<font size=2 face="Ebrima">BigFix Patch for Windows is now releasing all
<u>language independent </u>Windows Fixlets for both English and non-English
operating systems in the <i>Patches for Windows</i> site. BigFix Patch
for Windows will stop releasing language independent patches into the different
language sites.</font><br><br><font size=2 face="Ebrima">As part of this change, the <i>Patches for
Windows (English)</i> site was renamed to the <i>Patches for Window</i>s
site. Language independent content for both English and non-English operating
systems are now published in one site - the <i>Patches for Windows</i>site. You must be subscribed to the <i>Patches for Windows</i> site to
avoid missing future content releases. This change takes effect starting
from <b>December 1, 2015</b></font><font size=2 face="Arial"> and </font><font size=2 face="Ebrima">applies
to language independent patches. </font><br><br><font size=2 face="Ebrima">Fixlets will still be released for <u>language
dependent</u> patches into each language supported Patches for Windows
site.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><br>If all your endpoints were subscribed to the Patches for Windows (English)
site (now called <i>Patches for Windows</i>), you don't have to take action.
<br>If you have endpoints that are subscribed to non-English sites, go to the
License Overview dashboard and subscribe your endpoints to the <i>Patches
for Windows</i> site.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><i><br>Are the Fixlets that were already released on each language site moving
to the Patches for Windows site?</i><br>No. All previously released fixlets will continue to exist in the respective
patch sites. <br>Starting from 1st Dec 2015, all language independent patches will only
be available in the <i>Patches for Windows</i> site. <i>Patches for Windows
(English)</i> was renamed to <i>Patches for Windows</i>. You must subscribe
your endpoints with non-English operating systems to the <i>Patches for
Windows</i> site in order to get language independent patches. </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><i><br>When will the planned change start?</i><br>The change takes effect on December 1, 2015.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><i><br>I am currently subscribed to a non-English Windows site. In addition to
this site, I am now subscribing to Patches for Windows (English), with
over ten thousands Fixlets. Will this slow down the performance?</i><br>Although the Patches for Windows (English) site contains many 'English-only'
content, they are designed so that the BigFix agent will skip all of them
on non-English endpoints with a few simple relevance evaluations. There
is very little impact to the performance of the BigFix agent.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><i><br>Will the non-English sites be removed or disabled?</i><br>No, the non-English sites are available.</font><br><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><i><br>Starting December 1, will the new released Fixlets in the Patches for Windows
site apply for each language independently or is a single Fixlet applicable
for multiple languages?</i><br>For a language independent patch, BigFix will release a single Fixlet in
the Patches for Windows site and it will be applicable to both English
and non-English operating systems. For a language-dependent patch, we will
release separate Fixlets into each supported Patches for Windows language
sites, and these Fixlets will be applicable to operating systems of the
corresponding language only.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><b><br>Highlights:</b><i><br>Patches for Windows (English)</i> site was renamed to <i>Patches for Windows</i>site.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><b><br>Actions to take:</b><br>If all your endpoints are subscribed to the Patches for Windows (English)
site, no action is required.<br>If you have endpoints that are still subscribed to non-English sites, subscribe
the endpoints to the <i>Patch for Windows</i> site.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><br><b>Site:<br></b>Patch for Windows, version 2385.</font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br><br></font><font size=2 face="Ebrima"><b><i><br>Application Engineering Team</i><br>IBM BigFix Patch for Windows</b></font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br></font><BR>