August’s Patch Tuesday Microsoft

Here's what Microsoft has planned for us next Patch Tuesday that affects Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and some components of Windows such as:

* Windows Messenger
* Internet Explorer
* Outlook Express/Windows Mail
* Media Player

The affected Operating Systems are as follows:

* Windows 2000
* Windows XP
* Windows Server 2003
* Windows Vista
* Windows Server 2008

The affected Microsoft Office products are:

* Microsoft Works 8
* Microsoft Office 2000 SP3
* Microsoft Office XP SP3
* Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 and SP3
* Microsoft Office System 2007 and with SP1
* Microsoft Office Project 2002
* Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access
* Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003
* Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 and with SP3
* Microsoft Office Excel Viewer
* Microsoft Office Converter Pack
* Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
* Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and with SP1
* Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
* Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

They also plan to release an updated version of Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft is also planning to release the following non-security update on August 12, 2008 via Windows Update website:

* Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [August 2008] (KB905866)
* Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (KB944289)
* Update for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (KB951072)
* Update for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows XP (KB951618)
* Update for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows XP (KB952287)
* Update for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3 Service Pack 1 (KB954960)


* Seven Microsoft Security Bulletins with maximum severity of Critical.
* Five with maximum severity of Important.
* These updates may require a restart.

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on August 12, 2008.

You can read more about these here.