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Microsoft publishes severity information with each bulletin. The Shavlik HFNetChkPro interface displays the Microsoft severity for each patch.

Each Microsoft Bulletin includes an overall 'Maximum Severity Rating' listed at the top of the bulletin, and displayed in the Security Bulletin Search page.

Example: For MS05-001, the maximum severity rating is 'Critical'.

Within each bulletin, the severity ratings are further assigned by the underlying Operating System. The severity rating for the issue may be different, based on which Operating System is involved. These specific settings may be viewed by expanding the Executive Summary of the security bulletin.

Example: For MS05-001, the severity rating for NT4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP is 'Critical'. The severity rating for Windows Server 2003 is 'Moderate'.

In the Shavlik HFNetChkPro GUI, the severity rating is displayed for each patch - specific to the Operating System or application that is installed. For NT4, Win2K, and XP systems the severity rating for MS05-001 is displayed as 'Critical', while the same issue for WS03 is displayed as Moderate.