Re: KB942615 still crashes IE v.6

Timothy Daniels wrote:
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" growled:
Timothy Daniels wrote:
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.
Thanks for the KB946627 link. I'd tried the the anti-virus/
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.

Do you understand that you can configure Automatic Updates to only notify
you of available updates but not to download or install anything without
your permission? See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525

And KB946627 was not offered by the update website.

It's listed as a High Priority or Recommended update. If Automatic Updates
had been enabled, it would have been offered to the machine.

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?...

You took the time to post to this newsgroup. You didn't have the time to
read the KB article associated with your problem?

PS: Everything we've covered in this thread has been discussed in other
recent threads in this newsgroup.
--
~PA Bear


OK fan-boy. Here's the scoop:

I don't want Automatic Updates diddling in my PC without my directive
to do so.

And that's exactly what the Notify Only setting does.


There was nothing in the 2 WinXP MS NGs that I monitor about
an update to "fix" the KB942615 fiasco...
<snip>

cf. http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=942615+%2B+946627+group%3Amicrosoft.public.*&start=0&scoring=d&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf8

cf. http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=942615+%2B+946627+group%3Amicrosoft.public.windowsxp.*&start=0&scoring=d&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf8

Again, the question you avoid answering is "Why didn't Microsoft
merely correct its buggy update so that subsequent downloaders
thereof would get a good update?"

Perhaps because only a small subset of IE6 users encountered the problem?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: wuauclt + svchost vs CPU issue, need comments.
    ... "PA Bear" wrote: ... Stop and Disable Automatic Updates, ... "According to the feedback from Product Development team, this fix will ... I have conclusively identified 23 computers [out of 389 total domain ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: KB942615 still crashes IE v.6
    ... and it still causes IE to crash. ... the KB96627 fix within the KB942615 update. ... I have posted in this thread that I do not enable automatic updates on my ... merely correct its buggy update so that subsequent downloaders ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: Hotfix KB912919 is dangerous!!
    ... Configure Automatic Updates to download automatically but ask for your permission to install updates. ... > ~Robear Dyer ... >> access was limted to the browser, any program that wanted internet ... This fix is supposed to fix the WMF vulnerability ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: KB942615 still crashes IE v.6
    ... and it still causes IE to crash. ... the KB96627 fix within the KB942615 update. ... I have posted in this thread that I do not enable automatic updates on my ... is why can't Microsoft merely - MERELY - incorporate ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: Windows Explorer crashes in XP-Pro/SP2
    ... The crash occurs every second time I ... >> thousands of other people can get a fix for this. ... >> they are all too busy trying to bury the problems in what they have ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Loading