RE: MS Service Packs

["Marco Araujo" <amon87secfx () hotmail com>]

I think MBSA (Microsoft Base Analyser Security) is a good complemental tool 
do Windows Update.

Marco Araujo
MCSE
Recife/PE - Brasil

> From: "Depp, Dennis M." <deppdm () ornl gov>
> To: matt <mdtallon () pobox com>, security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: MS Service Packs
> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:02:15 -0400
>
> It can detect all the necessary fixes, but some fixes must be installed
> separately.  Service Packs and IE upgrades are among the patches that
> need their own installs
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt [mailto:mdtallon () pobox com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:20 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: MS Service Packs
>
>
> Is that to say that you can't just run Windows Update on a fresh
> install and get the needed Service Pack as well as the patches?
> I thought Update was capable of detecting all necessary fixes...
>
> > Well as far as I know, once you visit windows update,
> > it will only have you install patches that you don't
> > have installed.  So I assume once installing SP3 and
> > doing Windows Update, you should have everything.
>
> >> From my experience Once you' ve installed SP3  you
> >> have to run windows update so that you can get all
> >> the patches starting from when SP3 was released.
>
>
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