WinPatrol 2007 v11.2

My apology to WinPatrol fans for not letting you know about release of WinPatrol 2007 v 11.2 last week. It seems I have been spending a bit too much time between analyzing log files and updating Windows Vista Bookmarks.

Following are the updated features:

• Major performance improvement reading the Windows registry when duplicate reading is being done by other security programs.

• Right-click access to a programs Folder and Properties including Vista Security settings, Digital Signatures and Shadow copies

• Fixed a bug moving some Startup Folder items back from Delayed Startup to normal startup folder.

• Added backup method to launch programs that failed to start at the appropriate time.

Note for Windows Vista Users:

The sound function works a bit differently on Windows Vista. As a result, Scotty's bark will be missing when launching WinPatrol from the task bar or if Scotty alerts you to a change.

Here is what Bill Pytlovany said about Scotty's Bark on Windows Vista:

"Yea, this is one I really hoped to have an answer by now on. I've left messages on Microsofts Vista Developer help board but it looks like I may have to use one of the phone calls I'm allowed to get someone at Microsoft to explain what has changed.

WinPatrol hasn't made any changes to how we call the sound function but it apparently works a little different in Vista. I'm happily surprised that with all that could possibility go wrong, this remains the number one bug that people are reporting.


Thanks!
Bill"

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Early Update - Microsoft Security Advisory 935423, 3 April 2007

Due to the increased risk to customers from the latest attacks associated with the vulnerability in Windows animated cursor handling, described in Microsoft Security Advisory 935423, Microsoft has expedited testing to provide the April security update tomorrow, a week earlier than usual.

As announced in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notice, on Tuesday 3 April 2007, Microsoft is planning to release:

• One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

Microsoft will not release any NON-SECURITY High-Priority Updates this month.

For additional information, see the MSRC Blog entry, Latest on security update for Microsoft Security Advisory 935423.

Ongoing Vista Updates

I suspect that it a time will come when updates to the Windows Vista Bookmarks collection will slow down. In the meantime, however, I continue to find valuable and, more important, reliable information to include in the collection. The advantage to you is that I do all the leg-work and all you need is one bookmark to Windows Vista bookmarks instead of cluttering your IE Favorites or Firefox Bookmarks,

Of particular interest in this update is Windows Vista Training Resources, located via Josh's post in Windows Connected. There is a wealth of resources available at your fingertips from Microsoft.

The other updates to the collection are listed below.

Blogs and Communities

• ITsVISTA
  

Features and Tutorials

• General: Vista's Keyboard Shortcuts
• Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT)
  How does Performance Rating in Windows Vista Work? (TechNet)
  WinSAT Reference (MSDN)
  WinSAT: Vista's Built-in Benchmark (ExremeTech)
  

Reviews and Collections

• Windows Vista Training Resources
  

Vista Security Features

• Windows Security Center: Windows Vista Update List