[BESAdmin-Announcements] Content Modification in Patches for Windows

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Content in the Patches for Windows site has been modified:


New Fixlets:

[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Monthly Quality Rollup - Monthly Rollup - Windows 8.1 - KB4056895	(ID: 405689505)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Monthly Quality Rollup - Monthly Rollup - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4056895 (x64)	(ID: 405689503)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Monthly Quality Rollup - Monthly Rollup - Windows 8.1 - KB4056895 (x64)	(ID: 405689501)


Modified Fixlets:

[Major] 4072698: Enable mitigations to help protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities - Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows Server 2012 R2 / Windows 2016	(ID: 407269801)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows 8.1 - KB4056898	(ID: 405689805)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows 8.1 - KB4056898 (x64)	(ID: 405689803)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4056898 (x64)	(ID: 405689801)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer - Windows 8.1 - IE 11 - KB4056568 (x64)	(ID: 405656811)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer - Windows Server 2012 R2 - IE 11 - KB4056568 (x64)	(ID: 405656803)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer - Windows 8.1 - IE 11 - KB4056568	(ID: 405656801)


Fully Superseded Fixlets:

[Major] MS17-DEC: Security Monthly Quality Rollup - Monthly Rollup - Windows 8.1 - KB4054519 (Superseded)	(ID: 405451905)
[Major] MS17-DEC: Security Monthly Quality Rollup - Monthly Rollup - Windows 8.1 - KB4054519 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 405451903)
[Major] MS17-DEC: Security Monthly Quality Rollup - Monthly Rollup - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4054519 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 405451901)
[Major] 4051956: Time zone and DST changes in Windows for Northern Cyprus, Sudan, and Tonga - Windows 8.1 - KB4051956 (Superseded)	(ID: 405195617)
[Major] 4051956: Time zone and DST changes in Windows for Northern Cyprus, Sudan, and Tonga - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4051956 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 405195615)
[Major] 4051956: Time zone and DST changes in Windows for Northern Cyprus, Sudan, and Tonga - Windows 8.1 - KB4051956 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 405195613)
[Major] 4049068: Update for Windows 8.1 - Windows 8.1 - KB4049068 (Superseded)	(ID: 404906817)
[Major] 4049068: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4049068 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 404906815)
[Major] 4049068: Update for Windows 8.1 - Windows 8.1 - KB4049068 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 404906813)
[Major] 3100956: You may experience slow logon when services are in start-pending state in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2012 R2 Gold - KB3100956 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 310095605)
[Major] 3100956: You may experience slow logon when services are in start-pending state in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows 8.1 Gold - KB3100956 (Superseded)	(ID: 310095603)
[Major] 3100956: You may experience slow logon when services are in start-pending state in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows 8.1 Gold - KB3100956 (x64) (Superseded)	(ID: 310095601)


Reason for Update:

Microsoft has released KB4056895.
Fixlet for KB4072698 was updated to account for Microsoft's update to the KB.
Some Fixlets were updated to avoid potential false positive with the release of the monthly rollup update.


Actions to Take:

None


Published site version:

Patches for Windows, version 2905.


Additional links:

None


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