What's up with a restart this morning for kb947562?

When I got up this morning my wife's laptop had restarted at 3am due to
kb947562. KB947562 addresses some compatibility issues in Vista x64 and is
available on my other Vista x64 computer as a Recommended Update and not
critical. Anybody know why this was treated as an update requiring
installation and restart and why it couldn't wait until Patch Tuesday in
June? Why is MS pushing it out now and not next PT?

May 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility
Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947562

Generally speaking, only security-related updates are released on Patch
Tuesday, Colin. MS can and does release other updates "when they're ready."
Historically, many have been released on the fourth Tuesday of the month
(e.g., 27 May-08).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> When I got up this morning my wife's laptop had restarted at 3am due to
> kb947562. KB947562 addresses some compatibility issues in Vista x64 and
> is
> available on my other Vista x64 computer as a Recommended Update and not
> critical. Anybody know why this was treated as an update requiring
> installation and restart and why it couldn't wait until Patch Tuesday in
> June? Why is MS pushing it out now and not next PT?

Robert, as I said in my post, I know this. That is not my question.

My question is WHY was it released and pushed out today? And since it is
only a recommended update WHY did it install and restart my wife's Vista
Home Premium x64 computer outside of the monthly update cycle? Don't you
think that was peculiar? This is what I am trying to figure out.

It looks to me like that should not have happened. Did MS goof? Obviously
the restart was because it updated a system file that was currently in use,
but I don't think that the whole thing should have happened in the first
place. This is why we have patch Tuesday. I'm trying to figure out if MS
set up the update incorrectly or if there is something about the update
cycle I don't understand or if there is something wrong with her computer.
I have my other Vista x64 computer set for Automatic download and notify
only and I don't have a notification icon on it at all. I had to run WU to
see it as a recommended update.

It annoys me that a recommended update would automatically install and
reboot a system outside of the expected update schedule that MS has assured
me they will stick to. Before I fire off a complaint, though, I want to
make sure I have this one right. Know what I mean?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> May 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility
> Update:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947562
>
> Generally speaking, only security-related updates are released on Patch
> Tuesday, Colin. MS can and does release other updates "when they're
> ready." Historically, many have been released on the fourth Tuesday of the
> month (e.g., 27 May-08).
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> When I got up this morning my wife's laptop had restarted at 3am due to
>> kb947562. KB947562 addresses some compatibility issues in Vista x64 and
>> is
>> available on my other Vista x64 computer as a Recommended Update and not
>> critical. Anybody know why this was treated as an update requiring
>> installation and restart and why it couldn't wait until Patch Tuesday in
>> June? Why is MS pushing it out now and not next PT?
>