Cliff Hobbs is a UK-based systems management consultant who specialises in the various systems management tools covered by his website FAQShop.com such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) and Systems Management Server (SMS).Having worked with SMS since 1998 Cliff has gained extensive experience of designing, deploying, and supporting large enterprise-wide systems management solutions on behalf of companies such as EDS, 1E and Getronics.In recognition of his contribution to the Systems Management community Microsoft awarded Cliff the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for SMS in January 2004 which has been re-awarded in all subsequent years.Having grown up with the PC from the days of the IBM AT and PC-DOS 3.3, he has an extensive knowledge of several operating systems and applications gained through his present and past employment with companies such as EDS, Du Pont, Abbey National and Getronics, amongst others.The prime goal of FAQShop.com is to help people use Systems Management technology to make their lives easier - not for technology to control their lives which is reflected in this site's mission statement:
'Ensuring you get the best of IT'.
This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for January 2010.
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Critical Security Bulletins Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-001 - Affected Software: - Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 - Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 - Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 - Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 - Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems - Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 - Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected) - Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected) - Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 - Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems - Windows 7 for x64-based Systems - Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation not affected) - Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems - Impact: Remote Code Execution - Version Number: 1.0