<html><body><p><font face="Ebrima">IBM BigFix Patches for Windows added a new category of Fixlets called 'Workaround'. </font><font face="Arial"><br></font><font face="Ebrima"><br></font><font face="Ebrima">Workaround Fixlets cover Microsoft content that do not provide patches. </font><font face="Ebrima">This content sometimes come with a "Here's an easy fix" section that instruct users to manually act on a fix, or to use the Easy Fix tool. </font><font face="Ebrima">They have actions that automate Microsoft's instructions for fixes, such as changing registry keys or running the Easy Fix tool. </font><font face="Ebrima">This content might initially be released by Microsoft as security or non-security content.</font><font face="Arial"> </font><br><br><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/kb/3125869" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Ebrima">KB3125869</font></u></a><font face="Ebrima"> (under </font><a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-124" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Ebrima">MS15-124</font></u></a><font face="Ebrima">) is an example of a </font><font face="Ebrima">Workaround Fixlet</font><font face="Ebrima">. KB3125869 provides users with instructions for download options that fix a security feature bypass.</font><font size="4" face="Ebrima"> </font><font face="Arial"><br></font><font face="Ebrima"><br></font><font face="Ebrima">For more information about Fixlet categories, see </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#%21/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Difference%20in%20category%20terms%20used%20by%20Microsoft%20and%20IBM%20BigFix" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Ebrima">Difference in category terms used by Microsoft and IBM BigFix</font></u></a><font face="Ebrima">.</font><font face="Arial"><br></font><i><font face="Ebrima"><br></font></i><i><font face="Ebrima">Application Engineering team</font></i><font face="Ebrima"><br></font><font face="Ebrima">BigFix Patch for Windows</font><BR>
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