August 2008 Windows Vista Updates

The following essential Vista updates contain direct links to the Microsoft website where they can be downloaded from.

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Please Note:
Last updated 30/08/08.

Each heading contains:
A link to the top of this page.
01. Top Downloads August 2008
02. Internet Explorer Updates
03. Windows Media Player 11 Updates
04. Microsoft .NET Framework Updates
05. DirectX Updates

1. Top Downloads August 2008

The executable for Vista SP1 (RC1) should only be used by beta testers on non productivity machines as it is not yet an official release.
Do not slipstream this version as you will not be able to install/uninstall newer updates. DirectX 9.0c contains all updates until Nov 2007.
Windows Vista SP1 - KB936330 (434.5mb)
KB936330 - Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone
August 2008 - KB950974 (330kb) & KB951066 (1.5mb) & KB953733 (447kb) & KB953839 (659kb)
KB950974 - Vulnerabilities in Event System Could Allow Remote Code Execution
KB951066 - Vulnerabilities in MHTML Protocol
KB953733 - IPsec Policy Processing Could Allow Information Disclosure
KB953839 - Cumulative security update for ActiveX (Killbits)
33 Vista Updates Since its Release - Part 1 (2007-2008)

2. Internet Explorer Updates

The cumulative updates for IE7 and IE8 contain all the updates until April 2008. No previous updates will be needed.
Internet Explorer 8 (Beta 1) - IE8 (11.0mb)
Internet Explorer 7 Cumulative Update - IE7 KB947864 (7.48mb)
KB947864 - Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

3. Windows Media Player 11 Updates

The following updates include the latest security update, codec package and video decorder utility.
Security Update (Aug 2007) - KB936782 (8.64mb) & KB937143 (6.87mb) & KB938123 (725kb) & KB938127 (460kb)
KB936782 - Vulnerability in Windows Media Player 11 for Vista could allow remote code execution
KB937143 - Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista
KB938123 - Vulnerability in Windows Gadgets could allow remote code execution
KB938127 - Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista

4. Microsoft .NET Framework Updates

The .NET Framework updates are compatible for both Windows XP and Vista.
They can be found on the Windows XP Updates at heading 4.

5. DirectX Updates

The DirectX updates are compatible for both Windows XP and Vista.
It can be found on the Windows XP Updates at heading 6.

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