{"id":1485,"date":"2009-07-21T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/07\/no-new-definitions-or-updates-are-available-for-forefront-client-security-try-microsoft-update.htm"},"modified":"2009-07-21T08:00:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T08:00:59","slug":"no-new-definitions-or-updates-are-available-for-forefront-client-security-try-microsoft-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/07\/no-new-definitions-or-updates-are-available-for-forefront-client-security-try-microsoft-update.htm","title":{"rendered":"No new definitions or updates are available for Forefront Client Security?  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After the update settings are changed, FCS works out that there are some downloads available (and directs you to the <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.update.microsoft.com\/v7\/site\/search.aspx?q=forefront%20client%20security\">Microsoft Update Catalog<\/a>) but if you ignore that and let Microsoft Update run its course, FCS is updated automatically and no further intervention is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen this problem before on my Windows 7 machines but I thought it was a Windows 7 issue&#8230; now I&#8217;ve experienced it in a Windows XP virtual machine and so I thought I&#8217;d blog it here. 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