Unscheduled updates - 3 x Vista and 2 x Win XP

[occam]

Is it my imagination, or are these non-Patch-Tuesday security updates
becoming more and more frequent?

2 just arrived on Win XP Pro (KB976098 and KB973687) and 3 on Vista
business (same similar).

 

[robinb]

no you are not crazy, I got them too
and I do not like this method because I take care of 40 computers on a
monthly basis and I already did 30 of them, now I have to go back and do
these darn security updates.
why can't microsoft just issue them on patch tuesday?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
robin

 

[gene]

no you are not crazy, I got them too
and I do not like this method because I take care of 40 computers on
a monthly basis and I already did 30 of them, now I have to go back
and do these darn security updates.
why can't microsoft just issue them on patch tuesday?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
robin

It could have to do with what time they came out yesterday. I was away
for a few days and didn't turn my XP computer on until around 4pm, and
there they were. Checking MS Update just now - Wed 9:40am MT - there
are no high priority updates.

Btw, happy feasting tomorrow. I'm off to a nephew's Bar Mitzvah in
LA. About the only time you'll find me in shul.

Gene

 

[Randy Knobloch]

Is it my imagination, or are these non-Patch-Tuesday security updates
becoming more and more frequent?

2 just arrived on Win XP Pro (KB976098 and KB973687) and 3 on Vista
business (same similar).

There were a number of "out-of-band" updates released yesterday, much to the surprise
of some - me included. Some chatter on the subject @ this thread >
<http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23389216-Several-MS-Updates-today-11242009>

 

[WTC]

Is it my imagination, or are these non-Patch-Tuesday security updates
becoming more and more frequent?

Non security updates are released on the last Tuesday of each month. It
has been this way for quite some time now.

Security updates are released on the second Tuesday of each month.


Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update
Services changes in content for 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=894199

 

[WTC]

and I do not like this method because I take care of 40 computers on
a monthly basis and I already did 30 of them, now I have to go back
and do these darn security updates.

Hi robinb,

Ever hear of a WSUS Server that you can manage to approve and install
updates on client computers?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/wsus/default.aspx

 

[Robin]

mazol tov

It could have to do with what time they came out yesterday. I was away
for a few days and didn't turn my XP computer on until around 4pm, and
there they were. Checking MS Update just now - Wed 9:40am MT - there
are no high priority updates.

Btw, happy feasting tomorrow. I'm off to a nephew's Bar Mitzvah in
LA. About the only time you'll find me in shul.

Gene

 

[Robin]

yes but you need the computers in your network- these are not
robin

 

[WTC]

Hi Robin,

No, you do not need the client computers in your network (subnet). You
can have any number of client computers anywhere you wish. The WSUS
server is just a web application and all that is required is to have
port 80 or a port of choosing to be open for communication between the
client and the WSUS server.

 

[Tim Clark]

Non security updates are released on the last Tuesday of each month. It
has been this way for quite some time now.

From the above link:

"Tuesday, November 24, 2009
New security content:

* MS08-076: Security Update for Windows XP (KB972187)

From the link below:

Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update
Services changes in content for 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=894199

?
Tim

 

[Tim Clark]

Just so you guys know,

NONE of this topic thread has been transmitted to the WebView at of
8:45pm CST USA
FYI

It would appear that what ever server/service that transmits/forwards
NNTP posts to the webview is down again.

You might want to be aware of this in case you reply to a post that a
user may have made using the WebView.

Hopefully this will not take forever to get fixed again :-(

Happy Thanksgiving to Every One

?
Tim

 

[WTC]

"Tuesday, November 24, 2009
New security content:

* MS08-076: Security Update for Windows XP (KB972187)

This is not new original security update, look at MS08-076, it is a new
version of a previously released security update. This security update
was originally released in late 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-076.mspx

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks, Tim.

Just so you guys know,

NONE of this topic thread has been transmitted to the WebView at of
8:45pm CST USA
FYI

It would appear that what ever server/service that transmits/forwards NNTP
posts to the webview is down again.

You might want to be aware of this in case you reply to a post that a user
may have made using the WebView.

Hopefully this will not take forever to get fixed again :-(

Happy Thanksgiving to Every One

?
Tim
--
Windows XP SP3 [Tried and True!]
Windows Vista [Your Joking, Right?]
Windows 7 [Determination Pending ?!?]

Is it my imagination, or are these non-Patch-Tuesday security updates
becoming more and more frequent?

2 just arrived on Win XP Pro (KB976098 and KB973687) and 3 on Vista
business (same similar).