Solve : Patch Tuesday - Microsoft releases six critical patches?

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Answer» 2-13-08 Quote This month's "Patch Tuesday" did not include a patch that had been promised in Microsoft's advance notification for February 2008. Microsoft could not be reached for comment at the time of writing to say why the patch had not been included. Source The windows Vista SP1 patch that is rolling out via Automatic UPDATES today causes a SIGNIFICANT portion of the machines to ENTER a reboot loop during the update requiring a reinstall. No fix has been mentioned by MSFT yet. More info can be found here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/showpost.aspx?postid=2848906&siteid=17Quote SP1 RC Different update but still good info. The Patch Tuesday release is just regular updates and not to do with the Beta version of SP1.This isn't the Beta SP1. We're getting reports that the Vista SP1 is actually being pushed out via Automatic Update as of today. Just thought I would warn folk if they are looking to go grab the regular patches to watch out for the Vista SP1 trying to install itself as an automatic update.Well that wasn't quite what they had previously stated. It was supposed to be MID March. Maybe they should have waited as planned. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9063021Aha. Did some more checking around. Our users are morons. Some of them went and got the Vista update, then claimed it happened automagically. This compounded with the Slashdot story containing erroneous information led me to believe that the SP1 had been pushed out early. That is not the case. Please disregard all of my posts on this thread and go on about your business.It's a confusing trilogy trying to keep up with the release. I made a premature post last week myself. Still good info for what it has done to some of the PCs. I wonder how well the actual release will go.Quote We're getting reports that the Vista SP1 is actually being pushed out via Automatic Update as of today. Public release is planned for March....They RELEASED it to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on Valentines day. Quote Microsoft Corp. kept its promise and released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 yesterday to subscribers of its for-pay TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) services, the company said. I know that. I had a impression that TheEmperor post was referring to general public.

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This month's "Patch Tuesday" did not include a patch that had been promised in Microsoft's advance notification for February 2008. Microsoft could not be reached for comment at the time of writing to say why the patch had not been included.

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The windows Vista SP1 patch that is rolling out via Automatic UPDATES today causes a SIGNIFICANT portion of the machines to ENTER a reboot loop during the update requiring a reinstall. No fix has been mentioned by MSFT yet.
More info can be found here:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/showpost.aspx?postid=2848906&siteid=17Quote

SP1 RC

Different update but still good info.

The Patch Tuesday release is just regular updates and not to do with the Beta version of SP1.This isn't the Beta SP1.
We're getting reports that the Vista SP1 is actually being pushed out via Automatic Update as of today.
Just thought I would warn folk if they are looking to go grab the regular patches to watch out for the Vista SP1 trying to install itself as an automatic update.Well that wasn't quite what they had previously stated. It was supposed to be MID March. Maybe they should have waited as planned.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9063021Aha. Did some more checking around. Our users are morons.
Some of them went and got the Vista update, then claimed it happened automagically.
This compounded with the Slashdot story containing erroneous information led me to believe that the SP1 had been pushed out early. That is not the case. Please disregard all of my posts on this thread and go on about your business.It's a confusing trilogy trying to keep up with the release. I made a premature post last week myself.

Still good info for what it has done to some of the PCs. I wonder how well the actual release will go.Quote

We're getting reports that the Vista SP1 is actually being pushed out via Automatic Update as of today.

Public release is planned for March....They RELEASED it to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on Valentines day.

Quote

Microsoft Corp. kept its promise and released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 yesterday to subscribers of its for-pay TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) services, the company said.

I know that. I had a impression that TheEmperor post was referring to general public.

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