Re: IE SP1 from JANUARY trouble

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Oh I have to agree -- it's all very funny. Would you happen to have an
answer to my question about the KB918439 update, which is the only update
that WU still says is needed for my machine?

--
Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23in3m9FtHHA.2124@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| <bwaa-ha-ha-ha>
|
| Alan wrote:
| > LD,
| >
| > Nah, I only commented because I thought the fact that even users in
| > Techie-type forums use multiple nicks was funny.
| >
| > But, if you want to be paranoid and think that PA Bear and I are the
same
| > person, knock yourself out.
| >
| > Something to consider, though: How do you know for sure that PA Bear,
| > Ottmar, I and many others in here really are NOT the same person??
| >
| > It might be time to bring out the tin-foil beanies, I think.
| >
| > Alan
| >
| > "Lady Dungeness" <lady.dungeness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:e%23uxYeFtHHA.2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> Now there's two of you?
| >>
| >> My "ongoing problems" are more apparent than real, PA bear. I've got
one
| >> computer that is messed up pretty badly, and one tech has bailed. It
| >> looks
| >> like I'll have to wipe the drive and do a reinstall to factory
settings.
| >>
| >> The other computers need to be updated and configured properly. They
do
| >> not
| >> share the same problems. So "alerting a valued colleague" to "ongoing
| >> problems" is likely to cause confusion. BTW, it's curious that you
would
| >> characterize the problems as having to do with ME, rather than with my
| >> COMPUTERS.
| >>
| >> I changed my username because someone was bugging me. Somehow I sense
| >> that
| >> your policing activities on this and other newsgroups and other forums
is
| >> not going to help me get my computers running well. If the problems on
| >> different COMPUTERS are related, I will say so in my posts.
| >>
| >> I'm sure you have the best of intentions. But I suggest that your time
| >> could be better spent helping other users, rather than following me
| >> around
| >> and trying to get your friends to stay away.
| >>
| >> BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF MY POSTING: I cannot install the ART-fix
update,
| >> yet
| >> WU keeps telling me I need it. Do I need it? Or not? If not, I shall
| >> configure WU to not offer it again. If yes, I'd like to know how to
get
| >> it
| >> installed.
| >>
| >> Ottmar has tried to help, PA Bear has spread gossip, and Alan has added
| >> his
| >> two cents. Perhaps the three of you working together could offer me an
| >> answer to this question. I would surely appreciate it.
| >>
| >>
| >> --
| >> Lady Dungeness
| >> Crabby, but Great Legs!
| >>
| >>
| >> "Alan" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >> news:OU3mgJFtHHA.4476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >>> I'm sorry for butting in here....but this is so familiar to what goes
on
| >>> in the various social Web Forums that I participate in.
| >>>
| >>> Some of the Forums indicate they have, say, 600 members. In reality,
| >> some
| >> of
| >>> them have maybe 25 members, each of them with many, many different
| >>> nicks.
| >>>>>
| >>>
| >>> Alan
| >>>
| >>> "Lady Dungeness" <lady.dungeness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >>> news:e$E8AzEtHHA.3796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >>>> PA Bear -- You just can't stop, can you? What? Are you the
| >>>> neighborhood
| >>>> gossip? Just a busybody? Muckraker? Work for the CIA?
| >>>>
| >>>> What is the purpose of all this?
| >>>>
| >>>> Did it ever occur to you that I AM WORKING ON 4 DIFFERENT COMPUTERS?
I
| >>>> need
| >>>> to get them all cleaned up, running well, and then network them.
I've
| >>>> got until August 15th to have this operational.
| >>>>
| >>>> Are you going to continue to follow me around, from list to list,
| >> forum
| >> to
| >>>> forum, dogging my every post, and referring the nice people who
respond
| >>>> with
| >>>> help to an unrelated post on a different forum?
| >>>>
| >>>> What are you trying to accomplish?
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>> --
| >>>> Lady Dungeness
| >>>> Crabby, but Great Legs!
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >>>> news:uvTCKpEtHHA.4612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >>>>> @Freudi: See the related http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27536 and
| >>>>>
| >>>>
| >>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_frm/thread/6afb2c0a21388bd6/101f2d4a202b9073
| >>>>> --
| >>>>> ~PA Bear
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:
| >>>>>> "Lady Dungeness" <lady.dungeness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
| >>>>>>> I'm reinstalling Windows XP Home. Windows Update says I need to
| >>>>>>> install KB918439, which is a cumulative update for Internet
Explorer
| >>>>>>> SP1, first offered in January 2007.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Ehm, KB918439 is *not* an Cumulative Update for IE, but an
additional
| >>>>>> one (not only for IE) reflecting security holes in (AOL)ART picture
| >>>>>> files. And no, it's dated on June 200*6*. See also the according
| >>>>>> Security Bulletin MS06-022 for details:
| >>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-022.mspx
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Since you seem to be on Windows XP SP2, here's where you can
download
| >>>>>> the update manually:
| >>>>>>
| >>>>
| >>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=71022ea1-94cb-4fe9-b89e-46876d068b9a&DisplayLang=en
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Bye,
| >>>>>> Freudi
|

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