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Last Updated: Dec 06, 2004

It's not easy keeping your head above water in the patch-infested "Straits of Microsoft. Use this collection of stories and tips as a flotation device.

Berkeley National Lab wrestles with Windows patch management

by: Matthew A. DeBellis, News Writer (12 Feb 2003)

The nation's oldest government laboratory is in the midst of testing two software applications to better manage thousands of Windows desktops, and to keep from drowning in a flood of patches.

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NEWS:
>>	Patching negligence can get you sued (SearchSecurity.com) 12 Feb 2003
>>	Microsoft to clarify language on patches, fixes and updates (SearchWinIT.com) 11 Sep 2002
>>	Coming clean on patches (eWEEK) 03 Jun 2002
>>	Patch installation issues may have abetted Slammer (eWEEK) 03 Feb 2003
>>	Tiny toolmaker saves big money for Windows admins (SearchWindowsManageability.com) 31 Jan 2003
>>	Tool applies services packs to Windows products (InternetWeek) 31 Jan 2003
>>	Microsoft rolls two new critical IE fixes in catch-all patch (SearchSecurity.com) 06 Feb 2003


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