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What is Patch Tuesday?

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What is Patch Tuesday?

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Patch Tuesday refers to the second Tuesday of each month when Microsoft™ releases fixes for known bugs in its operating systems and other products. The fixes are small files called patches available for free download from the Microsoft website. Patch Tuesday began in 2004 in an effort to help network administrators more easily deal with the logistics involved in scheduling the upgrade of multiple machines. Prior to Patch Tuesday, administrative problems cropped up across networks wherein some machines would have current patches and others would not. If a particular patch caused a peripheral, unexpected problem in functionality and needed uninstalling, the problem was unevenly concussive due to lack of coordination in the update process. Patch Tuesday allows network administrators to plan for network-wide upgrades ahead of time, anticipating and scheduling deployment in a more orderly fashion. As part of the monthly security cycle, administrators can subscribe to the free Microsoft Secu

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On the second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft releases security updates for both Windows and specific programs. It sends it out via the automatic Windows Update service and also makes the updates available to manually download.