Microsoft will patch a record 64 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows graphics framework. The 17 updates — Microsoft calls them “bulletins” — tie the count of December 2010. Microsoft said it will close a pair of outstanding issues that have already resulted in security advisories. The patches will also quash a bug in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) network and file-sharing protocol. Microsoft usually issues its advance alert at around 1 p.m. ET, but problems with distribution system delayed its release.”]