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What operating systems are supported in MBSA?

April 26, 2017MBSA Operating Systems supported

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What operating systems are supported in MBSA?

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MBSA can be installed, run on, and scan Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, with a few considerations. Although MBSA can be installed on Windows XP Home Edition and can perform a local scan, a computer running Windows XP Home Edition cannot be scanned remotely for administrative vulnerabilities. Windows XP Professional can be scanned remotely if it is joined to a domain. If it is not joined to a domain, a computer running Windows XP Professional can be scanned remotely only after the Local Security Setting is set to Classic – local users authenticate as themselves and simple file sharing is disabled. MBSA does not run on Windows XP Embedded and Windows IA64 platforms, but remote scans against these platforms are fully supported. Windows 2000 Datacenter is not supported by MBSA because the required Windows Update Agent is not supported on this version.