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Problems with Latest IE 6.0 Patch

Feb 9, 2004 12:57PM PST

If you haven't installed Microsoft's latest patch for Internet Explorer 6.0, then don't. The patch disabled the use of my company's implementation of its content management system, and I'm hearing from IT managers and consultants that they've encountered problems too. The patch in question is described this way in Automatic Updates and Windows Update:

"Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (Q832894)" released Feb. 2, 2004.

If you've installed this thing, it is easy to uninstall. You'll find an entry in the Add or Remove Programs Control Panel that reads:

"Internet Explorer Q832894"

Simply click the Change/Remove button. You'll need to restart your PC at the end of this brief process.


Note: Your system will be at increased risk for the specific security flaws the patch addresses if you choose not to install it or remove it your system. There's a chance Microsoft may issue an update to this patch in the future. This TechWebStoryimplies that it may have done so already, in fact, though I can find no evidence of that in tests on my systems.

I do not recommend deciding never to install this patch. Moreover, the problems with the patch -- which appear to affect Web authentication and Java apps -- may not affect you at all. But on my systems, because of the work-related issue, I am delaying Q832894's installation.

For more information about the Q832894 patch:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832894

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-004.asp

http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/54.htm#iepatch

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Re:Problems with Latest IE 6.0 Patch
Feb 9, 2004 9:05PM PST

ive had no problems guess im lucky

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No need for alarm IMO.....
Feb 10, 2004 2:47AM PST

The IE 6 patch should be good for 99.9999999% of the millions of computers world wide that use IE IMHO.

This Scott guy has/had a problem. Just like there will always be some people who have a problem with any change(like in Nortons) in anything if their system is configured special or differently than the masses or not up to performance due to maintenance or lack of knowledge.
Scott doesn't give a URL reference to anyone else having problems.

Scott said, "The patch disabled the use of my company's implementation of its content management system."

MS has said,
"Caveats: Installing this Security Update will invalidate the usernames and passwords stored in Internet Explorer?s protected store. This will require users to re-enter their username and password when they first visit web sites that require authentication.

Scott also said,
"I do not recommend deciding never to install this patch. Moreover, the problems with the patch -- which appear to affect Web authentication and Java apps -- may not affect you at all. But on my systems, because of the work-related issue, I am delaying Q832894's installation."

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-004.asp
Note: See bottom...MS has issued some revisions.

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Re:Problems with Latest IE 6.0 Patch
Feb 10, 2004 3:32AM PST
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The thread is NOT closed
Feb 10, 2004 3:41AM PST

I made a bookmark - so it is easy to find the thread back as "search" is still not an option for now Sad

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Re:The thread is NOT closed
Feb 10, 2004 4:22AM PST

Looks like our posts on IE 6 patches went out together and you'd already figured it out.

I read the Info Week article early this am because I had already applied the patch updates to 3 home networked PCs last week... was ready to apply the latest updates then you and I got side tracked by the Symantec/AVG virus chat and my email virus issue,
... since then got 3 more virus emails, this is wild for my experience.

Also, getting spammed a lot in past 2 days, very rare for me also. Normally, I seem to get 2-3 spams in a batch then nothing for a few months, therefore I don't bother trying to block them. Of course, I have a few Hotmail accounts and they are constantly loaded with spam.

Malcolm

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Re:Re:Problems with Latest IE 6.0 Patch
Feb 10, 2004 4:51AM PST

Thanks Mbilton, your referenced link would not come up, but think this one works:
http://informationweek.securitypipeline.com/news/17602659;jsessionid=I4F05WX0A03E2QSNDBCSKHY

Basically it is the same as Marianna referenced, "This TechWebStory":
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040209S0005

MS came out with the fix last Thursday for those computers that may have a problem using MSXML (Microsoft Extensible Markup Language)

The MS Thursday update is composed of three separate downloads:

Microsoft XML 3.0 Service Pack 2 - KB832414
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4a4c0160-2872-48f0-867a-b64f87703e91&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft XML 3.0 Service Pack 3 - KB832414
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4953d13c-68b7-4cd5-8993-220455b92c0c&DisplayLang=en?

Microsoft XML 3.0 Service Pack 4 - KB832414
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0031ba5d-7b07-4872-b7a7-6bbd384ba8e9&DisplayLang=en

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Re:Re:Re:Problems with Latest IE 6.0 Patch
Feb 10, 2004 5:16AM PST
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I Also Had Some Minor Issues With The IE Update...
Feb 10, 2004 6:27AM PST

I installed the Q832894 patch on all our office computers. Our agency uses all Windows operating systems, except for WinME. We had a repeated issue on all our Windows 98, 2000 and XP computers, (it did not seem to cause an issue on the Windows 95 machines) which was the removal of the "remembered" passwords on Internet Explorer. We require log-on passwords to access the internet, plus we use a number of other password protected sites which require passwords also. For ease of use, many of the users choose to have the password "remembered" in their log on windows. In each of the cases where a user had previously clicked on the box to "remember" the password, they now received a BLANK "log in" window when attempting to access the sites. Gladly, this ONLY happened on the FIRST attempt to access the password protected sites, and filling out the log in window once and placing a CHECK mark in the "remember" box allowed the user to continue on correctly and was maintained in that condition on each attempt afterwards..Still, it required a little work on my part because I had to reissue new paswords to those individuals that had forgotten their old ones..

Hope this helps.

Grif