MS Updates -- Accompanying Literature

i understand that whenever ms distributes updates, ms also promulgates
extensive literature explicating each update. where can i find these
explications, and what other sources can shed light on ms updates?

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nweissma wrote:
> i understand that whenever ms distributes updates, ms also
> promulgates extensive literature explicating each update. where can
> i find these explications, and what other sources can shed light on
> ms updates?

Usually you can visit the web page representing the given knowledge base
article.

You can see the critical (security and other) patches released for a given
month using the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx

At the end of this line you see "ms##-***.mspx" .. If you simply replace ##
with the two-digit year and the *** with the three character month
abbreviation, you will see the list of "critical" and "important" patches
for that month (since it only happens once a month usually, if you check by
the second Tuesday (wait until afternoon) of each month - you should be
fine) - note that future months will not work.

As an example...

December 2004's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms04-dec.mspx

March 2005's patches..
None released.. so that one will fail...

May 2006's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-may.mspx

January 2007's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms07-jan.mspx

Once you get on the page with each month's list of patches.. You can go to
the related KB articles and get more information from there.

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I /swear/ I answered an identical post of yours in another newsgroup
recently.

For Vista updates, see http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=25040

For security updates (all OSS), see: http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=29
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nweissma wrote:
> i understand that whenever ms distributes updates, ms also promulgates
> extensive literature explicating each update. where can i find these
> explications, and what other sources can shed light on ms updates?