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:
Select Start>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Automatic Updates
1.
2.
Select Keep my computer up to date.
Select Download the updates automatically and notify me when they are ready
3.
to be installed.
Click OK.
4.
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 (http://v4.window-
supdate.microsoft.com/en/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:
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Vista Ultimate
Vista Home Premium
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Vista Home Basic
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Vista Business
Tests Help
Operating System – Windows
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