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From: Engel on 13 Aug 2008 04:50
Hello Alias,

Here is the correct link to:

Why Service Packs are Better Than Patches
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/srvpatch.mspx?mfr=true>

-=-


"Alias" wrote:

> Kayman wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:15:04 -0500, ELW wrote:
> >
> >> Today is the second Tuesday of the month and I got gobs of Vista and Office
> >> updates on my Vista system; however, I was offered no XP updates other than
> >> XP SP-3.
> >>
> >> I had chosen not to install XP SP-3 before. Sooooo... does that mean I will
> >> be offered no other critical updates if I don't install SP-3? Did anyone
> >> using XP Pro get update offerings today? Thanks.
> >
> > Why Service Packs are Better Than Patches.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx?mfr=true
>
> Interesting article but it's not about Service Packs being better than
> patches.
>
> Alias
>
From: Jim on 13 Aug 2008 10:25

"ELW" <ewyatt__delme__(a)excite.com> wrote in message
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> Today is the second Tuesday of the month and I got gobs of Vista and
> Office updates on my Vista system; however, I was offered no XP updates
> other than XP SP-3.
>
> I had chosen not to install XP SP-3 before. Sooooo... does that mean I
> will be offered no other critical updates if I don't install SP-3? Did
> anyone using XP Pro get update offerings today? Thanks.
>
> EW
>
>
I did. I got 10 for XP and 2 for Office 2007. All installed without a
hitch.
Jim


From: ELW on 13 Aug 2008 17:53

"Jim" <j.n(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>
>>
> I did. I got 10 for XP and 2 for Office 2007. All installed without a
> hitch.
> Jim
>

Thanks Jim. Incredible timing, but I just looked at my update icon (on the
taskbar) while reading these messages, and I see that my other update
notifications arrived finally! They weren't there an hour ago. I guess
these Second -Tuesday of the Month updates aren't always timely. No
worries.

And this also answers my question whether SP-3 is needed for other updates.


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