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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusCurious that Windows Server 2016 was not affected.
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusFebruary 26, 2020 at 7:11 am in reply to: Admins, heads up! Another Patch Tuesday security hole has a public exploit #2171458Hi PerthMike,
The reason for this, and this is something I just realized YESTERDAY, is that as of Exchange 2013 you no longer receive cumulative updates from WSUS or Microsoft Update. You have to download them from Microsoft manually through this site:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/new-features/updates?view=exchserver-2019
Woody and/or Patch Lady, if you can spell that out in a fresh post I bet a LOT of admins will be surprised to hear that they haven’t received any CU updates since their initial Exchange 2013-2019 install!
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusFebruary 18, 2020 at 7:53 am in reply to: Running a SQL Server? Heads up! You need to install this month’s patches quickly #2152866Dang! How are the rest of the February patches looking from a DEFCON standpoint? If I’m rolling out to our business critical servers it’d be convenient to approve the whole set if the green light is coming.
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusMay 20, 2019 at 12:50 pm in reply to: There’s now a freely available proof of concept exploit for the “wormable” WinXP/Win7 bug #1707369If you are running Win XP/7 you should go ahead and install the May updates.
Thanks PKCano! What if we’re running a mixed environment with 7/10/2008R2/2016? Will rolling it out mess with any of those OS’s?
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusMay 20, 2019 at 12:36 pm in reply to: There’s now a freely available proof of concept exploit for the “wormable” WinXP/Win7 bug #1707331As it stands now, do these patches have known side effects like CPU degradation? I was just about to roll out the April patches but I’m holding off until these are safe and stable.
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusDecember 19, 2018 at 2:47 pm in reply to: Heads up — Bug fix for IE coming out through Win10 cumulative updates, Win7 and 8.1 #241280According to my WSUS server Win7/8/2008R2 machines got a new Cumulative IE patch (leaving the OS rollups intact) but all newer OS’s had to get a whole new Cumulative OS rollup since IE updates are now bundled with them.
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusDo you think the December patches are stable enough to begin testing? I was planning on rolling out the November group as the new baseline as we can only patch critical systems every few months, but this lineup looks pretty solid so far.
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusDecember 5, 2018 at 7:03 am in reply to: December 2018 non-Security Office Updates have been released #238334How would you categorize the November updates for versions 1803 and below? My company has a mix where half the systems have the September patches and the other half the ones from May. I’d like to patch everything to the same version before year-end if this batch is clean for non-1809 installs.
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AskWoody PlusAugust 21, 2018 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Hangover Tuesday: Every version of Windows gets yet another Intel microcode patch #212182 -
StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusDECLINE, baby, DECLINE on anything now showing as superseded! We do the cumulative patches.
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StoopidMonkey
AskWoody PlusI understand that the general recommendation is to hold off on patching, but does this also apply to Windows 10 Adobe Flash Security Updates and monthly Windows Malicious Software Removal Tools? I don’t see either mentioned on the Master Patch List.
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