---
title: "Hotfix request Web Submission form could be a life saver"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/7/28/hotfix-request-web-submission-form-could-be-a-life-saver.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/7/28/hotfix-request-web-submission-form-could-be-a-life-saver.html"
published: "2007-07-28T00:21:46"
updated: "2007-07-28T00:21:46"
tags: [".NET", ".Net 2.0"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "If Stefano is right , than this form by Microsoft should save plenty of time for people who just need the damn hotfix, yesterday . Microsoft Hotfix request Web Submission form (Request, get hotfix link direct by email…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Hotfix request Web Submission form could be a life saver

By Roy Osherove July 28, 2007 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 28, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

If [Stefano is right](http://demiliani.com/blog/archive/2007/07/26/6421.aspx), than this form by Microsoft should save plenty of time for people who just need the damn hotfix, **yesterday**.

[Microsoft Hotfix request Web Submission form](https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410&WS=hotfix) (Request, get hotfix link direct by email the day after, no hassle)

\[via [Larkware](http://www.larkware.com/dg8/TheDailyGrind1195.aspx)\]

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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