Re: Patches -v- Updates

From: x y (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 05/16/02 

From: "x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 00:18:58 -0400

If I understand correctly, windows update does not include all microsoft
products, such as some server products. You may need or want to use
HFNETCHK to check for missing patches on your system from time to time, and
download and install any missing updates yourself.

"Matt" <mattburrows@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3bca01c1fc79$34168ce0$19ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa01...
> Do "Windows Updates" include patches, or do I need to
> download both of them?
>
> I am assuming that patches are offered once a problem is
> known and then the patches are later included in the
> Windows Updates as part of an overall security update. Is
> this assumption correct? Thanks.

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