Microsoft Update / BigFix Fixlet differences - Windows 2008 / 7

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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

We are seeing differing results for Our Windows 2008 / Windows 7 Clients. Realizing Windows 7 isn’t supported yet, we just want to bring it to attention. At this point all the machines are 64 bit.

So running Microsoft Update on a Windows 2008 64 bit server shows:

kb973507 - MS09-037 -> kb973908

kb971557 - MS09-038

kb971567 - MS09-041

kb956744 - MS09-044

kb971961 - MS09-045

kb967723 - MS09-048

kb970653 - Aug Time Zone Update

kb972036 - Application Compatibility (not security we know)

BigFix shows:

kb969706 - MS09-035 x32

kb969706 - MS09-035 x64

kb973507 - MS09-037 -> kb973908

kb971557 - MS09-038

kb971567 - MS09-041

kb956744 - MS09-044

kb971961 - MS09-045

kb967723 - MS09-048

kb970710 - MS09-049

kb970653 - Aug Time Zone Update

So as for security patches we have BigFix reporting two additional fixlets:

kb969706 - MS09-035 x32

kb969706 - MS09-035 x64

kb970710 - MS09-049

And as for Windows 7 the two MS09-035 updates show in BigFix, but only the x64 version shows in Microsoft Update.

kb969706 - MS09-035 x32

kb969706 - MS09-035 x64

Are we seeing true differences / possible errors or is this something much simpler like naming differences and rolled up / superseded patches?

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hey jspanitz,

I am not sure based on the info you sent… The x32 looks wrong, but I am not sure if the other patches are supposed to apply to the computers. The normal way we would troubleshoot this is to first see if the patch will run and then if there is an issue (such as incorrect relevance), we would break up the relevance and run it on the computer and see if we can figure out where the problem is (usually by comparing to the version numbers in the security bulletin).

As far as I know, we haven’t had any reported issues with these pathes, but if you want to contact support, they can look through the Fixlets with you and we can figure out the discrepancy (and if it is on our side, we can adjust it).

Ben

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

I just found another patch that Windows Update shows and BigFix does not on Windows 7

KB954430 - MS08-069 XML Core Services SP2 for x64

So I will follow the process and run the patch and if it runs report it to support. Just wanted to let others know.