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- Patch your operating systems, browsers, and other software
- Prioritize patching your browser(s)
- Windows updates may need a BIOS update too
Understand your anti-virus product impact. These types of software may cause problems with Windows updates - the windows patch may not be available until anti-virus updates are available.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are not running a Microsoft supported anti-virus, the Windows patch may need to be manually enabled (requires register key setting change).
- If you apply the registry setting with an unsupported anti-virus, you risk a BSOD
Understand your cloud infrastructure (IaaS) impact. Your provider may reboot your host(s) but you will still need to apply OS and software patches.
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