Re: KB954430 on laptop, not desktop

MowGreen

I am lost with your step 3 instruction to remove the security update. Step
3 says "Repair previous Msxml4.dll by using Add or remove Programs tool in
Control Panel. I see the 2 files in the system32 folder. If I delete the
Msxml4.dll file, then the only file left is the Msxml4r.dll. Is that all I
have to do to fix this annoying problem?

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

"MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23tXMhqPRJHA.4916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Answers inline:

Jo-Anne wrote:

I have a desktop computer running WinXP Home SP3 and a laptop running
WinXP Pro SP3. In checking the November updates today, I found KB954430
(Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2)
available for my laptop computer but not for my desktop computer. I read
the information at the Microsoft site about the systems that are supposed
to need this update, and there's no mention of a difference between XP
Home and XP Pro. Any idea of why the update isn't being offered for my
desktop computer?

The OS listing means that *IF* MSXML 4 has been installed then the update
is needed. Since it hasn't been offered to the desktop then, apparently,
it hasn't been installed to it. MSXML 3 is native to Windows XP.

Also, I notice that once installed, this update can't be removed. If it
causes a problem, would System Restore "remove" it?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

From the Security Bulletin - MS08-069 – CriticalVulnerabilities in
Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955218)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-069.mspx

Removal Information
For Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 when installed on Windows XP Service
Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
This version of Microsoft XML Core Services is installed in a
side-by-side mode with previous versions of MSXML4. Follow the steps in
the Removing the Update section to remove the security update.

Naturally, the info is under 'Deployment Information '

Removing the Update
• Removing MSXML 4.0

This version of Microsoft XML Core Services is installed in a
side-by-side mode with pervious versions of MSXML4. Follow these steps to
remove the security update:

1. Remove the security update by using the Add or Remove Programs tool in
Control Panel.

2. Delete the Msxml4.dll file from the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder.

3.Repair previous Msxml4.dll by using the Add or Remove Programs tool in
Control Panel.

Note The previous versions of the Msxml4.dll and Msxml4r.dll files are
restored to both the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder and the side-by-side
folder %SystemRoot%\WinSxS.


Determine the Version of MSXML Parser Installed on a Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278674

IF any Office Products listed on the Sec Bulletin page are installed then
suggest you use Internet Explorer and go here:

Microsoft Office Product Updates
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/maincatalog.aspx


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

Thank you, MowGreen! I understand now why I'm not being offered one of the
updates on my desktop computer. As for removing this update if it's
problematic, it sounds like something I wouldn't want to attempt on my own.
Here's hoping I won't need to...

Jo-Anne



.

Relevant Pages