Today, in keeping with its usual schedule, Microsoft released its for April, previewing the security fixes it intends to release next Tuesday, April 10. Microsoft plans to release six security bulletins this month.

Patch Tuesday is the day updates are. These patches from Microsoft update several individual files involved in. Windows Vista support ended on April.

Three are for Windows and its components; all of these have a maximum severity rating of Critical. All supported versions of Windows are affected. The table below shows the breakdown of patches by Windows version and severity: Windows Version Critical Important Moderate Windows XP+SP3 3 — — Windows Vista 3 — — Windows Server 2003 2 — 1 Windows Server 2008 2 — 1 Windows 7 3 — — Windows Server 2008 R2 2 — 1 There is also a bulletin for Microsoft Office, rated Important; one for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway, also rated Important; and one rated Critical, that affects Office, SQL Server, and other server software and development tools. (See the Advanced Notification for details.) According to Microsoft, two of the Windows bulletins will require a system restart, and the other bulletins may require one, depending on your system’s configuration. As always, this information is subject to change between now and the actual release of the bulletins next Tuesday.

I will post a note here once the actual updates are available. [] Today is the second Tuesday of April, so, in keeping with its usual schedule, Microsoft has released this month’s batch of security bulletins and patches for Windows and related software.

This month, there are six patches, for nine identified vulnerabilities. Three of the patches are for Windows itself, and its.NET components; all supported versions of Windows are affected, and have at least two Critical bulletins. X Cracker Feedback. For a breakdown of patches by version and severity, check this month’s preview post.