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<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are <SPAN
class=999001320-05042005>three new </SPAN>announcements regarding
BES:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<H4><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>Disable <SPAN
class=999001320-05042005>Automatic</SPAN> Update Before Auto-WinXP SP2
download:</SPAN></H4>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Microsoft has announced that the mechanism to
temporary disable delivery of<SPAN class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>Windows XP
SP2 will expire on April 12, 2005. <SPAN class=202192807-05042005>This
means that if Automatic Updates is enabled on a Windows XP computer, the
computer will slowly download and then install Windows XP SP2. This could
potentially cause bandwidth problems on in your network as every computer will
download the large service pack from the Internet. Also, you w<SPAN
class=999001320-05042005>ill </SPAN>have no control over when the service pack
was deployed and run.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To address this issue, BigFix has published Task
message #13406 in the<SPAN class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>English "Patches for
Windows" Fixlet site that detects computers that have<SPAN
class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>this setting enabled and allows you to disable
Automatic Updates completely<SPAN class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>on those
machines.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BigFix recommends taking this action before April
12th to prevent Windows XP<SPAN class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>SP2 from being
automatically deployed to these computers, which will <SPAN
class=202192807-05042005>also </SPAN>turn on<SPAN class=202192807-05042005>
</SPAN>Windows Firewall and block BES communication. To deploy Windows XP SP2,
use<SPAN class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>the appropriate Fixlet messages
already provided in the "Patches for<SPAN class=202192807-05042005>
</SPAN>Windows" Fixlet sites. (Fixlet messages #13404 and #13405) For more<SPAN
class=202192807-05042005> </SPAN>information, see Microsoft's web
page:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><A
title=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx
href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx"><FONT
title=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<H4><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>New Microsoft Service Pack Fixlets
Available:</SPAN></H4>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the past two
weeks, you may have noticed that we have released Fixlets for several new
Service Packs:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><SPAN class=202192807-05042005> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>-
</SPAN>Windows Server 2003 SP1<SPAN
class=202192807-05042005>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>- </SPAN>ISA
Server 2004 Standard Edition SP1</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>- </SPAN>.NET
Framework 1.1 SP1</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>- </SPAN>.NET
Framework 1.0 SP3</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look for these on
the Patches for Windows site.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<H4><SPAN class=202192807-05042005>Changes to the SANS Top 10 Fixlet
site:</SPAN></H4>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The following announcement applies to BES
customers who purchased the "SANS Top 10" Fixlet site that
detects vulnerabilities in the ten most commonly exploited vulnerable
services in Windows. (More information about the SANS Top 10 vulnerability list
for Windows is available at </FONT><A title=http://www.sans.org/top20/
href="http://www.sans.org/top20/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.sans.org/top20/</FONT></A><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>).<BR><BR>By popular demand, the following changes have been made to
the SANS Top 10 Fixlet site: <BR>1. Previously, the SANS Top 10 Fixlet
site displayed Fixlet messages related to Microsoft patches. The Fixlet messages
related to Microsoft patches have now removed so it should be easier to see
the Fixlet messages related to non-patch security
vulnerabilities.<BR> <BR>The reason for this change is that many
customers said that they did not like to see the patch information in the SANS
Top 10 Fixlet site when they already saw patch-related Fixlet messages in the
Patches for Windows Fixlet sites.<BR> <BR>2. Previously, the SANS Top
10 Fixlet messages were only relevant on Windows computers with an English
operating system. This restriction has now been removed so the SANS Top 10
Fixlet messages now can be relevant on any language of the Windows operating
system. <BR> <BR>More information about the SANS Top 10 Fixlet
site<SPAN class=999001320-05042005> and the complete
Vulnerability Management offerings</SPAN> can be found at:<BR><FONT
color=#000000><A
href="http://software.bigfix.com/download/datasheets/BigFixVulnerabilityManagementSolutionDS.pdf">http://software.bigfix.com/download/datasheets/BigFixVulnerabilityManagementSolutionDS.pdf</A></FONT></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=999001320-05042005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Also:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial size=2>BES 5.1 is in
testing and on track for a mid-Q2 release. More announcements to
follow.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=202192807-05042005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Thanks!<BR><SPAN
class=202192807-05042005>BigFix Product
Team</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>