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You may have heard the term “Patch Tuesday” discussed online, and wondered just what it was. Or, if you’re the type of person who leaves their PC on 24 x 7, you know that usually about once a month, you’re going to sit down at your PC and find that it rebooted itself overnight for some reason. Why?
Blame it on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, which is the second Tuesday of each month.
Patch Tuesday is when Microsoft rolls out all the upgrades and security patches to its various operating systems for those who have Automatic Updates enabled. Even if you don’t, though, there can be the odd time when you’ll find that Microsoft has *forced* an update onto your PC and rebooted it. Generally, though, if Microsoft considers a security issue serious enough to override your settings for updates, it’s probably going to be an update that you really should have.
If you don’t have automatic updates enabled, this is when you should be hitting Windows Update, to try and get the latest updates and patches for your OS. Sometimes it can be better to wait a day or two, though, simply due to the fact that there’s going to be a *lot* of other people trying to do the exact same thing that you are. If you’ve got the time, go for it. If not, waiting a day or two probably won’t kill your machine.
Patch Tuesday Schedule
The remaining Patch Tuesday events for 2008 are:
- Tuesday, May 12th
- Tuesday, June 9th
- Tuesday, July 8th
- Tuesday, August 11th
- Tuesday, September 8th
- Tuesday, October 14th
- Tuesday, November 11th
- Tuesday, December 9th
Tags: patchtuesday, windowsupdate