. One of my posts was cut off like yours here (the 3rd link): https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/computer-stuck-in-sleep-mode/#post-1788336
It may be if you have a space between the title and actual link, it combined them. That is not what I was trying to do.
Honx wasn't having the problem… that was me. I copied the post link directly from the browser's address bar and pasted it directly into the reply text box. Even if there were a space before the last part… the beginning "www.askwoody" part should have shown instead of the Title of the thread.
FWIW… after the first failure I verified the link I'd posted was legitimate by pasting it into a new Tab in my browser and it opened right where it should have. I tried adding the link to the reply a second time and got the same result… the TITLE of the thread is all that shows in my reply.
Gremlins maybe… but no way am I chalking this one up to senility!
You're able to edit your post for 15 minutes. After that, the Edit button disappears. It's by design.
SpeccyAskWoody Lounger
Minor glitch: If you're updating a Windows 10 Version 1709 system, the Master Patch List has an incorrect link since friday.
UPDATED [as of June 4, ~03:50 PM UTC-6]: Link fixed (thank you Susan! 🙂
thx, here is germany, so 6 hours difference should be right. 😀
one last question about ie11 remains: was kb4505050 cumulative? or do i have to install kb4498206 as well?
PC: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, Group B
Notebook: Windows 8.1, 64bit, Group B
KB4505050 is not checked in Windows Update on my system, and is Optional anyway, so I am skipping that one for now.
Does anyone with Windows Xp with paid support have issues with the updates and Internet Explorer 11? IE 11 seems to crashed with the current updates for May 2019 released for Windows Xp. We reached out to MS support but our support period ends in 2 days and 17 hours and no one has replied in a couple days so far. Our IT manager thinks they are just waiting for the time to run out or force us to pay for another 5 years support period to get help with this. I figure I asked here to see if anyone else is having the same issues.
But IE 11 doesn't work on XP…
But IE 11 doesn't work on XP…
It does work with Windows XP Pro with MS extended support. MS released a modified version of IE11 for all extend support users for government and businesses. This is why I am trying to figure out if it is the May 2019 updates or may be earlier updates in April 2019, March 2019, etc that is causing the issues.
MS has time updates that disable if you are near the end of payment schedule to force you to update. I heard this from a few people that have Windows Xp Pro support. That might be your only option. Most often once you pay they will help you quickly to resolve the issue. We still have 1 year left for extend support and our Windows XP with IE11 works fine. After that, we will have to renew for another 5 years.
That is what we were worried about. It seems will have to pay the $5M for each year to extend for another 5 years.
I'm just now catching up. Sorry.
Two questions:
- What, precisely, are the symptoms of the crash?
- Did you get it fixed?
Our IT manager thinks they are just waiting for the time to run out or force us to pay for another 5 years support period to get help with this.
Your manager is right. MS is doing this with everyone. I can bet all that I have that once you pay up MS will give you the fix. MS knows that many companies can not move to new OS and XP is their big money maker with extended support. Our business renewed our support for around $100M ($20M for each year).
Paul TAskWoody MVP
Our business renewed our support for around $100M ($20M for each year)
At that price, if several organisations got together you could poach MS staff and have them maintain Windows for you for about 10 years. 🙂
cheers, Paul
Noel CarboniAskWoody_MVP
Or hire a department to fix whatever isn't compatible and move up to a more modern operating system. Or design new processes around new tools. Or…
I have Windows 10 1803 Home. I need to install the cumulative update and the .NET updates, I think.
- Which 1803 cumulative update should I install? There are 3 of them from May.
- Should I install the .NET or the CU first? I usually install the updates manually.
- Should I restart after installing each update separately? Or can I wait to restart until I have installed both updates?
Thanks for the help.
KB4497398 Servicing Stack for 1803 – install first, reboot, wait 5 minutes.
You do not have to reboot between these:
KB4499167 2019-05 Cumulative Update
KB4497932 Update for Adobe Flash Player
.NET Update
If you deal with any organization that ends in gov.uk, you will need KB4505064 (otherwise, you do not need this)
Tex265AskWoody Plus
Whoa PK
In a post I made under another Topic, you advised that Windows 10 Updater will automatically provide the updates you need, and the Servicing Stacks will come with the Monthly CU, and Windows will take care of the installation order.
Also I inquired why on my 1803 Pro, I did not receive the separate .NET update KB4495616?
No reply from anyone yet. In the Monday's Newsletter Susan advised OK to install if you received one. Do some receive and others don't? Should I procure from the MS Catalog?Windows 10 Pro x64 v1909 and Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 (RIP)
In a post I made under another Topic, you advised that Windows 10 Updater will automatically provide the updates you need, and the Servicing Stacks will come with the Monthly CU, and Windows will take care of the installation order.
If you read the post you will find that the user specifies a MANUAL install,, not a Windows Update install which you are quoting about.
No reply from anyone yet. In the Monday's Newsletter Susan advised OK to install if you received one. Do some receive and others don't? Should I procure from the MS Catalog?
You are talking about two different things here.
If you install from Windows Update, you should install whatever .NET (and other patches) you are offered b/c it will be what you need.
Susan's Master Patch List is for a business environment, where IT knows what to do and when to do it. If you have to ask, you are not in that group and should not be using the Update Catalog.
I am planning to install these 1803 Home version updates tomorrow. But a different question came to mind as I reviewed your answer (which I greatly appreciate) and the update catalog.
Which specific .NET update do I need to install? I used Registry Editor to check which .NET version I am running. RegEd shows a DWORD value of 461808, which corresponds to .NET version 4.7.2.
KB4495616 is the only .NET update that comes up as an 1803 update in the catalog, but it specifically says it is for .NET version 4.8. KB4495590 includes .NET version 4.7.2 but says it is for Windows 10 1809, not 1803.
I don't want to install the wrong update and break something on my machine. And I don't recall if either of these updates were pushed my way while I was blocking everything. Unless I can get absolute certainty as to which update I need, I doubt I'll be installing either one.
Thanks for your help.
If you install the .NET update through Windows Update, you do not have to worry about which update to install. Windows Update will determine which one(s) you need and install them accordingly. So, if you have hidden any, unhide it/them and let WU decide what to install.
There are none hidden in wushowhide. Only the cumulative update was hidden, which I intend to install this weekend.
As for the .NET updates, I don't have any idea which one (if any) I need because there are none in wushowhide.
Does this mean I don't need to install a .NET update at all?
I will install the cumulative update this weekend and skip the .NET patches for now. Presumably, Microsoft will try to push the appropriate .NET patch to me at some point in the future if I need one.
Thanks again for your advice.
"I strongly advise against installing Win10 1903 at this point. It ain't baked." Sorry Woody, but I already installed it. That being said, I recently finished upgrading all my computers from Windows 7 and 8.1 to 10. And since 1903 was the latest version, I figured why not. I haven't had any issues aside from one game not working, but I got it working after reinstalling it and DirectX 9.
