KB942615 Cumulative Security Update for IE - Post Install Issue

[PA Bear]

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative Security
Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on systems
that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(942615), released earlier this month. We have some information to share
with you regarding the results of our investigation into these reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx

New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is
running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

 

[Ant]

Questions about this registry workaround: How do I know what program
uses Urlmon.dll file? And will we have to undo these changes for future
updates? Thanks in advance.

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative
Security Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on
systems that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet
Explorer (942615), released earlier this month. We have some
information to share with you regarding the results of our investigation
into these reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx


New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that
is running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

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[PA Bear]

Best to ask Support those questions, Ant...

<QP>
How to obtain help and support for this security update

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in
the United States and in Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft
subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft
subsidiary for security update support issues, visit the International
Support Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through
your usual support contacts.
</QP>
Source: MS07-069: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942615

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Questions about this registry workaround: How do I know what program
uses Urlmon.dll file? And will we have to undo these changes for future
updates? Thanks in advance.

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative
Security Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on
systems that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet
Explorer (942615), released earlier this month. We have some
information to share with you regarding the results of our investigation
into these reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx


New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that
is running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

 

[Ottmar Freudenberger]

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative Security
Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on systems
that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(942615), released earlier this month. We have some information to share
with you regarding the results of our investigation into these reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx

New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is
running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

Just a short (semi-technical) addition:

I've (surprise, surprise) just received information from MSRC, that the issue
only occurs for those systems, on which the QFE tree (for an explaination see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897225/) of the update is beeing installed.

In case you want to find out if that's the case before applying the registry
fix, have a look into the "KB942615.log" file which is placed into the Windows
folder (Start -> Run -> %windir%\KB942615 [Enter/OK]). If the system might be
affected by the issue, you should find lines like "2.953: AnalyzeForBranching:
g_bRepeatInventory set to TRUE because target file c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
has branch sp2qfe which is greater than branch for sp2gdr". If you don't find
those lines and are seeing IE6 crashes on Windows XP SP2, your system may have
another issue than the one discussed here.

As a side note, MSKB article KB946627 mentiones the exact same registry entries
for a workaround of these crashes as the "old" MSKB article KB942367 did/does.
Since http://patch-info.de/IE/Downloads/IE6SP2_urlmon_dll-Crash.zip and the
contained IE6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg are based on the registry keys
mentionend in KB942367 (which are the same as the ones in the new KB946627),
I'm not going to update the ZIP file and/or renaming the contained REG files.
If you've applied "IE6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg" or manually set the
registry keys in the meantime, there's *no need* to undo the registry changes
(manually or by "executing" the "IE6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_deaktivieren.reg" also
contained in the ZIP file) until further notice.

FWIW,
Freudi

 

[PA Bear]

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative
Security
Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on systems
that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(942615), released earlier this month. We have some information to share
with you regarding the results of our investigation into these reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx

New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that
is
running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

Just a short (semi-technical) addition:

I've (surprise, surprise) just received information from MSRC, that the
issue only occurs for those systems, on which the QFE tree (for an
explaination see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897225/) of the update is
beeing installed...

Seconded.

 

[PA Bear]

cf. IEBlog: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2):
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/18/post-install-issues-with-ms07-069-ie6-on-xpsp2.aspx

 

[Ken]

I really think they should re-release this patch ASAP. We have 1000's of
machines with a mix of IE6/IE7 that are managed by WSUS servers.

We have not deployed the patch via WSUS due to all this speculation on what
they will do.

You can't really trust a small testbed for an issue like this.

Please help Microsoft !!!!!

cf. IEBlog: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2):
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/18/post-install-issues-with-ms07-069-ie6-on-xpsp2.aspx
--
~PA Bear

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative
Security
Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on systems
that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(942615), released earlier this month. We have some information to share
with you regarding the results of our investigation into these reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx

New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is
running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

 

[PA Bear]

cf.
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jes...hat-is-running-windows-xp-service-pack-2.aspx
--
~PA Bear

I really think they should re-release this patch ASAP. We have 1000's of
machines with a mix of IE6/IE7 that are managed by WSUS servers.

