Windows users who had hoped that the Vista operating system won’t need the Tuesday Patch can think again.

Microsoft has confirmed through one of its blogs that two of the seven critical Windows patches released last week also apply to Vista.

One of the flaws named MS06-040 made U.S. Department of Homeland Security to issue a danger warning. This flaw is so dangerous that is could impact government systems, private industry and critical infrastructure, as well as individual and home users without the user to know it. This is why the two flaws were considered critical but there is one question: why was discovered after all this time and not earlier?

The two vulnerabilities which affect Vista are addressed by Microsoft security updates MS06-042, which plugs a hole in Internet Explorer, and MS06-051 which patches a vulnerability in the Windows Vista kernel itself.

Needless to say, intending Windows Vista users will not be happy to hear that after all the work Microsoft has put into addressing the substantial security issues faced in versions to date, the best it come up with for its operating system of the future is two critical bugs that need to be fixed in a single month. Two bugs from seven that were discovered, all critical.

The revelation that patches are needed for Vista this month makes a mockery of the suggestion by a Windows marketing manager a few months ago that Vista will make Patch Tuesday a thing of the past.

To make things worse, you don’t even know if you need to patch your current version of Vista because “Microsoft does not include information about beta products in formal security bulletins” says the Microsoft blogger, Alex Heaton from Windows Vista Security in his blog.

So for the cost of US$1.50 you too can download an operating system that has possible security vulnerabilities but don’t expect Microsoft to tell you about them - find out for yourself. Thank you Microsoft, you are so kind. Maybe Steve Ballmer should google a better way to handle with Vista problems.