The seminar that I attended today indicated the same thing. The goal of M$ is to reduce the number of downloads and patches that we must sort through on a sometimes daily basis. But, the M$ rep also indicated that any critical security patches that are released will not be delayed. I guess it's a wait and see how many viruses, worms, etc. we need to deal with before they backtrack on this new "initiative". Mike -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:06 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Discussion: Microsoft to release patches once per month Microsoft security initiative is a Joke. As long as they treat it as a public relations issue it will never get fixed. Fwiw: I installed Win XP on another machine yesterday, after the base install it's Windows Update time. 45 "critical patches" let along the 25 in the "recommended" section. It takes longer to patch the OS now than it does to install and configure it. Also, what happened to the whole Roll up patch between Service Packs? Instead of 45 individual it would be nice to only need to download and deploy one file. Keep the individual patches for those who need them. I'd also say that MS is waiting too long between Service Packs. -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:19 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Discussion: Microsoft to release patches once per month Hi All, A colleague of mine went to a briefing at a local training center about using SUS server to deploy patches. I had told him about how Microsoft will be releasing bulletins and patches monthly and he brought it up to them. They knew nothing about it and the Microsoft rep that was there knew nothing about it also! So I thought to myself...who does know about it? Just to be certain that I wasn't dreaming when I saw this I went out to the Microsoft Security site and sure enough on the security home page is a link to Microsofts new patch release schedule and initiative. The link is: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/secur ity/ bulletin/revsbwp.asp I find it very distressing that 1. A company that is trying to help someone with SUS/MOM etc can hold a seminar and not know this and 2. Microsoft's own people do not know it. Gotta love it. Regards, Jim Kenzig CEO The Kenzig Group http://www.kenzig.com NEW SITE IN THE KENZIG GROUP FOR GAMES! http://StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************* Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************* Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************* Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm