Viz Vista by Ed Tittel

In reading over Chris Pirillo's daily newsletter this morning, I tripped over an interesting item entitled "Is Maximum PC right about Vista?" For those not already in the know, Maximum PC is a serious PC enthusiast publication, built around a glossy, high-concept monthly magazine and a Web site to match, with coverage of all kinds of high-end PC hardware, systems, peripherals, toys, tools, and more. I almost got lucky about four years ago when one of my publishers decided to go after some of this company's related book business, but alas the project never came to fruition. I provide all this by way of explaining why this little blurb grabbed my eye and my undivided attention.

The second Tuesday of every month is also known as "Patch Tuesday," because that's the day when Microsoft normally releases its security updates, along with other patches and fixes for its various Windows operating systems, applications, and so forth. Yesterday was the second Tuesday in September, and Windows Update proffered 10 items, most of which are described in the Security Bulletin for that month.Here, I'm going to focus in on one non-security update entitled "Update for Windows Vista (KB955302)".