Re: Latest update MS04-40

From: Cyber Grandma (Grandma_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:23:03 -0800

Jim,

I am as confused with this newest update as "THEBFG" is. I am running
Windows Millenium and MSIE 6.0.2800.1106 and have also kept my Windows
Updates current to now. I don't know the difference between an "update,"
"rollup" or "hotfix."

Would I install this rollup 889669 or the update 889293?

Thanks for any help you can send my way.
Granny

"Jim Macklin" wrote:

> Install SP2 and don't worry about the Dec 1 update, it
> doesn't apply to SP2.
>
>
>
> "TheBFG" <TheBFG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66CB10C2-5AB2-4B01-A483-EC3B79D3F37F@microsoft.com...
> | As usual I am confused by Microsoft ( surprised?) I have
> diligently applied
> | all the updates to and including MS04-039
> |
> | The latest update MS04-40 has been released, so if course
> I want to install
> | it .
> | However...this message is on the bulletin information:
> |
> | Important: This update may not include hotfixes that have
> been released
> | since the release of MS04-004 or MS04-038. Customers who
> have received
> | hotfixes from Microsoft or from their support providers
> since the release of
> | MS04-004 or MS04-038 should not install this update.
> Instead customers should
> | deploy update 889669.
> |
> | Going to the FAQ section it says the following:
> | (The following is copied from the bulletin)
> | What updates does this release replace?
> | This security update replaces previously released security
> bulletins for
> | Internet Explorer. The most recent security bulletin and
> Internet Explorer
> | versions that are affected are listed in following table.
> |
> | Bulletin ID Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (All versions earlier
> than Windows
> | Server 2003)
> | MS04-038
> | Replaced
> |
> | Question:
> | I have received a hotfix from Microsoft or my support
> provider since the
> | release of MS04-004. Is that hotfix included in this
> Security Update?
> | For Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000
> Service Pack 3,
> | Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 1,
> Windows NT Server 4.0
> | Service Pack 6a, Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server
> Edition Service Pack
> | 6, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me,
> most Internet
> | Explorer hotfixes are not included in the MS04-040
> security update. When you
> | install any of the MS04-040 security updates for Internet
> Explorer 6 SP1,
> | Internet Explorer hotfixes released since MS04-004 will be
> removed if the
> | hotfix replaced any of the files listed in the "Security
> Update Information"
> | section of this bulletin.
> |
> | Starting with MS04-038, cumulative hotfixes for Internet
> Explorer are
> | available in a separate update rollup that includes both
> cumulative hotfixes
> | and the security fixes included in the latest security
> update for Internet
> | Explorer. For example, update rollup 871260 includes the
> cumulative security
> | fixes in MS04-038 as well as hotfixes released since
> MS04-004. Update rollup
> | 889669 includes the cumulative security fixes in MS04-040
> as well as hotfixes
> | released since MS04-004. For additional information about
> hotfixes included
> | in update rollup 889669, as well as instructions on how to
> obtain and deploy
> | the update rollup, contact your Microsoft support provider
> or review
> | Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 889669.
> | ( End of bulletin information)
> |
> | So......what am I supposed to do? Install the rollup
> 889669 or the update
> | 889293? As I have installed up to MS04-039, which part of
> this information
> | applies to me? I am using windowsXP SP1
> | Thanks for any help you can give.
> |
> |
>
>
>

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