Re:Turn your automatic updates to "Download and Notify" and choose not to be notified of this patch again



The classic "everyone" ploy.
The fact that so many people are asking HERE about this indicates to me that
lots of people are having problems with this patch.

Those who are having trouble with KB923980 have posted their concerns here
and in various other places.
and often not receiving a response in the various NGs where they have been
posted
Others - who have not had problems with this particular KB article - have
not.

To be clearer:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-066
Vulnerabilities in Client Service for NetWare
Could Allow Remote Code Execution (923980)
Published: November 14, 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-066.mspx

Some points to understand...
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- Released 9 days ago. Determining whether or not there will be a fix now
is "jumping the gun" - at least.
- Being released in the last round of patches - yeah - you haven't seen
anymore patches. You won't usually until the second Tuesday of the next
month.
I thought that they patched needed patches in prior patches immediately?
These things are kept on a pretty strict release schedule when ever
prudent.
- Windows XP Home Edition (with service pack 2) is *not* vulnerable.
If so, why am I continuously getting this erroneous message? AFTER i have
followed advice and done the MANUAL install followed by the reboot?
- Only people who manually install Client Service for NetWare are likely
to be vulnerable to this issue.
Yes, this isnt a major worry, I had noticed this, it is just an annoyance
- There are work-arounds listed in the web page above if you are still
concerned. However, I will say that the work-arounds are probably already
in use by the majority of home users. (Remove the Client Service for
NetWare if you do not need it and Block TCP ports 139 and 445 at the
firewall.)

My advice:
----------
- If you have not installed and do not plan on installing the Client
Service for Netware - do not install this patch.
- You may uninstall it from add/remove programs control panel.
- Turn your automatic updates to "Download and Notify" and choose not to
be notified of this patch again.
(I tried this and it didnt work or the process is a bit too convoluted for
me to have concluded it effectively: I still keep getting told to install
this patch)
- Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and make sure you tell it to
hide the update.
- Continue on normally.

To answer the direct question in the subject of the post:
No.
OK Thanks!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



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