Re: System Restore and more problems

More information:

ActiveX controls may not load as expected in Internet Explorer due to
defense in depth changes introduced in cumulative security update 896688
(MS05-052):
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909889

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"MalcolmP" <MalcolmP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B1400CC9-7F78-4389-93F7-AEF7E28DDE49@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Hi All;

Could I join in on this? I have exactly the same symptoms after installing
the October Updates and responded by deleting them straight away and then
following the instructions in the MS Article 909444 issued after the MS05-051
Security Bulletin release to rest Administrators controls.

I lost System Restore, Windows updates and my CD drive. The machine takes
about 15 mins to start and 10 mins to shut down but appears to work normally
inbetween. I have to disable the WIA service to see my files in Windows
Explorer although my scanner works fine; MS article 823612 suggested the slow
start up was due to my HP scanner driver being out-dated but it isn't.

Three weeks on I have just discovered your parallel problems on these pages
and it has been a great relief to know I'm not alone - although I sympathize
with you all.

I think it's plot to sell more new computers with MS Windows installed on
them.

Any help you can give will be appreciated.

Malcolm
"guy_montag@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

Hi Magnus,

Just to say you're not alone.  Since installing the October MS patches,
I've got exactly the same critical malfunctions with my PC too.

It looks like it's a total failure of all COM accesses (anytime any
script calls an object it comes back with a variety of errors).  The
monthly patches did major updating to the COM+ and MSDTC stuff to block
remote execution, and I believe that somehow it has blocked local
access on our machines as well.

I've tried reinstalling MS05-51, MS05-052, MS05-048, MS05-049 and
MS05-050 to no avail.

I've reinstalled COM+ as per steps to correct a corrupt catalog.  I've
reinstalled MSDTC.

I've reinstalled SP2.

I've checked the COM security settings (and figured out why my Edit
Limits button was greyed out - it was being set by a local security
policy and on clearing out the policy value (not defined), the button
became available again).  Still nothing looks wrong in there compared
to another machine that works.  I am highly suspicious that local
launch and activation permissions are screwed though.  Or maybe a
certificate problem but again nothing looks wrong.

I've tried uninstalling Norton Antivirus, Firewall and MS Antispyware
(i.e. anything that might be affecting script operation).

As you will know, this problem has been lurking for a while (reports of
User Accounts failure, Services MMC snapin) go back to 2003.

In my case, as well as what you've described, I don't get any active
content in IE (all Flash animations appear as red X boxes), even though
IE security zones are all set to default.

I KNOW it was the October monthly security updates that triggered it
(maybe an incompatibility with something else I have installed), as I
always run Microsoft Update twice, and it was the second time (after
the reboot for MS05-051) when Microsoft Update stopped working.

So Ramesh - the question to you is can you think of how you would go
about disabling all local object access in scripts and all active
content in IE to generate the myriad of errors that Magnus and I are
seeing.

In the meantime, I've taken a backup and restored from a backup taken
at end August- Windows directory tree only.  This seems to have fixed
it.

I'll reapply all the updates over the next day or two (one at a time)
and if I figure out which has crippled my machine I'll report back.

Is anyone else out there having similar problems post October 12th?

Guy



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