What Do I Need to Do?. Enable automatic updates. See the following link for instructions:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/mu.mspx
Enable automatic updates for Windows 2000:
1 Select Start>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Automatic Updates
2 Select Keep my computer up to date.
3 Select Download the updates automatically and notify me when they are ready to be installed.
4 Click OK.
Windows Media Player Hotfixes
Description. Checks for Windows Media Player hotfixes.
Test Properties. Select the hotfixes required on your network. Selecting All critical updates requires all
the critical patches that have been released or will be released by Microsoft.
How Does this Affect Me?. Hotfixes are programs that update the software and may include performance
enhancements, bug fixes, security enhancements, and so on. There is usually only one fix in a hotfix,
whereas a patch includes multiple hotfixes.
What Do I Need to Do? . Manually initiate an update check
default.asp) if automatic update is not enabled, or is not working.
Windows Vista™ SP0 Hotfixes
Description. This test verifies that the endpoint attempting to connect to your system has the latest
Windows Vista SP0 hotfixes installed. The following versions of Windows Vista are currently supported:
Vista Ultimate
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Vista Home Premium
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Vista Home Basic
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Vista Business
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Vista Enterprise
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Test Properties. Select the hotfixes from the list presented that are required on your network. This list
will occasionally change as tests are updated. If needed select Deep Check to permit endpoint tests to
run at the file level. The most secure option is to select the All critical updates option, as this requires
all the critical patches that have been released or that will be released by Microsoft. You don't have to
keep checking by patch number.
How Does this Affect Me?. Hotfixes are programs that update the software and may include performance
enhancements, bug fixes, security enhancements, and so on. There is usually only one fix in a hotfix,
whereas a
service pack
includes multiple hotfixes.
Sentriant AG Software Users Guide, Version 5.3
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/
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