13 New Windows Security Vunerabilities

Petree writes "Microsoft has given advance notice that on February 8th, they will be releasing patches for 13 vunerabilities. Happily a day later they'll have a nice little webcast so answer questions about the vunerabilities. Windows users, don't forget to run WindowsUpdate first thing Monday morning."

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"Run WindowsUpdate first thing Monday morning"

[Anonymous Coward]

And then again on Tuesday when the actual updates come out.

Re:"Run WindowsUpdate first thing Monday morning"

[theancient2]

It's only necessary to reboot once, not after each update. (The only time you need to reboot more than once is when installing a major update, such as a new version of Internet Explorer.)

Redundant?

[Anonymous Coward]

The summary is wrong, and this is pointing out that fact. Running Windows Update on Monday won't get you anything since the updates come out on TUESDAY, aka the 8TH.

At least they are actively patching...

[jmcmunn]

Come on Slashdot, at least they are actively fixing their shit. You all bad mouth them for not fixing stuff fast enough, and then when they announce they are releasing a patch you try to find some way to bad mouth them for that?

We're all bored of hearing how much people hate MS here...we KNOW you don't like them. Just leave it at that, and instead of reading and posting 600 replies here about how they suck, have some sort of intelligent conversation instead.

Re:Why?

[drmaxx]

they try - it's called Longhorn - they are just soooo many of them...

New Slashdot format

[EaterOfDog]

10 Print New Awesome Mac Product 20 Print New Windows Security Problem 30 Goto 10

Did You RTFA?

[Rolan]

1) The 8th is TUESDAY and the SECOND TUESDAY of every month is when Microsoft does their patch releases (unless they're so critical they release them out of cycle).
2) It's not 13 patchs for windows. As the article could not state any clearer it's:

9 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart.
1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft SharePoint Services and Office. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Moderate. These updates may or may not require a restart.
1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft .NET Framework. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Important. This update will require a restart.
1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Office. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Critical. These updates will require a restart.
1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Player, and MSN Messenger. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. These updates will require a restart.

3) Read before you submit.

Instead of the Following...

[Master of Transhuman]

"Windows users, don't forget to run WindowsUpdate first thing Monday morning."

I think he meant to say:

Install Linux first thing Monday morning...

I say: Why wait? Use the weekend wisely...