On an interesting note, I was able to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool and upgrade, and the activations carried over. I'm not sure if that was supposed to work, but it did. Despite the free Windows 10 upgrade ending years ago.
flAskWoody Lounger
Sorry for re-posting, but I wasn't signed in the first time. That anonymous post just previous was me.
I've been having problems accessing pkcano's page with all the links for Group B updaters. When I go to the page all the type is greyed out and the links are non-functional. I've tried using Firefox on both the MacOS and under Win7, disabling all tracking blockers and allowing all scripts. Same deal with Safari on the Mac, which has no add-ons or other security/privacy protection.
The fact that I get the same thing under both the MacOS and Win7 suggest that it's a problem with the page…?
Mac Mini v. 6.2 (2012) with Win10 Pro 64 bit v. 1809
MacBook Pro v. 3.1 (2007) with Win7 32 bit - Group B Updater
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It's a format problem. The print is pale gray, BUT THE LINKS STILL WORK.
You just have to SQUINT.
flAskWoody Lounger
Hi PKC, We hope you get the page corrected sometime. For those having a hard time seeing the text, like me, hold your left mouse button down and drag over it as if you are going to copy it. You can then see the text. This also works on white on white some people do to hide things.
One can also reset the font display in their browser, but that is a hassle.
L95AskWoody Plus
I have Windows 7 and am in Group B. Three of the May 2019 updates that PKCano has listed in AKB2000003 are repeats of what we already installed when Woody gave the DEFCON 3 clearance back on May 15, 2019, namely KB4499175, pciclearstatecache, and KB4498206. Do we need to install those three updates again if we already installed them back in May?
L95AskWoody Plus
Thanks for your response. I realize that you usually hold off installing the monthly updates until Woody raises the DEFCON number to at least 3. But for people who have Windows 7 or XP, Woody raised it to at least 3 on two occasions, once on May 15th and then again on June 4th , and so that's why I asked. Thanks again for your response.
Northwest RickAskWoody Plus
Woody, you are a very entertaining writer:
"All of the complaints I hear are from those 'seekers' who went to the download site and installed 1903 with malice and forethought. A triumph of hope over experience."
I literally went through multiple LOL cycles on reading that.
Of course, my reaction might have been different had I wandered into that trap myself!
The second sentence is often applied to subsequent marriages. That's why for me, it was one and done, I didn't wander into that trap either. How I managed to muster the requisite sense at 30 I haven't a clue. But 40 years later, I know it was exactly the right strategy.
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NorthwestRick, Hear! Hear! A nice comment. I too feel Woody has some very artistic and knowledgeable writhing phrases. I feel many need to know history or old movies(??) to understand some of his lines. I love them.
Woody, if you have not done it, I am waiting to hear about a bad patch month and people will experiance ….. "the gnashing of teeth".
Thank you and your MVPs for being here.
redknightAskWoody Plus
For Win 7 x64 is KB4054530 (.NET 4.7.2) safe to install? I leave it checked every month ever since it came out in 07/2018. Some months ago a friend installed it on a laptop and she lost all internet connectivity so I uninstalled it for her. I haven't installed it on any of my Win 7 machines. Is there any need to upgrade to 4.7.2? I have 4.6.1.
Redknight, From what I have read, the newer .Nets have more telemetry. Like PKC said unless you need 4.7.2 don't get it. For that matter do you need 4.6.1? You may, because of MS Office. .NET 3.5.1 comes with Windows 7, so for me I only update 3.5.1 and use the Security Only version when it is available for that patch month.
If you get the .NET updates through WU or better still the Security Only -for each of your installed versions- you are more secure.
I suggest people research if the .NETs they have over 3.5.1 for Windows 7, are actually needed. Like some programs on your computer, you may not even need them if you do not have a program that requires it. If not, then uninstall them. You will close a point of entry to your computer.
For those interested in .NETs, Arron Stebner has a verification or cleanup tool. You can use it to see which version you have.
Arron does keep it updated. The cleanup tool is a last ditch uninstall if all else fails.
.NET Framework setup verification tool and cleanup tool now support .NET Framework 4.5.1
I have Windows 10 1709 with quality updates deferral set to 15 days and I still have not received the may cumulative update. Do you know why? I don't want to click Check for updates…
To even begin to answer that question, we would have to have the hardware specs of your computer, what your other settings are (assuming Pro version since you have deferrals), and information about the other software you are running, especially the AntiVirus
Yes Pro edition. My antivirus is just Defender. It looks like 1709 pro is end-of-service. And I have set feature updates to 365 days. I'm going to set it to 180 days now…
James Bond 007AskWoody Lounger
Group B, Windows 7 and 8.1 x64.
I have since patched ALL my systems running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to May 2019 patch level all the way from December 2018 level.
For my Windows 7 systems I installed the security-only patches in the order listed in this post : https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/ms-defcon-3-get-windows-xp-win7-and-associated-servers-patched/#post-1633208
I also installed KB4505050 instead of KB4498206.
No problems so far. Unless another urgent security problem appears, I probably will not patch my systems again for a few months, having decided some time ago that it is only necessary to patch once every 4-6 months.
Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.
PerthMikeAskWoody Plus
Discovered a rather odd update on our WSUS server for this month.
KB4498206 – 2019-05 Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 2012 for x64-based computers
This struck me as odd as I knew that Windows Server 2012 (non R2) never received an Internet Explorer 11 version.
I was quite shocked upon Googling 2012 and IE11, I found an article from Microsoft that very quietly announced that as of April 2019, Microsoft WAS indeed putting out a new Internet Explorer 11 edition to work on Windows 2012. At the same time, they quietly mentioned that support for the IE10 version would end sometime this year.
If this has been mentioned before, sorry, but I think this actually is worth highlighting.
We are stuck with Windows 2012 Datacenter, because our version of VMware ESXI came with that specific version licence at the time.
The worry is that there is probably a very small installation base, so getting timely reports of bad/buggy updates will be difficult.
This might warrant a self-contained post, as I could not even find any reports in tech media about this (other than a single article from January on Ghacks, but that was three months before the browser was actually released).
No matter where you go, there you are.
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W10 Pro 64 1809. Questions related to the May 2019 WU updates:
1. Pause Updates: I have this "on" currently. When I flip the switch to "off", WU will start checking-downloading whatever is available, however, as I have Quality Updates deferred for 30 days, I, presumably, won't get KB4494441 (for another 30 days).
If so, should I download and install KB4494441 (or KB4497934) manually? I don't want to change deferral to "0" as I don't know what happens with the WU settings afterwards (like greying out deferral change possibilities).
2. WU Settings UI after updates: any hints what to expect? Are there major changes coming already with KB4494441, to the UI and/or to the GP settings?
3. O&O ShutUp10: I use this program aggressively, with most items switched to "green" (disabled). Under the WU section, the 2 items "Automatic Windows Updates" are not disabled.
But, is the aggressive use of ShutUp10 influencing the pending updates, like "strafing" me for "bad" behavior?
Mele20AskWoody Lounger
KB4497398 Servicing Stack for 1803 – install first, reboot, wait 5 minutes.
