More Fixes From Microsoft

[Stik]

Thought this might be useful information for some. :wink:

' It issued patches for vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, FrontPage, and Office, with three of the five flaws rated as "critical," its highest-ranking assessment.'


http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16100449

[JustinGTP]

Thanks!

-Justin.

[Janak Parekh]

From now on, Microsoft will release such patches the second Tuesday of every month, with the possible exception of urgent ones which are pushed more quickly.

--janak

[delfuhd]

This is quite annoying that I'm downloading all these "fixes.." I have more Windows update downloads than I've ever had in my life of windows updating.

But of course I can't risk being 'hacked...'

so annoying... :2gunfire: :onfire:

[Steven Cedrone]

This is quite annoying that I'm downloading all these "fixes.."

Personally, I don't mind all of the fixes (thank goodness for broadband though :wink: ), it shows that Microsoft is commited to patching the problems being uncovered both in house, and by the hacker community...

Steve

[delfuhd]

True but it's annoying to see this huge space in my "remove programs" menu filled with Windows Updates.

[mberry]

If seeing the large number of items in your add/remove programs list is a bother... check this out http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314481&Product=winxp

It is a MS knowledge base article on how to manually remove items from your add/remove programs applet. It does not physically remove the patch, just the link to the uninstall (not like you would ever want to uninstall them anyway) You may want to keep the last few just in case.

Hope that helps.

[chunkymonkey75]

Patching your own computer often really isn't that big of a deal. Imagine if you worked in IT for a large company (like myself) and are responsible for getting 10,000+ computers patched every week. We are in a contant cycle, every week, of getting all the computers patched. I'm getting quite tired of it.

[mberry]

If your managing 10,000+ you must be using some sort of patch management software (SMS or SUS)... SUS being the free system update server provided by MS that uses group policy to push updates.

Being an IT manager myself i am responsible for maintaining 500 computers/servers in 5 different offices... and i can say with 100% certainty that every system under my control is up to date with all system patches (all thanks to SUS, and it was free)

SMS or systems management server is a bit pricey (yet has a few features that would be nice)

[chunkymonkey75]

If your managing 10,000+ you must be using some sort of patch management software (SMS or SUS)... SUS being the free system update server provided by MS that uses group policy to push updates.

Being an IT manager myself i am responsible for maintaining 500 computers/servers in 5 different offices... and i can say with 100% certainty that every system under my control is up to date with all system patches (all thanks to SUS, and it was free)

SMS or systems management server is a bit pricey (yet has a few features that would be nice)

Yes, we are using SMS. But it isn't perfect. If the SMS client isn't installed properly on the pc, it doesn't get the push. Then, the computer has to be patched manually. Even at a 99% success rate, 100 pc's need to be found and patched (still a pain)

I've never heard of SUS before.....being in IT I'm shocked that you can be 100% certain of anything ;)

[Janak Parekh]

I've never heard of SUS before.....being in IT I'm shocked that you can be 100% certain of anything ;)
SUS is a lightweight update system for organizations that aren't large enough for SMS. And it's free.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx

--janak