Shenan
Sat May 10 10:31:30 PDT 2008
Nom.de.Plume wrote:
> Comment at the bottom.
Old Enough wrote:
> A couple of you people recommended Belarc Advisor (something I can
> agree with).
>
> However: I just did a clean install of Windows XP SP2, and
> upgraded to SP3.
> Now, Belarc Advisor tells me that eight Microsoft Security Updates
> are missing
> Q873379 - Important (details...)
> Q911701 - Moderate (details...)
> Q914796 - Important (details...)
> Q920816 - Important (details...)
> Q941569 - Critical (details...)
> Q944423 - Important (details...)
> Q946216 - Important (details...)
> Q947866 - Important (details...)
>
> YET: None of those update numbers can be found searching
> Microsoft.com.
>
> Is Belarc as good as you (and I) think it is?
>
> Thanks for any insights!
Nom.de.Plume wrote:
> I noticed that, too. Go to Start/All Programs/Microsoft Update and
> there they are.
>
> Ken Bland
Ken,
What did you *notice*? The 'update numbers' listed above are easily found.
Take the numbers after the Q and put them at the end of this address:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/
In other words:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873379
( Office XP WordPerfect 5.x Converter )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911701
( SharePoint Team Services )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914796
( security update for Office XP )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920816
( security update for Office XP, for Project 2002, and for Visio 2002 )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941569
( Vulnerability in Windows Media file format )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944423
( security update for Office XP )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946216
( security update for Publisher 2002 )
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947866
( security update for Office XP )
Looks like the majority are updates for Office XP/2002. Of course Windows
XP Service Pack 3 will do NOTHING for a product (Office) it was not intended
for. ;-)
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