Does Microsoft provide list of patch name, kb number, patch and product code for released hotfixes?

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Hi,
I'm looking for collective information for all hotfixes released by Microsoft with information such as patch and product code for msiinstall, patch and product name, e.g.:Patch Code : {97EBAE10-0D01-458E-BBD7-74ADBE8A51C9}
Product Code : {90140000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}
Patch Name : Hotfix for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2459117)
Does Microsoft provide such list? Where and how can it be obtained? if not is there a way to generate such list from hotfixes installed on specified computers?Regards,Grzegorz

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looking for collective information for all hotfixes released by Microsoft with information such as patch and product code for msiinstall, patch and product name,
At one point that information could all be found in a huge XML file to support MBSA and HFNetChk by Shavlik.  I haven't looked at the most recent implementation of MBSA but I do know that a later implementation of MBSA forced Shavlik to drop support
for HFNetChk.  I don't know if they have done anything as a substitute.
Here's a description of what I remember (though 2009 sounds later that I would have guessed.)
http://www.petri.co.il/hfnetchk.htm
Probably someone on the MBSA forums will have better information for you.
Robert Aldwinckle