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Operating System – Windows
A-16
Test Properties
Select the hotfixes from the list presented that are required on your network.
This list will occasionally change as tests are updated. 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 patch includes multiple hotfixes.
What Do I Need to Do?
Manually initiate an update check
en/default.asp) if automatic update is not enabled, or is not working.
Windows XP SP2 Hotfixes
Description
This test verifies that the endpoint attempting to connect to your system has
the latest Windows XP SP2 hotfixes installed.
Test Properties
Select the hotfixes from the list presented that are required on your network.
This list will occasionally change as tests are updated. 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
What Do I Need to Do?
Manually initiate an update check
en/default.asp) if automatic update is not enabled, or is not working.
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
service pack
includes multiple hotfixes.
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/