Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS
Just a quick one this time ("We've heard that one before" I hear you cry!) about Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS. What is WSUS I hear you ask?
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18.4.2007 Vista SP1 Release Follows XP SP3 to WSUS
Microsoft is closing in on the final stage of Windows Vista SP1's availability. In this context, the service pack is being wrapped up for delivery through Windows Server Update Services.
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20.6.2008 WSUS 3.0 Released!
A month earlier then expected WSUS 3.0 is released to web!
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1.5.2007 Windows Live on WSUS
Today you will see a new product category in WSUS for Windows Live. Windows Live online services include web-based products for consumers, such as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Toolbar.
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19.4.2006 Microsoft releases WSUS SP1
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services with Service Pack 1 (WSUS SP1) enables information technology administrators to deploy many of the latest Microsoft product updates published to the Microsoft Update site. By using WSUS SP1, you can fully manage the distribution of updates released through Microsoft Update to clients in your environments, after your testing, and on your schedule.
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2.6.2006 WSUS 3.0 SP1 Public RC Available
Microsoft just announced the public availability of WSUS 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1. Improvements include support for Windows Server 2008 and product bug fixes.
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2.11.2007 IE7 Coming Through on WSUS, Blocker Toolkit or Not
Larry Seltzer here, pointing you to this recent Knowledge Base article with Microsoft's announcement that Internet Explorer 7 will be distributed through WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) on Feb. 12, 2008, which is the next Patch Tuesday. It will appear as an "Update Rollup."
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22.1.2008 Microsoft removes IE7 for Windows XP from WSUS
Hi Folks -
We have verified a problem in the metadata for the latest IE7.0 update rollup package which impacts the installation behavior for all locales, and results in an Spanish error dialog after installation as reported..
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24.11.2006 WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC Program now available on Microsoft Connect!
I am very pleased to announce that WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC will be available to the general public today, May 26, via the Connect Site.
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31.5.2009 In progress: Vista updates!
In progress right now is a beta testers chat with MS experts on the future of IE7 and Vista. Here are some parts of the chat that may be interesting to you... more to come shortly:
SamW [MS] (Expert):
Q: [17] When will you release the November CTP? Only 2 days left of November!
A: There will be no CTP for Vista in November because we are targeting for most features to be code-complete by end of December and resources efforts are going towards that effort. We should have a CTP in December before the Christmas holiday. These interim changes have no impact on our general availability target for Windows Vista. We are on track to deliver a high-quality Windows Vista in the 2nd half of 2006.
Paul Donnelly [MS] (Expert):
Q: [54] Can someone clear up what seems to be confusion on the groups over the release of Build 5259? Did it go to selected testers or TAP because date of release and extent seems confused. I notice Mario mentions it today.
A: A specific, small group of partners received access to 5259. It is an IDW build and has not gone through the CTP testing process.
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29.11.2005 Updates for Windows Vista
Here are new Updates for Windows Vista. (KB942089), (KB942089), (KB940069), (KB940069), (KB943544), (KB943544)..
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25.10.2007 Microsoft Releases Eight Updates for Vista
This week, Microsoft released some "important" updates for its newest operating system.
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28.6.2007 Security Updates for IE7 and Vista Beta 1 Available Now
Security updates for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 and Internet Explorer in Windows Vista Beta 1 are now available from the Windows Vista/IE 7 beta downloads page on the Connect site. Direct links to these updates are also provided below. These security updates resolve a vulnerability in IE 7 Beta 1 and IE in Windows Vista Beta 1 that has already been addressed for released/supported versions of Internet Explorer by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-052.
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Microsoft Releases First Batch of Updates for Vista
Microsoft has made the first batch of updates for Vista available via the built-in Windows Update client. If you don't see the 22 updates, manually "Check for updates".
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30.1.2007 Updated List of updates for Vista SP1
This guy Aaron Tiensivu keeps a VERY good list of non-critical Vista updates and this looks like it could be part of SP1.
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14.6.2007 New Performance and Reliability Updates for Vista SP1
A reliability and performance update is available for download for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This specific release targets all Windows Vista editions, provided that they have the first service pack integrated.
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25.6.2008 New Updates Available on MDC for Vista/XP/Server 2003
Microsoft have released a few updates on the Microsoft Download Center to resolve various issues in Vista/XP/Server 2003. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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25.7.2007 Device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate
After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA -- something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.