You do not have to reboot between these:
KB4499167 2019-05 Cumulative Update
KB4497932 Update for Adobe Flash Player
.NET Update
If you deal with any organization that ends in gov.uk, you will need KB4505064 (otherwise, you do not need this)
Why do you need to reboot and wait 5 minutes after getting the servicing stack update before installing the cumulative update for that month?
The installation of the Servicing Stack needs to complete. Open Task Manager and watch TrustedInstaller and TIWorker.
dwelgeAskWoody Plus
I have a lot of older Cumulative Updates from the past showing up in my WSUS console with a May stamp date. Should I run them all? For example kb4103722, this shows up in an older post from Sept.
Linda2019AskWoody Plus
I wanted to share an unusual experience I had with my Windows 7sp1 PC (64 bit) and OneDrive. For weeks it stayed stuck on signing in. When I tried to right-click the cloud notification icon it would just grey out. I checked the status of the icon and it said "OneDrive is Closing". I tried resetting OneDrive, uninstalling it and reinstalling it. I did the Windows 7 troubleshooter for internet connection problems. I ran and SFC scan and did a CheckDisk. Nothing came up as an error.
When I did reinstall, the app worked fine for the duration I was on the computer. Yet when I signed back on the next day, it was still stuck at signing in.
I uninstalled April and May updates. Tried to reinstall OneDrive again – still no good. I checked the Microsoft support site to see if anyone else had these problems and I found I was not alone. Even with the same time frame of onset of problems. So I tried to reinstall the May updates and then reinstalled OneDrive again, and it started working again. Just wanted to share.
Article today, saw the tweet yesterday.
The RDP exploit NDA's are going to drop soon.
It only takes ONE vulnerable machine on your network to infect everything else behind your firewall. By piggybacking payloads that can target newer OS's, access to the first machine remotely could trigger a multipronged attack on your servers, other workstations — even if they are patch for this specific vulnerability. (Of course – the same is also true for that one employee that clicks the link in a phishing email . . . .)
More analysis at ArsTechnica: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/new-bluekeep-exploit-shows-the-wormable-danger-is-very-very-real/
Please get patched!
~ Group "Weekend" ~
LatkaAskWoody Plus
External HDMI monitor port broken by KB4494441 Cumulative Update 2019-05
Per Woody's MS-DEFCON 4, installed updates for Windows Home x64 vers. 1809. After restart, system was at build 17763.503, but the external HDMI monitor stopped working.
After uninstalling and hiding KB4494441, system was at build 17763.437 and the HDMI monitor works just fine again.
(System: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 6-14IKB 2-in-1 laptop (EM81) with Dell P2418D external monitor)
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In spite of concerns voiced in #1792579 I went ahead and un-paused my W10 1809 and, to my surprise, WU installed all pending updates, KB4494441 included. After a forced reboot I did a 2nd reboot .. per the Patch Lady's recommendations. It all looked good, except:
The win-version was stuck on April. After a check updates, KB4494441 popped up once more and a 2nd install-reboot was forced. Thereafter the the correct version 17763.503 showed. As far as I can determine, this is not an uncommon thing. What gives?
Possibly unrelated, but, I noticed under "View configured update policies" that I have opted for the Windows Insider Program .. even though I know I have not. What gives?
After a check updates, KB4494441 popped up once more and a 2nd install-reboot was forced. Thereafter the the correct version 17763.503 showed
I have installed KB4494441 only once with no reboot and got version 17763.503.
After a brief online search I found that a 2nd install of KB4494441 is not uncommon. I'm not sure why or what triggers it.
If I hadn't checked winver I wouldn't have noticed. If this means KB4494441 didn't install the 1st time (view updates showed installed) or just that the version wasn't updated .. dunno. Maybe someone in the know .. knows!
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Perhaps the first reboot installs the Servicing Stack (there was a new one for 1809 which has to be installed exclusively) and the second install/reboot actually installs the CU. I'm just guessing MS hasn't got updates to act right sometimes.
I did a 2nd reboot after the update and before I noticed the incorrect winver. I did one more reboot and the winver was still wrong. Thereafter I checked for updates and KB4494441 was installed a 2nd time. Apparently not the only one experiencing this. But, why, dunno!
Maybe this explains it. Maybe…
Do you have 2 entries in update history for 441 ?
I have (2) at the end of the line under update history for the 441 entry. That's it.
have (2) at the end of the line under update history for the 441 entry. That's it.
I have only 1 entry for 441
I came across alternative ways to check update history using PowerShell. Probably known to most, but, here they are regardless:
# 1: Get Update History:
wmic qfe list
# 2: Show Hotfix History:
get-wmiobject -class win32_quickfixengineering
KevinTMCAskWoody Plus
I'm being offered KB4494452 for my machine running Windows 10 1709. This is one of the patches listed at the bottom of the Master Patch List under "MDS"; I'm not sure whether it's being recommended that we install this now or wait.
Also, for 1803 and 1809, this section says "KB Microcode not yet available"; should we be actively on the lookout for the release of similar patches for machines running 1803 and 1809?
(I never did install the microcode patches from last year, as the sense around here was that the risk was illusory and the patches problematic. Not sure to what degree this is a continuation of that same story or something new.)
Home machines: Windows 7 Home (Group B)
Work machines: Windows 10 Enterprise (1909)
OscarCPAskWoody Plus
A week ago, I installed the usual Group B updates for May without problems, and I just found here, reading the previous entries, about KB4494452, a patch that I hadn't heard of before — or been offered already through Windows Update for consideration. So I looked in the MDS section of the Master Patch List, and all it says there, for Windows 7, is: "Registry AMD / Intel + BIOS". No mention to the KB in that entry.
Does that mean something like: "check this Registry record, and if it does not show the update has been installed, ask your manufacturer for it?" That would be my best guess, right now.
By the way, I do not want to install this update in the BIOS at this time. But I would like to understand this better.
Windows 7 Pro, SP1, x64, Group B + M&L
Windows 7 Professional, SP1, x64 Group W (ex B) & macOS Mojave + Linux (Mint)
walkerAskWoody Lounger
@PKCano: This is not relevant to the post you made, however I could not locate anything that would address my question.
I installed the May updates when they were available, and had no problems with them. I have now checked for "updates", and there is nothing showing any June updates. There are only two items, and they are the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool which I don't use, and the other one is the Windows Defender update, showing Definition 1.295.207.0 showing a date of June 6, 2019 (which I don't use either).
Is there any reason that I am not seeing any June updates at all? These were the only two in the Important List, both checked. Nothing in the Optionals (only 2 items) checked.
This is the first time I have ever seen no "new" updates for the current month. If anyone would know a possible reason it could only be you as you are so knowledgeable, and possess an outstanding wealth of expertise. Thank you once again for all of your help. I am Win 7, Home Premium, Group A, and no sophisticated programs. I am baffled by this situation. Once again Thank You, very, very much.
Today is June 7th.
Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of the month. June patches aren't released until June 11th – that's next Tuesday. And we don't install them right when they are released either. So, be patient. You haven't seen them because they aren't here yet!
walkerAskWoody Lounger
@PKCano: Please accept my apology for the question about "June Updates". I am very embarrassed that I overlooked the "Patch Tuesday", and bothered you with another question. Thank you for setting me straight on that….. As always, I sincerely appreciate the time you take to help so many members, and the fact that your expertise is admired, and amazing.
Thank you so very, very much!
I was just offered KB4465065 (Intel MicroCode) through WU. Should I install it on my new Intel Core i7-8700 (W10-64 1809 build .503) computer?
I have not been installing any of the Intel microcode patches on any of my computers. There is no exploit in the wild as yet to justify the installation.
Okay, thanks! Not sure you agree, but, according to Tenforums, this update concerns a code already installed as a .dll file in System32 (mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll).
The WU update would just update this file. It may well not be that simple, however, I have that file with a file date of 09/18/2018.
GoneToPlaidAskWoody Plus
Oh really. I installed the May security only u0date for Windows. That took just fine with no issues. Then today I downloaded and installed the May cumulative update for IE11. After installing that, I was immediately presented with corrupted Recycle Bin errors, even though there was nothing in my Recycle Bin for all hard drives.
Woody: If you're running Windows 7, Vista, or XP — or Server 2003, 2008 or 2008 R2 — you need to get patched now. No, there aren't any known BlueKeep explo
FYI: Just in case you need a quick & dirty solution to check, if systems are vulnerable, I've created a small 'how to' that explains how to search the control panel for updates, how to use a small patch program I wrote and how to do a network scan. Maybe it is helpful for some people.
How To: BlueKeep-Check for Windows
Microsoft Windows Insider MVP, Microsoft Answers Community Moderator, Blogger, Book author
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? says:
thank you, gborn for the excellent article. i looked at my HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer>fDenyTSConnections key(s) and it is set to 1 (deny). actually on some machines (Win7 Pro) registry search it is in CurrentControlSet 1 and CurrentControlSet 2 (on the whoops "recovered" machine). the RDP in Services is set to run manually and according to Steve Gibson port 3389 is closed off
fDenyTSConnections from:
happy computing!
? says:
i know. i know, i'll go play outside (after i batten down these hatches)
clipboard? printer? when does a helpful "feature," become an adversary?
jabeattyauditorAskWoody Lounger
when does a helpful "feature," become an adversary?
When the bad guys are looking for a convenient method to exfiltrate your data…
LoriAskWoody Plus
I wanted to ask about Office Updates on Windows 8.1 with CTR. I haven't installed any Office updates in 2019. Either by the time the Defcon rating is ok to install monthly updates, or I "catch" the official ok and do my system image (my fault!); quite often the new non-security Office updates for the next month are already out. As the new updates aren't approved yet; and I can't pick and choose Office updates with CTR, as I do on my Windows 7 pc… I don't update Office at all. Are Office updates ever so critical that I can't wait on them? Is there a way to update Office without using CTR? Thanks.
Windows 8.1|64-bit|Home Ed|Office Home and Student 2013 (standalone)|Current Office version is 15.0.5041.1001.
Office C2R updates are up to Microsoft.
However, there is a Semi-Annual Channel for them that will reduce the frequency so you are not hit with updates monthly (or more frequently). Susan Bradley has talked about it on AskWoody, but you may also find the information somewhere in the program's settings, or here on the Microsoft website.
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Thanks! I have Home and Student 2013 (non-subscription), not Office 365. When I bought it, it didn't use CTR; but back then, I let things auto-update and CTR installed. Now, I keep updates disabled. The MS Catalog has individual security updates, but says they're for MSI products only. (I don't care about "improvements".)
My apologies! I'd read the semi-annual channel update info, but forgot it as it didn't directly apply to me. But I see your point. If others only update semi-annually; unless I see something urgent here, I'm ok updating my product a few times a year too.
I was just offered KB4465065
I was just offered KB4465065 for 1809 Pro today as well (its 02.2019 patch). Installed with no problems so far.
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I did hide it for now. But, according to Tenforums, this is an update of a code already installed, so running the WU update would just update the mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll file in System32.
I'm mostly worried about a CPU slowdown .. as widely reported. But, that may be fake news.
I also had previous versions of mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll but files doesn't have the same file sizes.
I still have the 1,544 KB file dated 9/15/2018 in System32 as I haven't updated. But, frankly, I'm not 100% sure this is indeed related to the KB4465065.
All PKC said above was that he hasn't installed any Intel microcode patches on his computers. I have to look into this before I unhide this KB.
My mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll dated 9/15/2018 in System32 as well.
I'm not 100% sure this is indeed related to the KB4465065
It should be. KB4465065 was the only update installed today, June 12, on my 1809 pro.
What I don't understand is what has triggered this 2.2019 update after 4 months ( Intel i7-8570H) .
KB4465065 is an Intel microcode patch. It has been updated and reissued multiple times with the same KB number. What you have is not the Feb version of the patch, but the 6/11 version. Please see the Microsoft Update Catalog for information.
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Is the KB4465065 patch reverse-able (removable) or is it a BIOS flash update?
It is not a BIOS Flash update.
It is a Windows software update.
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Because of a deadline, I did not take a disk image as planned 2 days ago.
It is mid-morning and the deadline was achieved. OK, now for the housekeeping.
Switched on, connected the USB drive and started Macrium. Set the backup running. Checked. Walked away. 20 minutes later – why do I have the log-in screen?
Yep, Windows rebooted mid-backup despite "Active hours" set to 0800 to 1700hrs. KB4346084 was the guilty update.
It could have been worse… But grrrrr!
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What you have is not the Feb version of the patch, but the 6/11 version.
Thanks. My 1809 is deferred to SAC/120/21 so why didn't Microsoft honor my settings ?
KB4465065 is an Intel microcode patch.
KB4465065 is neither a Feature update nor a Quality update.
Microsoft DID honor those settings.
Microsoft DID honor those settings
So, Microsoft has several types of updates :
Feature updates
Quality updates
Other Microsoft products updates
Other 3rd party updates distributed by Microsoft that can't be deferred.
I use these Windows Update settings. So far, I have avoided KB4465065, KB4023057, drivers, forced updates and forced upgrades with the Win10 Pro.
Don't know how that's going to work with 1903, considering the ongoing debate about those settings disappearing from the GUI. I upgraded one of my 1809 VMs to 1903 and can verify the deferral settings are no longer in the GUI (disappeared). I blew the 1903 VM away (not going there yet) and restored the 1809.
I'm waiting to see what Microsoft does. Was it unintentional on their part and they will restore the settings? Only time will tell.
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Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys both came back from the brink of defeat to win their National Football League games on Sunday and stay in contention for the playoffs as the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers flexed their muscles.
On a roller-coaster Week 14, full of drama and upsets, the Redskins beat the Baltimore Ravens 31-28 in overtime despite losing star rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III to a knee sprain in the final quarter.
The Cowboys, still mourning the death of linebacker Jerry Brown who was killed in a car crash on Saturday, kicked a field goal as time expired to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-19 in Ohio.
