Yes, it is that day of the month again: Microsoft Patch Tuesday is here and it delivers nine security bulletin covering 16 vulnerabilities this time that fix issues in the Windows operating system and other Microsoft products such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Sever Software, and Microsoft Developer Tools.
Three of the bulletins have received a maximum severity rating of critical, the highest possible rating, while the remaining six a rating of important. Maximum severity rating means that at least one product or product version is affected in that severity.
As far as the deployment priority goes, Microsoft recommends to deploy fixes for MS12-43, 45 and 44 first, before deploying MS12-046 and 48, and then the remaining 47, 49, 50 and 51 bulletins.
As usual, it is recommended to update as soon as possible. Windows Update is already listing the updates, and users who have not configured their operating system to update automatically, or have started their PC earlier today, can check for updates manually there to find and install them on the PC.
Users who prefer to manually update find the bulletin downloads over at Microsoft's Download Center where they can be downloaded and deployed to (multiple) systems. The July Security ISO will be available on the site shortly as well.
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Just got 12 updates, mostly security patches and fixes.
The two optional updates, not installed, are Silverlight, which is useless as well as Bing Desktop!
All is well!
Anyone else got a BSOD on reboot after applying these updates? I had to restore my system
I did not, Windows 7 64-bit.
Same here. Updates went as planned and all is well! :)
No problems. Win 7 64 bit.
Hi,
Had a BSOD as well!!! HP Elitebook running Windows 7 x64. Never had any problem with this computer before. I’m the IT manager of the company, so I take good care of my tools…
Hope it won’t happen to all of my users or it means serious trouble.
WTF!?!?!
Update notification on both 7 Pro 64 computers here listed 8 important, no critical or optional and some were different from those listed above.
Installed all 8 first on the HP HDX X18T-1100 CTO Premium with no issues. But it has an OEM 7 Pro clean install that wiped all HP stuff followed by carefully selected driver d/ls from the HP site. Could that explain the difference in our update results?
Did event viewer give any clues? Or NirSoft BlueScreenView?
link for Microsoft’s Download Center is wrong
http://www.microsoft.com/it-it/download/details.aspx?id=30313
Thanks for your effort this mouth again. Every mouth it makes so much easier to understand what is happening with main updates that month.
This month again 13 updates.
In 2 month we will see the added Windows 8 , Windows RT in the list of security patches. We will be to judge how much of a copy & paste from Win 3.1, 95, NT, 2000, XP… have been ported to Window 8/RT .
Look at the XML patch MS12-43 where the code has been copied without any QA for years and effects :
XP, Vista, W7, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, Office
2003, Office 2007, Office Word Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack,
Expression Web 1, Expression Web 2, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office
Groove Server 2007
MS12-046 fixes a security hole that has been patched in the past tens of times…..
I also had problems with windows upgrade today, had to reboot the computer 3 times before it behaved normally. I have Windows 7 x64 Home Premium. Have never had any problem before this update today 2012-07-11.