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24.10.2007 Critical Vista, IE 7 patches highlight MS security updates
This months batch of patches from Microsoft includes six bulletins covering at least 15 vulnerabilities, including several critical code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.
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13.6.2007 Microsoft Updates the Default Spy Tool in Vista SP1
In order to improve the quality of the software information collected from the users' operating systems and sent to Microsoft, the Redmond company introduced an update to the spy tool included by default into every copy of Windows Vista, following the release of Service Pack 1.
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13.6.2008 Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008
Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008!
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15.1.2008 New Non-Critical Windows Updates are Available
KB904942 - Install this update to resolve HTTP authentication issues in Windows-based systems that do not appear until Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed.
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1.3.2006 Thirty-Six Updates Later and Counting
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I refreshed one of my Windows Vista test machines. Oh my, there were so many Windows Updates.
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28.11.2007 Windows 7 Client Updates
Microsoft released several updates for Windows 7 Client.
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26.2.2009 Office 2010 Updates
Here are some updates if you have been following the the Office 2010 blog. Some rumours about Groove and OneNote confirmed.
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14.5.2008 Microsoft Updates Media Center
Microsoft has announced the availability of a new software update for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that will provide new entertainment experiences for Media Center Edition customers around the world.
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, will enable customers to stream digital music, videos, photos, and standard and high-definition television and movies from Media Center PCs, to any television in their home via the Xbox 360 gaming system.
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Microsoft Updates IE After Patent Spat
Microsoft on Tuesday made broadly available an Internet Explorer update related to a high-profile patent spat with a start-up backed by the University of California.
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1.3.2006 Internet Explorer 7 and Automatic Updates
Microsoft plans to use its Automatic Updates patch-distribution service to push its stand-alone Internet Explorer 7.0 browser to customers once the product is ready to ship in the fourth quarter of this year.
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26.7.2006 Microsoft security updates for December
On 12 December 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates.
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8.12.2006 Microsoft updates Virtual Server
Thanks to odeeee for this article. In hopes of pulling some attention away from Vmware and other vendors, Microsoft is beefing up their virtualization offerings.
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13.6.2007WinVerifyTrust update will be mandatory for WSUS
Cecilia Cole: A couple of weeks ago, I
posted about Windows Vista Service Pack 1s availability to WSUS. In that post, we mentioned that you should install the
WinVerifyTrust update (
KB 938759) if you are running your WSUS server on a
Windows 2003 server to prevent Windows Vista SP1 from being continually re-downloaded to the server once the service pack is released to WSUS.
Today, wed like to let you know that, in order to make sure all customers are well protected, we will be marking this particular
update as mandatory, which means it will appear in the Updates/WSUS Updates node of the Admin console, and will be auto-approved by default (since the
Advanced/WSUS Updates checkbox is checked by default in Options/Automatic Approvals).
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20.06.2008Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS
Just a quick one this time
<"We've heard that one
before" I hear you cry!>
about Windows Vista Ultimate
and WSUS. What is WSUS I hear
you ask? Well, it stands for
Windows
Server Update Services and
essentially, allows
administrators to deploy
updates across a network, so
instead of all the users on
your network navigating to
Windows Update and downloading
the updates separately, just
download them once, and
distribute using WSUS.
The reason for the
post is that WSUS currently
does not allow Windows Vista
Ultimate Extras to be
distributed via WSUS. Not
good. A view which is backed
up by Erik Neuenschwander, who
works in the Ultimate Extras
team here at Microsoft
"That's not a good situation
for customers, so we plan to
improve it. The Ultimate team
is working with Windows Update
to revise the Extras to be
offered to WSUS"
Erik goes on to say "We cut
support for WSUS at launch to
reduce the test burden, and
because we didn't think many
WSUS environments would deploy
Ultimate. We're hearing that
we were wrong, so all the Wave
Zero Extras will be offered to
WSUS later this year."
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19.04.2007WSUS 3.0 SP1 on Windows Update coming soon
WSUS 3.0 SP1 will be available on Windows Update within the next few weeks. The package behavior is:
- Upgrade all previous versions
of WSUS starting with WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0 RTM running on Windows 2003 SP1+
- All upgrades will require user interaction.
-
This service pack package will supersede WSUS 3.0 RTM packages.
- Block upgrades of all WSUS installation using remote SQL. This is now
a manual upgrade process.