The Giants, last season's Super Bowl champions, romped up their highest score in more than a quarter of a century to hammer the New Orleans Saints 52-27.
The Seattle Seahawks crushed the Arizona Cardinals 58-0, one of the biggest wins in NFL history.
The Atlanta Falcons suffered a shock 30-20 loss, only their second of the season, to the struggling Carolina Panthers, while the Indianapolis Colts inched closer to booking a spot in the postseason with a 27-23 victory over the Tennessee Titans.
The Ravens (9-4) were on the verge of clinching their spot and the AFC North division when they led the Redskins 28-20 with 30 seconds to go and dangerman Griffin out of the game.
But Redskins backup quarterback Kirk Cousins threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Garcon, then ran for the two-point conversion to force overtime.
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"I feel the positive vibes coming my way and hopefully everything will be all right," he said.
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Dallas head coach Jason Garrett said his players were still in a state of shock after hearing about the death of their team mate.
"I keep using the word 'numb,' but that's how we all feel," he said.
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Holding the CAQ back were voters like Jocelyne Poitras, a 60-year-old retail clerk who voted Liberal Tuesday, because she fears the CAQ is not quite ready for prime time.
"I like Legault, I like a lot of his ideas and I think he's sincere," she said. "But for the CAQ to be in power, I think it's too early — they're too young still. Maybe in a couple years."
For a party only a few months old to win one quarter of the votes and roughly 20 seats in the National Assembly is an impressive accomplishment, said Gérard Deltell, who was re-elected for the CAQ in the Chauveau riding. "This is a sign that Quebecers were ready for real change, for a more austere and rigourous government, not one that wants to play Santa Claus," he said. "And whoever is in power needs to be very aware there was only 6 per cent separating the winning party from the third-place party."
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Constantine the Great at Tournus: An Iconographic Study of the Galilee at Saint Philibert's Church
Tournus Abbey has never been analysed otherwise than by the formalist method. A change in approach will permit to uncover new secrets relating to this monument. A study of the political context – not an easy matter – reveals a very close relationship between Italy and Burgundy around the year 1000, and the twinning of the two construction sites: of Saint-Bénigne in Dijon and that of Saint-Philibert in Tournus.
Almost ignored by historians, the putsch in 1002 at least partially explains the 'white mantle of churches', a vast reconstruction movement which Rudolf Glaber believed to have started in that year. Dijon and Tournus are the chefs-d'oeuvre of a co-ordinated wave of construction with a focus on political separatism.
The evocation of Constantine's accession to power permeates the whole conception of galilee. This is the only part of the abbatial structure analysed here. Several monuments constructed between 310 and 320 served as inspiration to the architect; they are here reproduced in a reduced size. This evocation seems to be connected to Constantine's Vision of the Cross, an event which, according to an ancient tradition, took place in the Tournus area. This episode is certainly related to the life of Saint Valerien, the evangelist of Tournus, in the second century. This is the first time that such a long legitimising tradition has been described.
The study also reveals that the architect of this abbey can be no other than Guillaume de Volpiano, and the commissioner Otte-Guillaume, duke of Burgundy, his second cousin.
'A Most Beautiful Brawl': Beholding Splendor and Carnage in Renaissance Italy
Going beyond the violent imagery conventional to Italian representations of the subject, Domenico Ghirlandaio's Massacre of the Innocents (1485–1490) presents an unsettling mixture of dazzling beauty and graphic violence. The fresco, located in the high chapel of the Florentine church of Santa Maria Novella, juxtaposes sumptuous fabrics and gleaming metal surfaces with bloodied and broken infant bodies. While representations of the Massacre often featured piles of mangled corpses, the prominent inclusion in the fresco of pieces of the Holy Innocents – severed heads and arms – was a highly atypical divergence from the established iconography of the scene. This article considers how the depiction of body parts in the Ghirlandaio fresco – and in a related painting of the same subject by Matteo di Giovanni – shaped the viewing experience. I argue that in their original devotional context, these paintings would have fostered a 'reliquary mode of seeing' by combining formal features characteristic of reliquaries with the representation of relic-like body fragments. Furthermore, the relationship with reliquary devotion was made exceptionally palpable and immediate by the presence of relics of the Holy Innocents in the churches were both paintings were located. The body parts in the paintings thus would have served as metonyms for the relics themselves: the depicted heads and limbs framed with painted signs of material splendor, the actual relics encased in precious materials.
Seeing Red: Was Titian Too Young to Know Better?
The picture now in Antwerp depicting Jacopo Pesaro, the bishop of Paphos, and Pope Alexander VI before Saint Peter is sometimes referred to as Titian's earliest painting. In writing about it Panofsky suggested 'there is hardly any trace of blue: St. Peter is clad in a red mantle (Titian did not as yet know, or chose to disregard, the tradition according to which St. Peter should wear a yellow mantle over a blue coat)'. But did such an iconographic cannon of color exist during the Renaissance and if so, was Titian simply too young to know better when he put Peter in red? A quick look at other North Italian paintings by artists such as Mantegna, Girolamo Dai Libri and Giovanni Bellini suggests that Titian was probably well aware of a tradition of dressing Saint Peter in red and yellow. No doubt, he was also fully aware that certain colors were given moral meanings in emblem books and contemporary poetry. Red, for example, was a color of the liturgical calendar marking Christ's Passion and the blood of the martyrs and was specifically associated with papal authority. Saint Peter, we might posit, is shown in pontifical red because he represents the divinely sanctioned authority of the Church. This authority is underscored by the red and gold papal banner being presented to him, by the pope and Jacopo Pesaro before the papal fleet sailed into battle against the Turks. From at least the eleventh century, popes had personally bestowed specially blessed banners on warriors leading military expeditions. It is hard simply to dismiss Titian's choice of red in the Antwerp picture as a youthful misstep when one realizes that around 1526 he again used red and yellow for Peter's garments in the San Nicolò della Lattuga altarpiece. Titian, it seems, was not too young to know that within different contexts, Saint Peter's role and hence the color of his drapery might change.
A New Agony in the Garden by Titian and His Collaborators, and the Problem of Originality in Late Titian
Throughout his career, and especially in the last three decades of his life, Titian issued from his workshop a sizeable number of variants and replicas of compositions of any subject and format. The circulation of so many paintings was boosted by a huge request from collectors across Europe, and helped Titian to establish himself as a widely celebrated artist. Over the years, the master developed an unconventional working method that privileged the unevenness of the pictorial surface over uniformity and homogeneity, thus emphasising the process of art-making. Indeed, it is especially for his peculiar, idiosyncratic handling of the brush that he was renowned, and his paintings sought after. Furthermore, this technique matched up with the cult of the personality that Titian himself fostered. At the same time, however, several of the variants and replicas produced in the late years raise the problem of how the collaboration with assistants affected the notion itself of authorship and originality. How did his innovative technique, which highlighted his virtuosity and individuality, go with the documented, extensive contribution by his collaborators? Moreover, if each variant or replica received a unique, distinctive pictorial treatment, can we still draw a clear line between originals and derivations?