We have not deployed the patch via WSUS due to all this speculation on
what
they will do.

You can't really trust a small testbed for an issue like this.

Please help Microsoft !!!!!

cf. IEBlog: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2):
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/18/post-install-issues-with-ms07-069-ie6-on-xpsp2.aspx
--
~PA Bear

[Crossposted to Windows Update, IE General, and IE6 Browser newsgroups]

The MSRC offers some new information about an issue some IE6 users have
encountered after installing KB942625/MS07-069:

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC): MS07-069 Cumulative
Security
Update for Internet Explorer - Post Install Issue
<QP>
We have been investigating public reports of possible problems on
systems
that have installed the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(942615), released earlier this month. We have some information to
share
with you regarding the results of our investigation into these
reports...
</QP>
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...for-internet-explorer-post-install-issue.aspx

New KB article:

IE6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that
is
running Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

More about the Registry edit detailed in the 946627 Workaround section:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/0f171f826a1bb17a
(Freudi's file "E6SP2_Hotfix_KB942367_aktivieren.reg").

 

[Alan]

When I read this thread yesterday, I thought I could ignore it, as my IE6
was working fine. And it continued to work fine for another 24 hours or
so....right up until earlier this evening when IE6 began to hang and crash
regardless of what pages I tried opening.

I then found this thread and, of course, as my IE6 was crashing whenever I
clicked on the URL, I couldn't get to the fix. Fortunately, I also have FF
installed on my PC, so I copied/pasted the URL into FF, went to KB 946627
and made the appropriate fix to my registry.

But, what happens to those unlucky people who don't have a browser other
than IE installed on their machines?

If someone can't read the fix from the KB 946627 webpage, how are they going
to fix it??

Alan

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When I read this thread yesterday, I thought I could ignore it, as
my IE6 was working fine. And it continued to work fine for another
24 hours or so....right up until earlier this evening when IE6
began to hang and crash regardless of what pages I tried opening.

I then found this thread and, of course, as my IE6 was crashing
whenever I clicked on the URL, I couldn't get to the fix.
Fortunately, I also have FF installed on my PC, so I copied/pasted
the URL into FF, went to KB 946627 and made the appropriate fix to
my registry.
But, what happens to those unlucky people who don't have a browser
other than IE installed on their machines?

If someone can't read the fix from the KB 946627 webpage, how are
they going to fix it??

Read how to make the registry fix from one of these newsgroups...
It's been posted likely a few dozen times. ;-)

 

[Ottmar Freudenberger]

When I read this thread yesterday, I thought I could ignore it, as my IE6
was working fine. And it continued to work fine for another 24 hours or
so....right up until earlier this evening when IE6 began to hang and crash
regardless of what pages I tried opening.

Crashes in urlmon.dll?

I then found this thread and, of course, as my IE6 was crashing whenever I
clicked on the URL, I couldn't get to the fix. Fortunately, I also have FF
installed on my PC, so I copied/pasted the URL into FF, went to KB 946627
and made the appropriate fix to my registry.

But, what happens to those unlucky people who don't have a browser other
than IE installed on their machines?

There's some kind of good news for those: KB944627 is beeing offered by
Windows and Auto Updates for those running IE6 on Windows XP SP2 and not
having the registry key applied manually. It's an "automated workaround"
only setting the registry key in question to fix the crashes. No new files
are beeing installed by the update. See also
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...post-install-issue-automated-work-around.aspx

Thanks for that update to MS and thanks to these customers who made clear
that this kind of distrubuting the registry key in question is needed!

Bye,
Freudi

 

[Ottmar Freudenberger]

I really think they should re-release this patch ASAP.

"They" released KB946627 as an "automated workaround" in the meantime.
Since the update is beeing offered by WU/AU to those running IE6 on
Windows XP SP2 and not having applied the registry fix manually, it
should be on your WSUS right now too:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...post-install-issue-automated-work-around.aspx

Bye,
Freudi