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On 9 January 2007 Microsoft is planning to release:
Security Updates
Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. Some of these updates will require a restart.
One Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Visual Studio. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Important. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. These updates will require a restart.
One Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Important. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. These updates may require a restart.
Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. These updates may require a restart.
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Microsoft will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services and the Download Center.
Note that this tool will NOT be distributed using Software Update Services (SUS).
Non-security High Priority updates on MU, WU, WSUS and SUS
Microsoft will release no NON-SECURITY High-Priority Updates for Windows on Windows Update (WU) and Software Update Services (SUS).
Microsoft will release two NON-SECURITY High-Priority Updates on Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Although we do not anticipate any changes, the number of bulletins, products affected, restart information and severities are subject to change until released.
Microsoft will host a webcast next week to address customer questions on these bulletins. For more information on this webcast please see below:
TechNet Webcast: Information about Microsoft's Security Bulletins
Wednesday, January 10, 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032321611&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
At this time no additional information on these bulletins such as details regarding severity or details regarding the vulnerability will be made available until 9 January 2007.
It's probably listed somewhere, and I think if you're up to date with patches, all you'd have to do is look at the Add/Remove Programs panel, and check the Updates option at the top, then look at all the ones you've installed to date.
Also if you make Windows show you hidden files, and then go to the Windows/System32/ folder, you see all the patch folders there at the top, so you can uninstall if you want to.
They could be alot, by the time SP3 is out in a year, but if you're up to date with these, then the final SP3 d/l shouldn't be that big for you. If it's a freash SP2 install then SP3 will be big also.
I still say that Service Packs should be about hotfixes and Feature Packs should be about adding features.
After installing from the Windows XP SP2 CD it finds 2 updates (Windows Installer and BITS I think). After restart it finds at least 65 or 70 more updates. After another restart I run Microsoft Update, install the "Genuine Advantage" tool (another update) then there are 10 or 12 more updates.
Service Pack 3 Please!!!
That's why I like to boot from the network and RIS a new workstation when I can.
Hi xMorpheousx416,
If this helps, a clean install of WinXP using a slipstreamed SP2disk, last time I added 98 patches. The total size of the patches was a whopping 488MB in their unpacked form. I have saved a set of patches (over the months) and use a batch file to install them, to save download time. How many are patches on patchesI do not know.Microsoft, if no SP3 for another 2 years (ie NEVER) then how about a rollup?
And some people wonder why others despise Microsoft!
I have made a WinXP CD with SP2 and all the updates till the end of 2006 slipstreamed!!! I install Windows XP and done, no more updates ;-) Also IE7 is slipstreamed. This saves me hours!Greets, www.overzichtelijk.nl
hiwaystar, get over it man, every OS gets patched/updated, or don't you bother to look at all the *nix updates every week, not to mention OSX updates and that's nothing new either, unless you call darwin new, but it's just another form of unix on a pretty Aqua UI.