By presenting a previously unpublished version of Titian's Agony in the Garden, whose composition is known through a painting executed for Philip II and now in the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, this study seeks to discuss and establish a new theory of the nature of authorship in Titian's late collaborative works. The new painting is here acknowledged as a joint work by the master and his collaborators, and stands as an example of how the novel aesthetics developed by Titian tolerated and perhaps even encouraged the incorporation of different hands into many of his late works.
Tam foelix pictor vate, ut pictore Poeta: The Iconography of Sebastiano del Piombo's Lunettes in the Loggia della Galatea
The 'Loggia della Galatea' in the Villa Farnesina has a long history among iconographers. We know that the subjects were selected to convey themes involving the Four Elements in order to celebrate the patron Agostino Chigi: Fire in relation to the vault painted by Baldassarre Peruzzi, Air for Sebastiano del Piombo's lunettes, Earth and Water for the main frescoes on the wall, Sebastiano's Poliphemus and Raphael's Galatea. But whereas Chigi's horoscope has been recognized as a perfect clockwork of astrology, with the mythological gods associated with the planets, and Chigi's marital plans are alluded to by the Galatea, symbolizing Neoplatonic love, there has been no explanation concerning the Ovidian themes painted in the lunettes, an embarrassing assembly of baleful events, ranging from rape to abduction, violence, betrayal and death. This author provides specific new readings of them, explaining the violent stories taking place in the realm of Air as symbols of the passions according to the sixteenth-century moralizing commentaries on the Metamorphoses (up to now never considered in this context, but crucial to the understanding the overall organization of the decorative programme of the Loggia), closely connecting them to Agostino's microcosm. Thanks to this newly discovered system of meanings, which allows for the identification of previously misunderstood subjects, such as the Cumaen Sibyl and Apollo, the lunettes can be now firmly placed into a tightly structured and consistent iconographic programme of the Loggia.
Towards the History of El Greco Forgeries: A Draft Categorisation with a Few Examples
The paper discusses the forgeries of El Greco's paintings from the twentieth century, dividing them into the following categories: a) modern copies that are the same as the original, except for their format and some minor details; b) reinterpretations of original works, amended in order to appear to be 'variations' by the artist himself, using different motifs taken from his other paintings; c) more creative combinations, mixing together inspiration from works by both the painter himself and other artists with whom he was undoubtedly in contact; d) images painted in the style of El Greco, but without any actual reference to known original pieces and, if anything, with details that are quite alien to the world of the master; e) signatures on paintings that were contextually similar to the world of El Greco, and which were granted plausibility as his autograph works thanks to these inscriptions. Many examples are provided, mostly relating to works that have appeared on the art market accompanied by the expert opinion of leading specialists.
A Miracle of Art and Therefore a Miraculous Image. A Neglected Aspect of the Reception of Michelangelo's Vatican Pietà
In the 1630s, Alessandro Sforza distinguished with crowns several Marian images 'venerated for antiquity and miracles', including Michelangelo's Vatican Pietà, carved c. 1500. It was crowned in 1637, although there is no record of any miracles believed to have been worked by it. The contention of this paper is that three reasons might have contributed to the crowning of the Vatican Pietà: its reputation as a devotional image, its connection with an artistic rather than religious notion of miraculousness, and its relationship to other Marian images venerated in the Vatican Basilica (above all, the Madonna della Febbre, crowned in 1631).
Michelangelo and Seats of Power
This article examines a ubiquitous but little noted piece of furniture: the chair. Power and prestige are connoted when a represented subject is seated, and especially when seated in a special sort of chair, commonly known as a 'Savonarola' chair. The article investigates the long history of this specific type of furniture, particularly in Italian Renaissance painting, before turning to the message conveyed two eloquent examples of the symbolic power of the chair and its occupant. In two paintings from the 'Michelangelo Gallery' in the Casa Buonarroti (by Anastasio Fontebuoni and Cosimo Gamberucci), we see moments in the artist's life when an x-shaped 'seat of power' is central to the narrative episode represented. In each of these works, the chair is a little noticed, yet eloquent protagonist.
Grace and Favour: Pius V and Sepulchral Architecture in Counter-Reformation Rome
This article examines the sepulchral monuments commissioned by Pius V (1566–1572), which include a mausoleum for himself and three tombs for men he held in high esteem. These projects have never before been discussed together and the author reconstructs the circumstances surrounding each of the commissions to demonstrate the personal and political motivations behind them. The author also considers their use of coloured marbles, looking particularly at how this relates to the paragone between painting and sculpture, concluding that these important papal commissions were not only informed by the reforming demands of their patron but by contemporary artistic theory.
The Lost Church of San Niccolò ai Frari (San Nicoletto) in Venice and its Painted Decoration
Closed in 1806 and later demolished, the little Franciscan church of San Niccolò ai Frari in Venice was previously decorated with an ensemble of sixteenth-century paintings of great distinction. These included, in addition to a major work by Titian above the high altar, a cycle by Paolo Veronese and his family assistants, also involving his younger contemporaries Paolo Fiammingo and Palma Giovane. Using contemporary documents and early printed sources, the present article traces a history of the church and provides a reconstruction of the original arrangement of these paintings, drawing new conclusions about their dating, patronage, and iconography.
The Iconographic Analysis of Caravaggio's Saint John the Baptist in the Desert in Galleria Borghese, Rome
Caravaggio's Saint John the Baptist (Rome, Galleria Borghese) was painted in 1609–1610 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V, and although many scholars have carefully studied and analyzed it in the last decades, the meaning of this unusual image has not been fully revealed. This present article focuses on the parable of the Good Shepherd related in the Gospel of St John (10, 11–21) as a key to the reading of particular aspects of Caravaggio's work, and interprets its depiction as a visual message conveyed to Cardinal Borghese that the artist strongly wished a pardon from the Pope for the murder that he had committed on 28 May 1606.
'Paise antique': Claude Lorrain and Seventeenth-century Responses to Antique Landscape Painting
Claude Lorrain's evocation of the world of classical antiquity in his paintings is rightly celebrated, but his indebtedness to antique painting has been the subject of some speculation. This article explores the evidence, in the light of recent research and in the context of a heightened interest in the antique in seventeenth-century Rome. Many of the artist's noble Roman patrons collected examples of antique painting, or drawings after them by P. S. Bartoli and his son Francesco, while illustrations to the Vatican Virgil (borrowed by both Cassiano dal Pozzo and Camillo Massimo) may have provided the starting point for Claude's rendering of bucolic subjects.
