JSI Tip 10052. Detection and deployment guidance for the January 2006 security release.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 912821 contains the following summary and introduction:

SUMMARY

As part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the types of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating system environments. This guidance includes the use of tools such as Windows Update, Office Update, Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the Office Detection Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool, and the Enterprise Update Scan Tool (EST). Currently, the guidance in this document does not apply to 64-bit systems. Microsoft plans to add this information in future releases of this guide.

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the detection and deployment guidance for the security release that is dated January 5 and January 10, 2006.