Microsoft Corp. will release six groups of security patches next Tuesday, fixing flaws in its Windows operating system. The updates will be released as part of Microsoft's regularly scheduled monthly patch release, and will fix critical flaws in Windows and the company's XML (Extensible Markup Language) parser, Microsoft said Thursday.
With only six updates, November looks to be a quieter month for systems administrators than October. Last month, Microsoft issued 10 updates, fixing 26 bugs in its Windows and Office software. The XML update is of particular interest to security experts because hackers have posted code showing how a flaw in the parser could be exploited to run unauthorized programs on a PC. However, Microsoft gave no indication that it plans to patch this or another recent bug, reported last week in its Visual Studio software. That bug, known as the WMI Object vulnerability could also allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on a victim's computer.
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With only six updates, November looks to be a quieter month for systems administrators than October. Last month, Microsoft issued 10 updates, fixing 26 bugs in its Windows and Office software. The XML update is of particular interest to security experts because hackers have posted code showing how a flaw in the parser could be exploited to run unauthorized programs on a PC. However, Microsoft gave no indication that it plans to patch this or another recent bug, reported last week in its Visual Studio software. That bug, known as the WMI Object vulnerability could also allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on a victim's computer.
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I don't think any of these were ever part of previous service packs (IE/WMP/.NET/DX). If I recall correctly, those have always been separate add-ons.
I mean, yeah, the SPs contains fixes for some of those components (IE in particular), but I don't recall WMP or DX ever being updated to the newer versions by service packs.
That being said, you're probably not entirely wrong to say it'll be half the size of the original disc.
As a Linux user, I rather appreciate that bugs are identified and fixed, and improvements are made and available to download.
No software is perfect at any time, so a "RTM" version is not somehow "better" than at any other time in its life (a bit more polished and tested, perhaps, but not any different just because it is released for customers).
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