Facing tough questions about the direction of its heavil used and heavily targeted Windows platform,Microsoft acknowledged it has work ahead to build more effective software-management capabilities into its products while at the same time ridding those products of the vulnerabilities that continue to open the door to attacks. Along with pronouncements on Microsoft's renewed dedication to manageability and security this week from executives -- including CEO Steve Ballmer -- the company announced it had to revise some of its monthly patch updates that were meant to simplify the process.
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