Article KB957200 (Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems)unavailable.

[Andy Mclennan]

Hi,

As per subject, will the article be made available, or does anyone have
a link to the update details?

Cheers

 

[Mick Murphy]

Hang on there... I'll put a call into
Miss Cleo on your behalf. Moron!

 

[Not Even Me]

. Update for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (KB957200)

Locale: All
Deployment: Recommended/Automatic Updates, WSUS, and Catalog
Classification: Updates, Non-Security
Target platforms: Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Approximate file sizes: . Windows Server 2008 for IA-64 update: ~
1435KB
. Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista update: ~ 493KB
. Windows Server 2008 x64/Windows Vista x64 update: ~ 985KB
Description:
This is a reliability update. This update resolves some performance
and reliability issues in Windows Server 2008. By applying this update, you
can achieve better performance and responsiveness in several different
scenarios. After you install this item, you may have to restart your
computer.

 

[Andy Mclennan]

vista x86 'Download details: Update for Windows Vista (KB957200)'
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d7-b659-4db5-95b8-9a86ca475ca4&DisplayLang=en)

vista x64 'Download details: Update for Windows Vista for x64-based
Systems (KB957200)'
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9c-e98f-4779-9d23-7d7a944f77ac&DisplayLang=en)

Thanks VeGaNKo & Not Even Me, but it's the article giving more details
I'm after, and that's the one which is missing from both the website and
the inbuilt Windows Update Vista x64 link.

The link is (and sorry for the length),
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...c&u=http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=957200

But what I get is,
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...&style=error&errurl=/Default.aspx?kbid=957200

 

[Mick Murphy]

Take no notice of my DUMB spoofer.
It does NOT have a life.

 

[Andy Mclennan]

Take no notice of my DUMB spoofer.
It does NOT have a life.

Noted.

 

[Andy Mclennan]

Maybe they haven't written the KB for the update yet cause it just came
out.

Possibly. MS typically have these articles ready for reading though.

 

[KenV]

I agree. I have automatic updates on and last night I was automatically
rebooted. I feel that this might be appropriate for a critical security
update in the off-cycle (not second Tuesday), but for a reliability update!?
- and one with no KB article !?

It has me asking myself has someone hacked into microsoft's update "machine"
and infected all of us. I think I am going to uninstall it until some info is
available.

 

[DDW]

I agree. I have automatic updates on and last night I was automatically
rebooted. I feel that this might be appropriate for a critical security
update in the off-cycle (not second Tuesday), but for a reliability update!?
- and one with no KB article !?

There was both a "recommended" AND an "important" Vista update for my
machine on the 28th: KB957200 (recommended) and security update
KB953155 (important).

You should check your list again.

DDW

 

[Andy Mclennan]

I agree. I have automatic updates on and last night I was automatically
rebooted. I feel that this might be appropriate for a critical security
update in the off-cycle (not second Tuesday), but for a reliability update!?
- and one with no KB article !?

It has me asking myself has someone hacked into microsoft's update "machine"
and infected all of us. I think I am going to uninstall it until some info is
available.

I had both of those also.

The recommended (KB957200) is similarly phrased to the one on the 10th
September (KB954366) and seems like it should really be installed.
However, the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957200 doesn't work
like the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954366 does.

Be that as it may there is a direct download for KB957200 on Microsoft's
website (as detailed in VeGaNKos post) and that suggests that the update
is legitimate.

Still, it would be nice to know in more detail what might be affected
should there be a problem.

 

[Andy Mclennan]

Hi,

As per subject, will the article be made available, or does anyone have
a link to the update details?

Cheers

It's here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957200