The 24 Nov-09 updates were not out-of-band updates. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894199
V wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the past Windows updates were always the second Tuesday of the month
> with
> an occasional fourth Tuesday update or as they call it (out of band).
>
> I have noticed that this year there are many more out of band updates than
> I
> have ever seen in the past. This starts to get bothersom when you work for
> a
> company that has many small peer to peer networks that does not use a
> server
> as it is unnecessary.
>
> What I mean by the above is if you work for a company with say just 2 to
> 4
> computers at each location and have many locations it is now almost
> impossible to finish all the updates in every location before more updates
> come out.
>
> The twice monthly are starting to reak havoc on time and travel.
>
> So I was just wondering if anyone knows if this is just an unusual year or
> if Microsoft is leaning towards having these bi monthly updates always in
> the future.
>
> Thanks