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Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patch For Windows

Posted by timothy on from the as-circumstances-warrant dept.

mrspoonsi writes Microsoft has announced that they will be pushing an out-of-band security patch today. The patch, which affects nearly all of the company's major platforms, is rated 'critical' and it is recommended that you install the patch immediately. The patch is rated 'critical' because it allows for elevation of privileges and will require a restart. The platforms that are affected include: Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1. Windows 10 Technical Preview customers are affected, too.

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  1. Better go kick WSUS into a sync... by MachineShedFred · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love nothing better than starting out my Tuesday with rebooting every Windows box...

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    1. Re:Better go kick WSUS into a sync... by DigiShaman · · Score: 1, Funny

      Scheduling an emergency patch and reboot with terminal servers among all employees is a huge PITA! "Awww, do we have too. I've got all this work to...*BEEP*." Sorry guys, finger slipped when it asked me to reboot or not. OTOH, server secure :)

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    2. Re:Better go kick WSUS into a sync... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 1, Funny

      I still would not want to be the guy who followed policy and got his internal network completely infested.

      Ya, but you've already got Windows systems on your network ... :-)

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  2. Re:XP as well? by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since it's not listed this would mean XP is safer than W7 or W8.

    Hazzah!

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  3. Re:Out of band? by funwithBSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    You will be getting a USB stick in the mail.

    Don't worry... it is perfectly safe to insert into your server.

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