-=> Quoting John Beckett to Geo. <=-

 JB> I would worry about that because there is no guaranteed, precise
 JB> documentation about what is happening. We don't know whether a hotfix
 JB> needs a reboot before some other hotfix is installed.
 JB> You have probably groaned just as much as me about articles like the
 JB> following which purport to show how easy it is to Get Secure and Stay
 JB> Secure: 
 JB> 296861 How to Install Multiple Windows Updates or Hotfixes with Only
 JB> One Reboot (using qchain).
 JB> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296861
 JB> I would at least run the QFEcheck that the above article mentions. It
 JB> purports to check whether the installed hotfixes really are installed.
 JB> The above article outlines a reason why you MUST reboot between
 JB> hotfixes (or must use qchain).

Are these no longer valid?
Security Checking Tool from M$
A free tool from M$ will find potential security holes in WinNT4, Win2k,
and WinXP.  The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser (MBSA) looks for
security weaknesses that result from improper configurations or not having
security patches installed.  The tool scans a system and produces a report.
Although the tool does not fix the holes it finds, it gives instructions
for how to do so.  MBSA includes graphical and command line interfaces
that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems.
MBSA scans for missing hot fixes and vulnerabilities in the following
products: WinNT4, Win2k, WinXP, Internet Information Server (IIS) 4 and 5,
SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, IE5.01 and later, and Office 2000 and 2002.
MBSA creates and stores individual XML security reports for each computer
scanned and will display the reports in HTML.  It's available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/Tools/mbsahome.asp
More information about MBSA at:
http://www.idg.net/ic_844200_1794_9-10000.html

IIS & SQL Server Hunter
A utility for finding active IIS and SQL machines on your network can be
found at:
http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan/index.htm

Thanks for the info on QChain and QFEcheck

Richard

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