- Do not support upgrading previous versions of WSUS running on Windows 2008.
- System Center
Essentials 1.0 RTM will not be upgraded to WSUS 3.0 SP1. This will be handled by a future release of System Center Essentials.
Note:
WSUS 2.0 SP1 and WSUS 2.0 Client SelfUpdate Update for WSUS 2.0 SP1 packages will be expired. These updates are still available on the Download
Center.
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20.03.2008Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP1 Final Now Available
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested mangement, stability, and performance improvements, while
incorporating further enhancements to local publishing of drivers and the Client Servicing API addition.
WSUS 3.0 SP1 delivers
new features that enable administrators to more easily manage and deploy updates across the organization. This package installs both the WSUS 3.0
Server and WSUS 3.0 Administration Console components, for all Windows Server 2003 SP1 supported languages. Additionally, the WSUS 3.0 SP1 client is
included in all supported client platform languages. You must install the server components on a computer running Windows Server 2008 or Windows
Server 2003 SP1 or later. You may install the Administration Console on a remote computer running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server
2003 SP1, or Windows XP SP2.
If you are installing the WSUS 3.0 SP1 product on Windows Small Business Server 2003, follow the
instructions in
Installing Windows Server Update Services 3.0 on Windows Small Business
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08.02.2008ATI Radeon Graphic Card updates... 3892...
A few people on the microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services newsgroup mentioned concern over a flood of ATI Radeon Graphic Card updates. There
were close to 4000 sync'ed recently to their WSUS 3 and WSUS 2 servers, and there was worry that something strange had happened.
Short answer: It's fine, though unpleasant to look at.
Here's some more background, partially from Bobbie Harder and with
additional material from the rest of the product team. We'll give you the technical backgrounder, and then some tips and tricks for dealing with
large numbers of items in the UI.
As a reminder, the newsgroups are really the best place to discuss issues, provide feedback,
and get help from the community and MVPs. Responses to blog posts are occasionally read, but eventually get drowned in automated spam.
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08.09.2007Unexpected UI errors in WSUS
Bobbie Harder: We have been hearing reports from some customers who use WSUS that they have been having trouble accessing their administration
consoles. We have confirmed the cause of this issue and fixed it on our servers, which will automatically fix the issue for most customers on their
next synchronization cycle. This post will explain the issue in detail and provide steps customers can take to get WSUS working again even sooner.
The cause of this issue is that, on Sunday evening, Microsoft renamed a product category entry for Forefront to clarify the scope of
updates that will be included in the future. Unfortunately the category name that was used included the word Nitrogen in double quotes (appearing as
Nitrogen). A double quote is a restricted character within WSUS, which created an error condition on the administration console. This issue
occurred on many WSUS servers that synchronized with Microsoft servers between 5pm Sunday and 11am Monday Pacific Time.
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13.11.2007WSUS sync snafu cripples enterprise update ability on eve of Patch Tuesday
A glitch in the software that most midsize and large businesses use to update their Microsoft applications and operating systems has some
administrators scrambling a day before Patch Tuesday.
If the problem in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is not fixed before
tomorrow, administrators will not be able to download and deploy the vulnerability patches and other nonsecurity updates Microsoft Corp. has planned
for tomorrow, said
Andrew
Storms, director of security operations at security tools vendor nCircle Inc. "It appears that anybody who synced WSUS
today or yesterday is essentially DOA," he said. The default WSUS setting is to sync daily.
WSUS users began
reporting the error this morning when they first accessed the WSUS console. According to those reports, the error read, "The WSUS administration
console has encountered an unexpected error."
"WSUS was working without any problems before the weekend, nothing has changed on
the server," said a user identified as Drobb on a forum
hosted by a third-party site dedicated to the update management software.
winbeta.org - 13.11.2007
WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client
Some Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) users got a surprise on their patching servers on August 20: A mention of Windows 7 Client.
The actual Windows 7 client code was not distributed via WSUS. But the appearance of Windows 7 on the list of products that will be serviced
over WSUS paves the way for Microsoft to start pushing something Windows-7-related to customers in the coming months.
