Microsoft shipped several new updates today via the Windows Update system for both XP and Vista. Typically these updates are only sent out on the second Tuesday of each month, which is referred to as Patch Tuesday, but each year Microsoft throws a few curve balls and pushes out updates outside of their schedule. These were therefore released two-weeks after the last Patch Tuesday, and two weeks before the next Patch Tuesday…so are these to be considered early or late? 
Included in the slew of updates for Vista are the performance and compatibility packs that Microsoft released three weeks ago (these two updates are listed below in bold). Those two packs combined fix over 20 issues, including slow file transfers, poor memory management, AVI corruption, and numerous issues related to the display drivers. Unfortunately Microsoft did not label these updates as "important," which means you may have to go into the Windows Update and manually select them to have them installed.
Below is an individual list of all the updates Microsoft published for XP and Vista, as well as links to download them manually. There’s a high probability that some of the updates listed here won’t apply to your computer, and therefore won’t show up during the Windows Update process.
Vista x86 Updates:
- KB929547: Install this update to resolve an issue where after installing the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) driver, applications and services appear to stop responding for approximately 15 seconds.
- KB930194: Install this update to resolve an issue where an attached optical drive utilizing a SiI Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA) chip from Silicon Image is not recognized as a recordable drive on a computer running Windows Vista.
- KB936004: Install this update to resolve an issue where a USB telephony device (USB telephone, handset, headset and so on) is unexpectedly set as the default audio device on a computer running Windows Vista.
- KB936710: Install this update to help resolve a secondary graphic card operability issue when running DirectX 10 applications on multiple graphics cards.
- KB938194: This is a reliability update. Install this update to improve the reliability of Windows Vista in certain scenarios. [More Info]
- KB938952: Install this update to resolve a display issue that occurs during language pack installation and when accessing the Regional and Language Options control panel.
- KB938979: This is a performance update. Install this update to improve the performance of Windows Vista in certain scenarios. [More Info]
- KB939159: Install this update to resolve an issue in the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).
- KB939165: Install this update to configure the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program to improve the quality of software information sent to Microsoft.
- KB940105: Install this update to resolve potential Graphics Virtual Address problems that may occur when running Windows Vista.
- KB940646: Install this update to resolve an issue where the throughput of a 3G Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) Data Card is reduced on a computer running Windows Vista.
- KB941090: Install this update to resolve an issue where messages become stuck in the Outbox and cannot be deleted when using Windows Mail.
XP x86 Updates:
- KB935708: Install this update to resolve an issue where after installing the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) driver, applications and services appear to stop responding for approximately 15 seconds.
- KB939683: Install this update to improve how Windows Media Player manages shortcuts you create and add to the Start menu pinned list.
Source: WinBeta & All About Microsoft
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My guess is that there are late because they are not “critical updates”.
Microsoft doesn’t like to break away from “Patch Tuesday” unless there is an urgent need.
If None of these updates were critical, then why did M$ breakaway from their schedule. something’s fishy
Yeah, I’d say they are late too. I almost wonder why they didn’t just wait until the next “Patch Tuesday.”
I think the real reason Microsoft did this is show hackers that they aren’t afraid to break away from their schedule to release some updates. Otherwise hackers would know exactly how much time they have before the next round of patches.