Re: MBSA 1.2.1 launched today

From: Mike Chan [MSFT] (mchan_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/18/04

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    Peter,

    I understand your frustration and we are committed to ensuring that the results
    from MBSA and windows update are the same.

    As many of you know, MBSA uses the HFNetChk detection engine by Shavlik. Windows
    Update uses the software update engine that was built by Microsoft and supports
    only a subset of products that MBSA supports. The two technologies work
    differently, and in the current time frame, we must use our internal processes
    to ensure that results are the same.

    For a short term resolution to your problem, can you tell me what patches are
    you referring to? Can you give me more information in this area? 

    -- 
Mike Chan
Technical Product Manager (MBSA)
Security Business Unit
Microsoft Corporation
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MBSA 1.2.1 update for Windows XP SP2 compatibility available today!
I didn't get the improvement I had hoped for.  MBSA 1.2.1 still disagrees with 
Windows Update about certain patches on certain machines.  The poor user doesn't 
know what to do with conflicting information.
These two Microsoft tools simply MUST be made to agree.  This problem has gone 
on for a long time, and there is just no excuse.
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