“WSUS
doesn’t push products - just patches. so this could just be in preparation for something that is weeks or months in the future. It’s just
a new category.” said one WSUS customer, who confirmed that he saw the “Windows 7″ box on his update check list this morning.
winbeta.org - 20.08.2008
Using the Microsoft Update Catalog Site with System Center Configuration Manager
The Microsoft Update Catalog site can be used with System Center Configuration
Manager 2007 to deploy updates that are not automatically synchronized with WSUS. For example drivers, QFEs, or other optional updates can be
downloaded from the site (more info here). This
is a great additional capability, but how exactly can you make it work with SCCM?
winbeta.org - 30.01.2008
Only 2 Patches for November's Patch Tuesday
On November 11th, Microsoft will release 2 security patches. One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows/Microsoft Office is rated as
Critical, and one affecting Windows is rated as Important. These updates may require a restart and will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline
Security Analyzer.
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool will be updated too.
Microsoft is also planning to release
high-priority, non-security updates on Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) as well as high-priority, non-security updates on
Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
jcxp.net - 10.11.2008
Microsoft's fix for Automatic Updates lockup not working
Even after users deployed a
fix suggested by Microsoft
Corporation, Windows systems
are still locking up. Symptoms
of the long-running problem,
which the Windows Server
Update Services team dubbed
the "svchost/msi issue",
include 100% CPU usage by
svchost.exe and its multiple
processes when Automatic
Updates is in use or simply
enabled on a machine. A hotfix
for Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003 systems is
available on the Microsoft
support site and will be
pushed out via Microsoft's
usual update services,
including Windows Update and
Microsoft Update, late this
month or in early June.
Users will also need
to download and install the
new stand-alone WSUS 3.0
client, even those who don't
rely on the enterprise-centric
WSUS for updates, to
completely patch the problem.
" It's important to keep
in mind that the new WSUS
client is only a partial
solution and clients must have
both KB927891 and the new 3.0
client installed for a full
solution ," according to
the WSUS team blog. The new
client and the WSUS update to
Version 3.0 will be available
on May 22 but is also already
available on MSDN. Angered
users poured out their
frustration on the WSUS blog
after installing the hotfix
and updating the WSUS client;
the issue was still present.
The only temporary fix is to
disable AU - obviously not the
best solution.
neowin.net - 13.05.2007
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2
WSUS 3.0 SP2 delivers important customer-requested management, stability, and performance improvements. Some of the features and improvements include
the following:
- Integration with Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Support for the BranchCache feature in Windows Server 2008
R2.
- Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clients.
- Compliance Report
- Windows Update Agent (WUA)
offers a collection of performance enhancements, user experience improvements, and bug fixes software updates.
WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be
installed alone, or as an upgrade of WSUS 3.0 SP1.
winbeta.org - 26.08.2009
Inside MSRC: Microsoft releases searchable update database
The Microsoft Update Catalog
is a searchable catalog of all
security updates, drivers and
service packs that are
available through Windows
Update (WU) and Microsoft
Update (MU). You can also use
the Microsoft Update Catalog
to obtain and deploy hotfixes.
You can use the Microsoft
Update Catalog to distribute
these updates through a
corporate network using tools
such as WSUS 3.0, System
Center Essentials (SCE) or
System Center Configuration
Manager (SCCM).
The Microsoft Update
Catalog expands the
capabilities of your update
deployment infrastructure and
provides the capability to
deploy hotfixes to address
known issues in security
updates when they occur. We
encourage all who are using
WSUS 3.0, SCE or SSCM to
evaluate the Microsoft Update
Catalog for their
environment.
winbeta.org - 15.08.2007
Microsoft's Fix for Lockup Not Working
Windows XP systems are still
locking up during patch update
attempts -- even after users
deployed the fix suggested by
Microsoft Corp.
Symptoms of the
long-running problem -- which
the Windows Server Update
Services (WSUS) team dubbed
the "svchost/msi issue" --
include 100% CPU usage by
svchost.exe and its multiple
processes during Automatic
Updates scanning, update
downloads and sometimes even
if AU is simply enabled on a
machine.
"Of course, the computer is
virtually unusable" when that
happens, said a user
identified as Foxy-Perth on
the Windows Update support
forum.
Every month at patch time,
Microsoft's support boards
fill with complaints from
users. It was no different
this week. "I have 6 (and
counting) computers having
issues with SVCHOST process
running at near 100% CPU
utilization," said TKovacs on
Wednesday, one day after
Microsoft unveiled seven
security updates. "Disabling
Automatic Updates resolves the
issue. did Microsoft
just release?"
