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Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday

Posted by timothy on from the 24-hours-but-bigger-minutes dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft said it will deliver its largest-ever number of security updates on Tuesday to fix 13 flaws in every version of Windows, as well as Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SQL Server, important developer tools and Forefront Security client software. Among the updates will be the first for the final, or release to manufacturing, code of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system. The 13 updates slated for next week, eight of them pegged 'critical,' beat the previous record of 12 updates shipped in February 2007 and again in October 2008." Update Reader Kurt Seifried writes to correct the math a bit, pointing to Microsoft's Advance Notification page for the release, which says that rather than 13 flaws, this Patch Tuesday involves "13 bulletins (eight critical and five important), addressing 34 vulnerabilities ... Most of these updates require a restart so please factor that into your deployment planning."

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  1. Re:...Patch Tuesday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I built my system myself which means that I'm more than capable of grabbing a bootleg copy of Windows online. Instead I chose to pay for a copy of WinXP because the OS is a MAJOR part of my system and as such was worth the asking price. (And also because I'm not a thieving schmuck. If you don't want to pay use Linux.)

    Ever since I've been hounded by WGA. I just want my system patched. Microsoft wants to verify "something", god knows what, every time I try to access patches. Their checker needs updating quite often. I don't know what it does. I don't know what info it sends them. I just know it's an annoyance, maybe a personal security risk. I can't patch without it. (Officially that is. I'm aware of "alternate" patch sources but how secure is that? Seriously now, come on...)

    This is the thanks I get for dropping money on their product. I passed on Vista. I'll pass on Win7. Once this system has aged to the point of uselessness (translation: can't game any more) I'm going to Linux full time. Why? BECAUSE THEY ACT AS IF THEY OWN MY MACHINE, NOT ME. THAT pisses me off.

    So f--- them. I'm done.