The First and Second Versions of Guercino's Semiramis Receiving a Messenger (1645) and Related Studio Copies
While it is widely recognized that many successful artists, such as Titian, made autograph replicas of their own paintings, this phenomenon is only beginning to be studied in the work of Guercino. He started making such replicas from the very beginning of his career, since a surprising number of duplicate versions have been identified from before his Roman period (1621–1623). Repetitions made during the period of the artist's Account Book (from 1629 until the artist's death in 1666), on the other hand, are a more vexed issue. The debate over prime and second versions by Guercino from his mature period was reopened in 2005 with the re-appearance on the London art market of Guercino's lost version from Northbrook Park of his 1645 composition, Semiramis at her Toilet Receiving a Messenger, first published by Denis Mahon in 1949 and now in a private collection, New York. Less than five years earlier, another autograph version of the same subject, now in the Cobbe Collection at Hatchlands Park, had come to light and was also endorsed by Mahon. This article examines the differences between the two versions and concludes that the Cobbe version of the composition (commissioned by Cardinal Federigo Cornaro), slightly less finished, was painted first.


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Eurozone finance ministers have finally agreed to allow Greece an additional two years to meet its budgetary targets, although they have left undecided for now the matter of where additional funding will come from to tide the Mediterranean nation over during the extra period of time.
Bloomberg reported Tuesday that in the wake of Greece's adoption of a stringent austerity budget for 2013, which spurred street demonstrations, the country's creditors decided that it would be better to give Athens more time to cut its debt than to risk a default that could put everything in jeopardy.
Not everyone was happy with the decision, however. International Monetary Fund Director Christine Lagarde protested the extension of the deadline for Greece to cut its debt to a "sustainable" level to 2022, saying that the target date "has to be 2020."
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Enterprise infrastructure virtualization hits its stride as the 4th biggest tech trend of 2011, Baseline research says.
Is virtualization the answer to everything? It certainly seems that way. Cost-reduction -- check. Growth -- check. Business flexibility -- check. Following a bit of VDI- and cloud-induced distraction in 2010, we see tremendous activity levels for the more mature virtualization types in 2011.
All Covered, a Redwood City, Calif.-based regulation, compliance, business continuity and strategic planning services company, has deployed enterprise virtualization to both cut costs and increase flexibility.
"We've been fortunate that our business has been expanding," says CIO Tim Crawford, who is also a past president of the Society for Information Management's San Francisco Bay Area chapter. "However, there may be times where some services contract. Given that, the virtual model can save between 25 and 75 percent on operating costs, depending on how efficiently the servers are used today."
It's clear that server and storage virtualization are only now hitting their stride, as most organizations have at least one production environment and are beginning to move aggressively to expand. Application virtualization may also be taking advantage, though that's unclear from our study, which didn't separate it out from the other two. Network virtualization, however, was looked at separately and still seems to be several years away from meaningful deployment levels.
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Chain Reaction: We Try Subway's New Big Hot Pastrami Melt
Would you like fries (or onion rings or chicken tenders) with that?
I like this gig. It's not my full-time job, but I take it pretty seriously. I track the newest menu offerings from major chains, field suggestions from friends (thanks, Facebook), family (thanks, text messages from mom), and strangers (thanks, Twitter), and give every review my all. Well, sort of.
My full time job in retail means that between Thanksgiving and Christmas, there is no time for sleeping, exercise, quality time with loved ones, or eating real food. Luckily, there is a Subway right next door to our store!
That one was too easy, and frankly a bit unfair. Done right, Subway offers diners some of the healthiest fast food options available (see: Jared). Done wrong, you get this.
So yeah, after that hot mess, I would have preferred to stay away for a while. But it's close, and apparently they have something new: the Big Hot Pastrami Melt.
Stop it.
Although I live in Boston now and couldn't tell you where the nearest deli is (I know, I know: "Brookline", but WHERE in Brookline?), I grew up immersed in Cleveland, OH's counter-culture. Subsequently, I have developed the ability to tell you the likelihood that your corned beef, liverwurst, or pastrami sandwich will be up to snuff based solely on the atmosphere in which it's served. (Is there a bucket of pickles on the table? +1 point; how many varieties of Dr. Brown's soda are available? +2 points for each; and so on...) Subway scores pretty low on that scale.
So why was I surprised when, again, my sandwich looked sad right from the start? Did I honestly expect Subway to add rye to its massive bread portfolio? Didn't I learn my lesson about 'lettuce heft' the last time? It's the holidays, I was starving, and I would have eaten a horse.
The meat was utterly unappealing. Somehow both overly salty and under-seasoned, the meat was this sandwich's only chance to get it right (it's hard, though admittedly not impossible, to mess up pickles, mustard, and cheese) and it failed. I took down the 6-inch sandwich in roughly 10 bites, every one of which contained a piece of meat so rubbery and tough that I had to do that thing where you grind your incisors back and forth over it like a saw. It must have been tough to watch, and I was admittedly embarrassed to be eating across from a colleague. Maybe he didn't notice (he definitely noticed).
For me, there aren't enough free vegetables in the world to make this sandwich recommendable to anyone. But as long as Subway doesn't mess with the Italian BMT, they'll continue to get my business.
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'Everest' beckons Lions' class of 2009
Graham Jenkins in Durban
June 19, 2009
Former Lions assistant coach Jim Telfer pledges his support to the Class of 2009 earlier this year © Getty Images
Peter De Villiers Riki Flutey Jerry Guscott Nathan Hines Gethin Jenkins Ian McGeechan Victor Matfield Brian O'Driscoll Jason Robinson Andrew Sheridan John Smit Juan Smith Jim Telfer Phil Vickery David Wallace Martyn Williams
"This is your f***ing Everest, boys. Very few ever get a chance in rugby terms to get to the top of Everest. You have the chance today."
Jim Telfer's speech to the Lions' forwards on the eve of the first Test in 1997 has long been a required text for British & Irish rugby players with aspirations to pull on the famous red jersey. And no doubt every member of the current crop of Lions can recite some, if not all, of the Scot's impassioned words thanks to the extremely successful Living with Lions tour documentary.
Head coach Ian McGeechan stood before his latest squad on Wednesday to read the names of those who would face the Springboks at Kings Park on Saturday. We are told that in an emotionally-charged room the reaction was what he would have wanted - joy from those selected and a quick congratulatory handshake from those who failed to make the team. Judge the reactions for yourself when the latest fly-on-the-wall film is released.
Make no mistake - it will take a united squad to topple the Springboks and McGeechan and co have worked hard to forge that spirit since the squad came together. Twenty-two players may go into battle on Saturday but this squad stands as one - on and off the field.
"Being picked is the easy bit. To win for the Lions in a Test match is the ultimate, but you'll not do it unless you put your bodies on the line. Every one jack of you for 80 minutes. Defeat doesn't worry me. I've had it often and so have you. It's performance that matters. If you put in the performance, you'll get what you deserve. No luck attached to it. If you don't put it in, then we're second-raters."
So the stage is set. This is the class of 2009's opportunity to leave an indelible mark in the history books. The Lions have a long and colourful history from which to draw inspiration but this Ipod generation need only look to their own DVD collections.
There they will find Jason Robinson leaving Australia's Chris Latham for dead in Brisbane, Brian O'Driscoll bursting through the Wallabies' defence in the same clash at The Gabba and Jeremy Guscott drop kicking the Lions to glory over South Africa in Durban in 1997 - all these magic moments will still be fresh in the minds of these players. They know where they were when these pivotal moments took place. Some watched from the comfort of their sofas while others, like O'Driscoll and fellow veteran Phil Vickery had a much closer view of the action.
