Re: KB942615 still crashes IE v.6
- From: "Timothy Daniels" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:18:07 -0800
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in defense of Microsoft:
Timothy Daniels wrote:
"Frank Saunders wrote:
"Timothy Daniels" wrote:Thanks for the KB946627 link. I'd tried the the anti-virus/
A month after the update debacle wherein KB942615 security
update to WinXP caused IE to crash at some sites,
(mail.yahoo.com did it for me), I've re-downloaded the update
and re-installed it, and it still causes IE to crash. What is the
final "fix" for this update? Will all users have to go diddling in
their Registries to get beyond this?
Internet Explorer 6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a
computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627
See also
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/18/post-install-issues-with-ms07-069-ie6-on-xpsp2.aspx
If none of that works, turn off your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs
and uninstall KB942615. Then reinstall it and then turn them back on.
anti-spamware OFF thing in December when this all broke -
and it didn't help. This KB946627 did the trick, though. It's
surprising and disappointing that Microsoft didn't include
the KB96627 fix within the KB942615 update. What are all
the grannies and normal people to do? This is a dereliction of
Microsoft's duty to its users.
Did you read the link I posted? =>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/12/20/ms07-069-cumulative-security-update-for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue-automated-work-around.aspx
Yes.
946627 is offered by both Windows Update (website) and Automatic Updates. Do
you have Automatic Updates enabled?
I have posted in this thread that I do not enable automatic updates on my
PC.
And KB946627 was not offered by the update website.
PS: KB942615 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942615) cites KB946627
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627) in the Known Issues section.
You may have the copious amount of time to research each and
every update and to research what may cause various utility
crashes that occur after a series of updates to find out which of
the 4 to 6 updates did the deed, but again, I ask: What normal
person should be asked to do that? The most important question,
though, is why can't Microsoft merely - MERELY - incorporate
the fix for a bad update into its update? If just one PC system
in 100 suffers the mal-effect that KB942615 caused, that's
far too many, especially when Microsoft has the fix for it. Why
didn't Microsoft just include the fix in the next batch of updates,
and apply it to all systems whether they needed the fix or not?
It's not like Microsoft is loathe to install stuff that's not needed
by the majority of users.... is it?
*TimDaniels*
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