Patch Tuesday and other critical matters

Yup, its the second Tuesday of the month or affectionately called "Microsoft Patchday" and I've been a little swamped so if this is "news" to you it might already be a little too late. Hope you're not one of my fans that browse this site from a server using IE – critical security patch is available but you've got bigger problems than that. Hit up the patches, one way or the other this stuff has to be updated – WU, MU or WSUS, pick your poison and plow through it. And if you want to be better at it please take an hour or so and listen to Susan Bradley patching audio tape. It is the best way to get started doing this. MS05-054: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915) Rated: CRITICAL http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-054.mspx MS05-055: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (908523) Rated: IMPORTANT http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-055.mspx Other non security patches released today: Update for Windows XP (KB910437) Install this update to prevent or resolve an issue in which Windows Update and Automatic Updates can no longer download updates after an Access Violation error occurs when using the Automatic Updates service. Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB910437) Install this update to prevent or resolve an issue in which Windows Update and Automatic Updates can no longer download updates after an Access Violation error occurs when using the Automatic Updates service. Update for Windows XP (KB908521) Install this update to resolve various issues that can occur when you use remote procedure call (RPC) for client/server communication in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP. Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB908521) Install this update to resolve various issues that can occur when you use remote procedure call (RPC) for client/server communication in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP. Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB896427) Install this update to resolve an issue in which you cannot view the contents of a subfolder on a network share. This issue becomes apparent after you install Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-011: Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB885250). Update for Windows XP (KB835409) Install this update on Windows XP Service Pack 1 systems to resolve an issue where System Restore may not work correctly or certain services may not function properly after using System Restore on SP1. Updated Malicious Software Removal Tool http://support.microsoft.com/?id=890830