Microsoft patching software hit by glitch

Software Update Services (SUS), an older version of Microsoft's software that lets users manage patches for multiple computers, has hit a snag.

"If you synchronize your server after December 12, 2005, all previously approved updates may be unapproved," Microsoft said in an article on the issue published on its support Web site published Wednesday.

Microsoft does not detail the cause of the problem, but the company is working on a fix. "Microsoft is currently working on a standalone scripting solution that will reset your approval settings to their previous state," according to the support article.

Word of the problem comes a day after Microsoft released two new patches for Windows.

SUS 1.0 is aging patch management software. Microsoft in June released Windows Server Update Services, or WSUS, the successor to SUS.