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Re-offer reports confirmed for KB973869

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 12:21 AM by WSUS

Hi Folks – We have investigated reports that the KB973869 (MS09-037) update is re-offered through Automatic Updates and Windows Update on some x64 systems, after it has already been installed. We have identified some limited scenarios where this is occurring Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server Update Services, WSUS, MU, Automatic Update, WSUS 3.0 SP1, WUS 3.0 SP1, WSUS 3.0 SP2, Windows Update, Microsoft Update

.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Family Update package revisions coming soon!

Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:22 AM by WSUS

Hi WSUS Admins, Just a heads up to let you know we will be releasing revised .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Family Update packages to address confusion caused from the initial release on 1/27/2009. In these revised packages, we’ve made 2 Read More...

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Filed under: MU, WSUS 3.0 SP1, WSUS 3.0 SP2

.NET 3.5 SP1 and Family Update Information

Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:42 PM by WSUS

Hi WSUS Admins: We’ve noticed some confusion about the recently released updates for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. So, let’s see if we can help clarify the differences in the packages. These updates apply to x86 and x64 computers. The detailed update Read More...

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Filed under: WSUS, MU, WSUS 3.0 SP1, WUS 3.0 SP1, WSUSUS, WSUS2008, WSUS 3.0 SP2

New Product Family Coming

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:57 AM by WSUS

Hi WSUS Admins, Soon you will see a new product category family called PlayReady PC Runtime for Windows Media Center. Associated updates for the PlayReady PC Runtime will not be made available to WSUS for synchronizing as they are available only to Windows Read More...

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Filed under: MU, WSUS 3.0 SP1

New BizTalk Server Product Family and Host Integration Server Product Categories coming soon to WSUS

Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:24 AM by WSUS

Hi WSUS Admins, Just wanted to let you know in a few days you will see a new product family in your WSUS server – BizTalk Server. The BizTalk Server product family will include updates for Host Integration Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2004, and Read More...

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Filed under: WSUS, MU, WSUS 3.0 SP1

Auto Approval rules when EULA acceptance is required

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:00 AM by WSUS

WSUS Admins; We’ve seen a little bit of confusion around the specific WSUS behavior with the OGA update. As most of you know the package is expired, so it’s no longer available to your WSUS servers. Also, not to bore the experts who know this, auto-approval Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server Update Services, MU, WSUS 3.0 SP1

Office Geniune Advantage (OGA) notification update release (KB949810)

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 7:56 PM by WSUS

WSUS Admins: On April 15 th the Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) notifications update (KB949810) was inadvertently published to WSUS servers for approximately twenty-four hours. This update was intended for Microsoft Office users in the pilot countries Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server Update Services, MU, WSUS 3.0 SP1

New product family, Silverlight coming Tuesday 1/22/08

Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 5:46 PM by WSUS

WSUS Admins, happy Monday! I wanted to remind you that a new Microsoft product family called Silverlight will be available to WSUS customers this Tuesday, January 22nd. Silverlight blends animation, audio/video, and interactivity on your Microsoft Internet Read More...

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Filed under: WSUS, MU, Silverlight

Managing changes from a WSUS Server

Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:43 PM by WSUS

There are multiple ways updates can be deployed through WSUS to client machines (“client machines” mean clients of the WSUS server - the machines may be running either client or server operating systems). This posting describes these mechanisms and the Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server Update Services, WSUS, MU, approved updates, Updates

New Product Category CAPICOM under the "SDK Components" product family

Posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:23 PM by WSUS

CAPICOM is an ActiveX control, scriptable interface, and COM object redistributed by Microsoft, 3rd party applications, and web sites. More information about the functionality offered through CAPICOM is available on MSDN in the whitepaper "About CAPICOM". Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server Update Services, WSUS, MU