SANS ISC: Windows 8.1 Released

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Thanks to Susan, one of or readers, who dropped us a line today to tell me that we (and by "we" I mean "I") missed that Windows 8.1 was released on April 2.

This is an important update for all of the Windows 8 folks out there for a couple of reasons:

• The base 8.1 update includes 2 out-of-band security updates (KB2922229 and KB2936068, both available separately)
• More importantly, it's the service baseline for 8.x, so you should have the 8.1 update installed before you applying the in-band updates coming this Tuesday.

Before installation, the 8.1 update requires a prerequisite of KB2919442  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919442

More on 8.1 here (amongst lots of other Microsoft posts):
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/04/02/windows-8-1-update-important-refinements-to-the-windows-experience.aspx
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2014/04/02/windows-8-1-update-the-it-pro-perspective.aspx

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Rob VandenBrink
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