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Prepping for Patching

Tomorrow is the day IT folks all know and don't love. Yes, folks, it's almost Patch Tuesday already (seems like the last one was only a month ago, doesn't it?).

Get your crew ready, as a cool dozen bulletins are set for release. So far, there is no word on whether we should expect Vista patches, or fixes for the Word and Excel zero-day exploits.

Posted by Doug Barney on February 12, 2007


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