RE: Microsoft to fix Windows patch

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I forwarded this info to my son and he seems to think if anyone has the

" share to web " HP software.this might be the answer.

Jeanine

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On Behalf Of Meehan

Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 5:56 PM

Subject: Microsoft to fix Windows patch

This article at ZDNet sounds as though it might be what is going on with

many of you. If so, things should be better next week but the way I

understand it, you need to tell MS that you need it!!

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063785.html?tag=nl.e589

Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release a new version of a " critical " security

patch for Windows to repair problems some people had with the first version

of the fix.

The updated patch will be made available on Microsoft's online updating

service, Microsoft Update, and pushed out to users via the Automatic Updates

feature in Windows, a Microsoft spokesman said in an e-mailed statement on

Friday.

Microsoft will push out the fix only to people who have already applied the

update and are experiencing problems related to Hewlett-Packard Share-to-Web

software or older Nvidia graphics drivers, the spokesman said. " Customers

who have already applied the MS06-015 update and are not experiencing the

problem need take no action, " he said.

The MS06-015 patch, designed to plug a flaw in Windows Explorer, can cause

myriad problems for users of HP printers, scanners and digital cameras or

Nvidia drivers prior to version 61.94. People with Sunbelt Software's Kerio

Personal Firewall also will notice that Windows no longer works as it should

after applying the fix, Microsoft has said.

The troubles include being unable to access or save files in special folders

like " My Documents " and " My Pictures " and unresponsive Office applications.

Other issues include applications that crash after trying to open a file, no

response after typing an address into Internet Explorer's address bar, and

no effect after right-clicking on a file and selecting " Send To, " according

to an article on Microsoft's support Web site.

While designed to fix a security issue in Windows Explorer, the patch can

actually also impair that specific Windows feature. Clicking on the " plus "

sign beside a folder in the file browser may have no effect, Microsoft said

in its support article. That action should expand the directory tree.

The Windows Explorer fix is not the only patch that can cause trouble for

users. Some people have reported problems with three out of five security

updates that Microsoft released this month. A comprehensive fix for Internet

Explorer can break some Web applications and an update for Outlook Express

can block access to the address book, among other issues.

Microsoft had recommended that people experiencing trouble with the Windows

Explorer fix manually change their Windows Registry, a core part of the

operating system that stores PC settings. Meddling with the registry can,

however, cause even more trouble, and inexperienced users probably should

not touch it.

Kerio users should configure the firewall to allow the new Microsoft file to

execute without warning, the company has said.

I haven't been having problems but just ran the weekly Norton One-bottom

check up and it found 3 registry errors, so I guess maybe the Mozilla

Firefox is helping things to run smoothly for me.

HTH ~

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