This article provides important information about VSE 8.8 Patch 3. When released, it provides full support for both Windows 8 and Server 2012 operating systems.

When installing the full package, VSE880LMLRP3.Zip is the only package available for download that contains files for Patch 2 and Patch 3.

• Patch 2 files are intended for operating systems other than Windows 8/Server 2012.
• Patch 3 files are intended for Windows 8/Server 2012 only.

NOTE: If you try to install the Patch 3 to an operating system older than Windows 8 or Server 2012, it fails and you see the following message:
If you add the package to an ePO repository for distribution via the deployment task. A detection script makes sure that only the appropriate files are downloaded for that operating system. Operating systems older than Windows 8 downloads and installs the Patch 2 files. Windows 8/Server 2012 systems only downloads and installs the Patch 3 files.

The following table lists the needed files for creating a standalone package for a Patch 2 and Patch 3 installation separately. By extracting the needed files from the .zip package obtained from the McAfee Downloads site, or from the ePO repository.

IMPORTANT: If you install the Patch 2 installation files to Windows 8/Server 2012, you must also apply the Patch 3 (.msp) package to have a supported installation.

Patch 2 and Patch 3 installation files
 

Patch 2 (for operating systems older than Windows 8/Server 2012)	Patch 3 (for Windows 8/Server 2012 only)
msistrings.bin setupvse.exe setup.ini Uninst.exe Uninstx64.exe UnInst.ini VSE880.msi WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe	msistrings.bin setupvse_win8.exe setup_win8.ini Uninst.exe Uninstx64.exe Uninst.ini VSE880_win8.msi WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe