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The main program window is divided in the two parts (panes), where the left one contains the list of computers that have been scanned, and the right one contains information about all security patches installed (or missing) on the computer that is currently selected in the left pane.
The left pane is organized as a 'tree' that can be viewed in two modes: by computer (select View | By computer menu item) or by date (View | By date, respectively); the Date is the date/time when the given computer has been scanned. In first case, the scans database is shown as follows:
Date
Domain
Computer
Product
And in By date mode:
Domain
Computer
Date
Product
When Computer or Product is selected at the left, the right pane reflects the list of patches available for all supported Microsoft products for the given computer, or for particular product selected. By using the View | Filters menu command (or Filter button on the tool bar), you can filter the patches by Severity and Status (see below).
You can use the View | View mode menu item (or View mode button on the tool bar) to switch between Details, List and Icons modes (like in Windows Explorer); the Details mode is the most informative one, and shows the following information for the patches:
Bulletin
This is the Microsoft security bulletin number; usually looks like MSXX-XXX (where X's are the digits), or Missing service pack if there is no security bulletin, but the latest security patch for particular Microsoft product is not installed. The link to the bulletin itself is located in Details window for the given patch (accessible from popup menu) and looks like:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MSXX-XXX.mspx
For example, the bulletin MS05-046 is located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-046.mspx
KB Number
The number of the article in Microsoft Knowledge Base describing the problem. You can search for any knowledge base article here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
Or access the article directly using the link as:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=XXXXXX
For the article 899589 is located at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=899589
Severity
This is the patch severity as it is assigned by Microsoft: Low, Important, Moderate or Critical.
Status
Installed, Missing or Notes (see Determining patch status for details).
Downloaded
Indicates where this patch is already downloaded by PSA.
Title
The title of Microsoft security bulletin and Knowledge Base article.
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