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rest of this article.
jcxp.net - 15.05.2007
WSUS: Service Packs may be reported as not applicable even though they are installed
J.C. Hornbeck: The question about how Service Packs are reported is one that seems to come up all the time, and understandably so because it can be
very confusing if you don't understand what's really going on. Fortunately our very own Joe Tindale wrote up a great explanation that I thought
I'd share today...
winbeta.org - 27.08.2008
Microsoft addresses reports of forced updates and reboots
Microsoft has posted a long and complex explanation to its Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) blog, explaining the latest case of why software
updates are being pushed to users who believe they’ve turned automatic updating off.
The UK Register reported on October 25 that a
number of admins were seeing Microsoft Desktop Search 3.01 pushed out to users via Microsoft’s WSUS enterprise patching/update system, in spite
of having opted out of this “resource-hogging search app.”
Bobbie Harder, Microsoft Product Manager for WSUS, explained why
some companies were seeing the updated Windows Desktop Search bits (aka, the updated package for KB917013) pushed to their users. It turns out
Microsoft changed the deployment rules after the original release of Windows Desktop Search. Harder noted:
“The original update
release, released February 2007 as an optional update, was only applicable on systems which had a version of Windows Desktop Search installed. The
recent update Revision 105, had the applicability logic expanded to be applicable to all systems regardless if a prior version of Windows Desktop
Search was installed, IF of course, approved in the WSUS Administrative UI or via Administrator-set auto-approval rules.”
neowin.net - 26.10.2007
Microsoft fixes month-old WSUS patch snafu
Microsoft Corp. yesterday issued a fix for a flaw that had blocked users from grabbing security patches through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
for several weeks.
The hotfix, which Microsoft outlined in a support document published Wednesday, addresses a snafu first reported by the company's WSUS
program manager, Cecilia Cole, three weeks ago.
At the time, Cole said that PCs with Office 2003, or components of that version of
the application suite, were unable to retrieve updates from their designated WSUS servers because of an unspecified bug.
winbeta.org - 11.07.2008
Five Microsoft Patches This Tuesday
On 10 April 2007 Microsoft is
planning to release:
Security Updates
. Four Microsoft
Security Bulletins affecting
Microsoft Windows.
The highest Maximum Severity
rating for these is Critical.
These updates will be
detectable using the Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer.
These updates will require a
restart.
. One Microsoft Security
Bulletin affecting Microsoft
Content
Management
Server. The highest Maximum
Severity rating for these is
Critical. These updates will
be detectable using the
Microsoft Baseline Security
Analyzer. These updates may
require a restart.
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rest of this article.
jcxp.net - 06.04.2007
Office 2007 SP1 Update Availability Clarification
Bobbie Harder: Posting this as I've noted just a little bit of confusion with how Office 2007 SP1 is made available for download after it's release
yesterday. As you know, Office 2007 SP1 was released yesterday to Microsoft Update, and to WSUS as part of the Tues, Dec 11th release.
As planned, Office 2007 SP1 was not pushed via Automatic Updates. There has been some confusion where Windows Vista customers are seeing
Office 2007 SP1 listed as available with an option to install in their Windows Update control panel applet. The new Vista experience of the Windows
Update applet combines the convenience of the Microsoft Update site, by isting all applicable available updates, and the best of the Automatic
Updates behavior. This allows users to specify what update types they want to automatically download and install (and when), as well as combines the
interactive experience of the Microsoft Update site.
winbeta.org - 13.12.2007
Microsoft Update Catalog Beta now includes WSUS 3.0 releases
The new beta MU
Catalog provides access to all
content in the Microsoft
Update service, and also
includes integration with WSUS
3.0. This will enable you to
import drivers, generally
distributed hotfix releases
(like 927891), and other
content into WSUS from the MU
Beta Catalog. Keep in mind the
Catalog is beta, but give it a
whirl on a test server. If
you are looking to download
WSUS 3.0, give the MU Catalog
Beta a try…
-http://test.catalog.
update.microsoft.com/v7/site/S
copedView.aspx?updateid=e05bf1
ad-259e-4433-aeca-cdbcd067dd73
(x64)
-http://test.catalog.
update.microsoft.com/v7/site/S
copedView.aspx?updateid=402d9e
03-f6b2-4cac-9e21-57e3f17ca264
(x86)
Note… you can
also go to the Catalog and
search for “WSUS”.
winbeta.org - 23.05.2007
