kb967715 released today?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Terry R.
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Non-Security updates come out the 4th Tuesday of the month. Apparently,
MS considers this not security related [?]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894199
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
New non-security content:
Update for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 (KB967715)
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Note that KB967715 requires Validation whereas another update that does
the *exact* same thing does not:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953252

Talk about inconsistent policies ... whoa.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
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The date and time was Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:03:23 PM, and on a
whim, PA Bear [MS MVP] pounded out on the keyboard:
See...

Microsoft Security Advisory (967940): Update for Windows Autorun
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/967940.mspx

...and good luck making any sense out of KB967715 or the identical KB953252!


PS: If you're running IE7, a Root Certificates update is available in the
Optional Updates category at Windows Update website.
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You're right, I can't make ANY sense out of it...

I guess it's just another update that has to be applied to every
volunteer workstation I admin, out of the regular schedule. It would be
better if MS kept to their once per month update routine, unless it was
found to be extremely critical.


Terry R.
 
Terry said:
You're right, I can't make ANY sense out of it...

I guess it's just another update that has to be applied to every
volunteer workstation I admin, out of the regular schedule. It would be
better if MS kept to their once per month update routine, unless it was
found to be extremely critical.
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Note that KB967715 is not a "critical security update" but a High-Priority
(or Recommended) update, and installing it only adds a Registry key which
you can then use to...(see FAQ of the Security Advisory).
 
The date and time was Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:49:53 PM, and on a
whim, PA Bear [MS MVP] pounded out on the keyboard:
Note that KB967715 is not a "critical security update" but a High-Priority
(or Recommended) update, and installing it only adds a Registry key which
you can then use to...(see FAQ of the Security Advisory).
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Regardless, the AU has the notification in the system tray. And I need
to keep those out of the hands of volunteers using the dozens of
workstations I admin (as I want to monitor any updates prior to
installation). It makes for additional time my clients don't like
seeing in this economy.


Terry R.
 
Terry said:
Regardless, the AU has the notification in the system tray. And I need
to keep those out of the hands of volunteers using the dozens of
workstations I admin (as I want to monitor any updates prior to
installation). It makes for additional time my clients don't like
seeing in this economy.
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Why not just let AU install it (unless AU is not configured to the Automatic
setting)? Again, all it does is add an "empty" Registry key.

PS: You can keep tabs on updates scheduled to be released on days other than
Patch Tuesday. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894199 (though it's
SUS/WSUS-centric, most of them will be offered by AU, too).
 
The date and time was Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:35:28 PM, and on a
whim, PA Bear [MS MVP] pounded out on the keyboard:
Why not just let AU install it (unless AU is not configured to the Automatic
setting)? Again, all it does is add an "empty" Registry key.

PS: You can keep tabs on updates scheduled to be released on days other than
Patch Tuesday. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894199 (though it's
SUS/WSUS-centric, most of them will be offered by AU, too).
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Since they're volunteer workstations, having WU pop up when they're
working has undesired effects. Even this update required a reboot. So
I try to keep any user input out of the volunteers hands.

Thanks for the link. I'll check that out.


Terry R.
 
PA Bear said:
See...

Microsoft Security Advisory (967940): Update for Windows Autorun
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/967940.mspx

...and good luck making any sense out of KB967715 or the identical
KB953252!
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I didn't know that disabling autorun was all that difficult; I've been doing
it on all my OS's since Win95 just for the simple reason I don't like or
need it. The one thing that KB967715 seems to have fixed for me (and I have
no proof of this) was that if I had my USB HP all-in-one powered on before I
powered on the PC, I would get a "Exception Processing Message c0000013
parameters 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c" message. It would not go away (it was
very persistent) until I powered down the printer, closed the error, then
powered up the printer again. Since installing KB967715, I haven't had the
problem. Like I sasid, I can't prove that the update fixed it, but it was a
good coincidence.

SC Tom
 
The date and time was Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:34:17 AM, and on a
whim, SC Tom pounded out on the keyboard:
I didn't know that disabling autorun was all that difficult; I've been doing
it on all my OS's since Win95 just for the simple reason I don't like or
need it. The one thing that KB967715 seems to have fixed for me (and I have
no proof of this) was that if I had my USB HP all-in-one powered on before I
powered on the PC, I would get a "Exception Processing Message c0000013
parameters 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c" message. It would not go away (it was
very persistent) until I powered down the printer, closed the error, then
powered up the printer again. Since installing KB967715, I haven't had the
problem. Like I sasid, I can't prove that the update fixed it, but it was a
good coincidence.

SC Tom
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Hi Tom,

There was also a .NET update regarding a printer issue. Maybe that is
what took care of your problem?


Terry R.
 
Terry R. said:
The date and time was Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:34:17 AM, and on a
whim, SC Tom pounded out on the keyboard:


Hi Tom,

There was also a .NET update regarding a printer issue. Maybe that is
what took care of your problem?


Terry R.
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That may be it. I installed both today.
Normally it's no big deal (the error) since I don't have my printer on when
I'm not using it. But I've had to make copies of some documents and had it
on even though my PC was off, and I didn't turn it off before turning the PC
on. Don't recall having the problem before .NET 3.5, but I can't swear to
that either.

SC Tom
 
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