But no explanation why the future Windows product showed up in Microsoft's prime patching tool
(Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. has seeded its most popular corporate patch product with references to Windows 7, the upcoming replacement for Windows Vista, according to network administrators.
It's unclear why Microsoft added a reference to Windows 7 Client in the product selection screen of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), the free add-on to Windows server software that lets companies feed security updates to their machines.
First reported by Greek blogger Yannis Pantzis today, WSUS displays the reference to Windows 7 in the list where administrators choose which software they want to synchronize. That, in turn, determines which updates are downloaded from Microsoft and are stored on the WSUS server.
Computerworld confirmed the appearance of Windows 7 in WSUS. "It was not there at first," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at security vendor nCircle Network Security Inc. "I forced a manual sync with Microsoft and then post sync, [Windows 7 Client] was available from the products selection screen."..........
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(Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. has seeded its most popular corporate patch product with references to Windows 7, the upcoming replacement for Windows Vista, according to network administrators.
It's unclear why Microsoft added a reference to Windows 7 Client in the product selection screen of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), the free add-on to Windows server software that lets companies feed security updates to their machines.
First reported by Greek blogger Yannis Pantzis today, WSUS displays the reference to Windows 7 in the list where administrators choose which software they want to synchronize. That, in turn, determines which updates are downloaded from Microsoft and are stored on the WSUS server.
Computerworld confirmed the appearance of Windows 7 in WSUS. "It was not there at first," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at security vendor nCircle Network Security Inc. "I forced a manual sync with Microsoft and then post sync, [Windows 7 Client] was available from the products selection screen."..........
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113084&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8