For some, this moment has been a long-held dream while others find themselves on the brink of greatness with their careers just beginning to blossom. Lock Simon Shaw has been here before and tasted success as part of the victorious '97 Lions. Others have been here and lost, like O'Driscoll, and still have the physical and emotional scars to prove it. For them this is a last chance.
For others like wingers Tommy Bowe and Ugo Monye and centre Jamie Roberts time is on their side. They could find themselves here again but there are no guarantees in the professional era. They must treat this the same way as their esteemed team mates.
"They don't respect you. They don't rate you. The only way to be rated is to stick one on them, to get right up in their faces and turn them back, knock them back. Outdo what they do. Outjump them, outscrum them, outruck them, outdrive them, outtackle them, until they're f***ing sick of you. Remember the pledges you made. Remember how you depend on each other at every phase, teams within teams, scrums, lineouts, ruck ball, tackles."
For some the journey to this point has already been an emotional rollercoaster such as England flanker Tom Croft. Just a few short weeks ago he was coming to terms with being a Lions outcast having been tipped widely to form part of the tourists' armoury. But injuries opened the door for his selection and having proven his worth in the warm-up matches he will line-up against the Springboks in Durban very much on the front line.
For other members of this squad the journey has been a little longer in geographical terms. Nathan Hines found his way here via Australian rugby league while New Zealander Riki Flutey can lay claim to having played both for and against the Lions. Both have long since fallen under the Lions' spell.
Each and every squad member has also made sacrifices in order to reach this point. For the majority it has been a rigorous training and playing regime since their formative years, constantly pushing the body to the limit throughout a season that is too long. For others the cost has been a bit more acute. For Hines that meant giving up the chance of sharing in domestic glory with his club Perpignan (they claimed the Top 14 crown in his absence) while for Flutey that meant painful two-hourly treatments, through the night, to ease his knee injury and keep his Lions dream alive.
"They are better than you've played against so far. They are better individually or they wouldn't be there. So it's an awesome task you have and it will only be done if everybody commits themselves now. You are privileged. You are the chosen few. Many are considered but few are chosen. They don't think f*** all of us. Nothing. We're here just to make up the f***ing numbers. Nobody's going to do it for you. You have to find your own solace -- your own drive, your ambition, your own inner strength, because the moment's arrived for the greatest game of your f***ing life."
In front of them, as in 1997, stand not only the world champions but the best side on the planet. And the physical and technical challenge they represent will be a significant step up from what the Lions have seen already on this tour.
The tackles, rucks and scrum will require a new level of commitment and every lineout and backline move will require the forethought of a grandmaster - all this while your lungs are burning like never before. Composure has been strong point for the Lions but Test match intensity can do strange things to the best players.
The smiles and laughter that have emanated from the players over the last few weeks will soon give way to match-day focus. They remain well aware that their success will ultimately be defined by the result of the Test series.
And so it comes to this. Six Welshmen, five Irishmen and four Englishmen will lead the Lions into the fiercest battle the elite tourists have ever seen. But they go with the unstinting support of their team mates, tens of thousands of fans and the massed ranks of four proud rugby nations.
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Twitter Hands Devs Some New Playing Cards
Apr 3, 2013 3:16 PM PT
Twitter announced updates to its Cards feature for developers Tuesday. The enhancements enable greater integration of media and apps, and target mobile users of the social network, but the overall goal is to allow developers to stuff more content in and around a typical tweet while maintaining the 140-character tweet limit for texts.
The company introduced three new types of Cards: App, Product and Gallery. The new Cards allow for deep linking into an app, the ability to drive app downloads directly from the Card, and links to purchase products mentioned in the Cards.
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Twitter Cards, which were released last year, allow expansion of 140-character posts with multimedia elements such as photos, videos and links. Six Cards are now available to content owners and brands, including the previously released Summary, Photo and Player Cards.
With the new Cards, content owners and brands can showcase a group of photos in a Gallery; tweet a Product card with photo, specs and the price of a product; or offer a path into an app -- and an app download -- with an App card. Developers can create these cards by adding a few lines of code and providing validation for the URLs provided.
Partners including Etsy, Flickr, Foursquare, Path, Rovio's Angry Birds, and Vine have already signed on to the new Cards. Those brands will likely get company soon: a Twitter blog post said more than 10,000 developers, mobile apps and websites already use Cards.
The App Card has an additional trick: Developers can code the Card with deep links. For users who already have the app, the link will open it and navigate to the piece of content mentioned in the tweet, like a news story or a particular level in Angry Birds. For those who don't have the app, the Card will give users the chance to instantly download the app.
E-commerce sits like Etsy could benefit from Product Cards, which will let sellers tweet about their product with a photo and price, and will then enable a direct link to a page on Etsy to buy the goods.
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Cards let developers, brands and marketers tell a story without 140-character limitations.
"Twitter Cards are a way to add additional content to your tweets, images, video, links, etc.," Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence told TechNewsWorld. "They're especially valuable for marketers because these enhanced content messages can be shared across Twitter in the form of retweets."
Brands want to drive sales conversions. In the case of a Product page, Twitter users might follow the link directly to a page where they can purchase goods.
App developers may benefit the most on mobile, since App Cards could increase usage of apps and drive more downloads. "So if you're an app developer and use Twitter to promote your app, it gains potentially much more 'actionable' exposure through a Card vs. a simple URL link," Sterling said.
"In the case of our app, snap.tap.give, our users can tweet about gifts they make to our amazing organizations," David Allen, cofounder of GetGoodKarmaNow.com told TechNewsWorld. "140 characters just isn't enough to tell the world about your gift and the organization, so we are including a Twitter Card summary of the charity. Our mission is 'capturing the inspiration to give,' so with the mobile app deep linking, anyone reading the Tweet could be inspired to try our app for giving directly to the organization with a simple click."
The new Cards are designed more for the mobile Twitter user. The Cards are formatted for smaller screens and provide easy navigation to more content.
"The bottom line is that there's more information and richer information available through uses of the Cards than conventional tweets," said Sterling. "It allows for a range of more interesting and engaging possibilities."


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Nebraska governor's race quickly taking shape
The Nebraska governor's race is quickly taking shape, with a flurry of new candidates launching their 2014 bids and others weighing their options.
Republican businessman Pete Ricketts officially jumped into the race on Sunday, and state Sen. Beau McCoy will embark Tuesday on a multi-city campaign tour. The candidates will join state Sens. Tom Carlson and Charlie Janssen, and State Auditor Mike Foley in the GOP primary.
Republican Matt Williams, the president of Gothenberg State Bank, says he is leaning toward a run for an open legislative seat, but is also looking at the governor's race. Another potential GOP candidate, Rex Fisher, says he has ruled out a run 2014.
Former University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook and Nebraska state Sen. Annette Dubas are running in the Democratic primary.