THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"

I was going to interview Sam the SBS server for this ...but right now he's yelling and is so upset I can't calm him down enough for the Interview.  He's very upset that a year after he was deeply embarrassed by what he did that it happened again.  That people still have the original code on their systems and have not patched.

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He said that when this first happen it was Microsoft's fault.... now this is yours.

We now have this patch on the Microsoft update site.

You now have no excuse whatsoever to not have this patch on SBS 2003 boxes.  All you have to do is flip that server from Windows Update to Micrsoft update...which ... if you've ever WU'd that box it now recommend that you do so.

If these servers were installed by an IT Pro?  This is your job.  Both Sam and I cannot understand how the IT pros of the world not at LEAST know about Microsoft update, not trying to be learning WSUS, not be proactively helping your client to patch.  Want to know one of the ten ways to get your server hacked as per Johansson and Riley's book “Protecting your Windows Network“?

Don't patch it.

If this is a DIY setup, okay I'll cut you a little slack ...but even still... you don't even have to install WSUS... all you have to do is visit Microsoft Update as those SBS patches are now offered up.  I cannot believe that just as we reach the milestone of patches now being offered up on our boxes, that someone cannot find their way to Microsoft update... I cannot believe that they went this long without updating...that's RTM code of October of 2003 that hasn't been updated.

Let's review class of exactly how easy it is to visit Microsoft update.... start, click on Windows Update.

There?

Now on the right hand side, see that Microsoft Update box?  Click there and go through the process of installing it.  Download what it tells you to.

Heck, turn on autoupdates, because I'd rather you have unmanaged patches being installed on your box than none at all.

I'm sorry but I'm in a mood.... if you buy a computer READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.  It's our duty these days to patch.  It's our responsibility to learn the power of the technology we have.

Learn to patch.

Go to Microsoft Update.

Sam the SBS Server was ashamed of what he did the last time... today he's ashamed of us.   That we can't take the time to understand enough on how to keep him running.

If you don't have Microsoft Update 'flipped' to being the update mechanism on the server[s] you have and control, do it today. Make Sam the SBS Server proud of you and not embarrassed that you couldn't even keep him up to date.