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MS-DEFCON 2:
Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don't do it.
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MS-DEFCON 2: Office 2007 Pack 2 is up – avoid all patches for now
Posted on April 30th, 2009 at 09:22 4 commentsI’m raising us to MS-DEFCON 2:
Hot on the heels of Office 2007 Service Pack 2 / KB 953195, Microsoft has just released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 [* to manufacturing - expect to see it widely available at some indeterminate point in the not-too-distant future].
About a week ago, Microsoft started “pushing” Internet Explorer 8 via Automatic Update.
I strongly recommend that you HOLD OFF on all three. IE 8 has been through the wringer, and I remain ambivalent about installing it, but the other two patches haven’t been out in the wild long enough to see what problems crop up.
Because of the two new patches and the third that’s long in the tooth but still unproven, we’re at MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do it.
UPDATE: *Man, am I embarrassed. I’ve been knee-deep in Windows 7 stuff, and erroneously reported that Vista SP2 is out in the wild. It isn’t. Microsoft announced that Vista SP2 is complete – it’s been “released to manufacturing” (precisely what is being “manufactured” isn’t at all clear, but I digress). “We expect Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 to be publicly available in Q2 2009.”
… as I go slinking back to my Windows 7 hovel, tail firmly between legs…
I feel that the pushing of Office 2007 Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer 8, though, warrant staying at MS-DEFCON 2.
Windows Patches/Security Internet Explorer 8, KB 953195, KB 955430, Office 2007 Service Pack 2, Office 2007 SP2, Vista SP2, Windows Vista Service Pack 24 responses to “MS-DEFCON 2: Office 2007 Pack 2 is up – avoid all patches for now”
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I thought SP2 has been RTM’d not released. I presume its not for download for a few more weeks/months.
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Joe Perez April 30th, 2009 at 20:01
KB 955430 is the article for a servicing update required for Vista SP-2. It is NOT the KB article for SP-2.
Joe
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You are absolutely correct, Guy and Joe Perez. There seems to be some confusion (I won’t say which people are causing the confusion) as to whether or not Vista SP2 has been actually released.
RTM means “Release to Manufacturing”; it does NOT mean it’s actually available for download.
RTW means “Release to Web”; this is when Microsoft officially makes Vista SP2 available to the public on Microsoft Update, Windows Update and at the Microsoft Download Center.
Let’s all read this Techarp.com article concerning Vista SP2’s release schedule:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=604 -
I can’t recreate the error. ,
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