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Internet Explorer Hotfixes
Description. Checks for hotfixes to Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE).
Test Properties. Select the hotfixes required on your network. If needed select Deep Check to permit
endpoint tests to run at the file level. Selecting the All critical updates option 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
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/
default.asp) if automatic update is not enabled, or is not working.
Microsoft Office Hotfixes
Description. This test verifies that the endpoint attempting to connect to your system had the latest
Microsoft Office hotfixes installed.
Test Properties. Select the hotfixes required on your network. If needed select Deep Check to permit
endpoint tests to run at the file level. Selecting the All critical updates option 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 at
http://www.update.microsoft.com/
microsoftupdate/v6/muoptdefault.aspx?returnurl=http://www.update.microsoft.com/
microsoftupdate&ln=en-us
or by clicking on one of the update numbers underlined at the right side of
the window as shown in
Figure
183.
Figure 183: Microsoft Office Hotfixes Critical Updates
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