Re: Bug in IE critical patch?

From: Bernard Liengme (bliengme_at_stfx.TRUENORTH.ca)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:43:17 -0300

I downloaded it from MS - I know MS do not email files.
I may have left Norton running while installing the patch.
Using Add/Remove >Internet Explorer Q867801 did the trick! Now I can click a
URL link in an email and up pops IE as expected.
Many, many thanks 

-- 
Bernard Liengme
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"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:em6rM20eEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> And (2)?
>
> Did you "download" the patch via Windows Update?  Was you anti-virus
> application enabled when you installed it?  Does uninstalling the patch
make
> any difference (Add/Remove Programs>Internet Explorer Q867801)?
>
> Did "Microsoft" email you the patch in an attachment?
> -- 
> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> AumHa Forums
> http://forum.aumha.org
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect
>
> Bernard Liengme wrote:
> > Did what (1)  suggested - had to make zero changes. OE still hangs when
I
> > click on a URL link.
> > Others seem to have similar problem with the patch - see "OE hangs"
today
> > at 5:30 from ortrask.
> >
> > "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:%23JVEkqmeEHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> 1. You click on a hyperlink in and an IE window doesn't even open:
> >> http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx
> >>
> >> 2. You click on a hyperlink and an IE window opens but it doesn't load:
> >>
> >> Re-register all DLLs listed in this KB article...
> >>
> >>     http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> >>
> >> To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should be
disabled
> >> and all other running processes (e.g., OE, other IE windows) closed
> >> before installing anything, including Windows Updates.
> >> --
> >> Bernard Liengme wrote:
> >>> Yesterday I downloaded the latest IE 'critical patch'.
> >>> Since then, clicking on a URL link in a message in Outlook Express
> >>> causes Outlook Express to hang.
> >>> I know I can use copy and paste (IE to OE) but it there a real fix
>

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