New Microsoft Patches

[Scott]

Microsoft released three critical, plus several other patches through
Windows Update yestereday (Tuesday)....KB896358, KB890046, KB883939,
KB896422, KB896426, KB896428, KB897715, KB898458, KB893066. Does
anyone know of any installation problems with any of these patches?
I'm running Win XP, SP1.

Thanks!
Scott

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

All patches installed just fine! Suggest you install SP2!

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| Microsoft released three critical, plus several other patches through
| Windows Update yestereday (Tuesday)....KB896358, KB890046, KB883939,
| KB896422, KB896426, KB896428, KB897715, KB898458, KB893066. Does
| anyone know of any installation problems with any of these patches?
| I'm running Win XP, SP1.
|
| Thanks!
| Scott

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Scott;
It is a little to early to tell for now.
But all installed with no troubles on my computer.

 

[Scott]

Carey:

I installed them all, and everything went smoothly. Thanks
for the reassurance.

Scott

 

[Scott]

Jupiter,

I installed them all tonight, and all went smoothly.

Thanks!
Scott

 

[Bill Ridgeway]

I had no problems with these patches.

I would suggest that if you are concerned about these critical updates you
should also update to SP2. My philosophy is that if MS deem a patch to be
'critical' or 'security' I will take it. Who knows the relevance of these
patches to 'me' but I really don't want to make such assumptions. Having
said that (and before anyone jumps in) yes I am aware that updates
(including SP2) do cause problems but that is the dilemma.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

 

[Guest]

i agree with bill, i too downloaded all the updates, i have sp2 installed
also, didnt do anything special before i downloaded,and sp2 has yet to give
me any problems

 

[Scott]

Bill,

It turns out about 10% of users had problems, some significant, with the
SP2 upgrade. That's not to say I won't do it. I'm just waiting to see
if Microsoft maybe comes out with an improved version of SP2 to handle
these issues. If that doesn't happen, then at some point, I will make
sure my hardware has the latest drivers and then take the plunge.

Scott

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Scott;
It is extremely unlikely there will be a replacement for SP-2, there is no
need.
Unless you count SP-3 which may or may not be out next year or later.
The only reason SP-1a was released was because of a court agreement.
SP-1 is identical to SP-1a except Virtual Machine was removed from SP-1a.
Other than that nothing else was changed.

A little research and a well maintained computer eliminate most problems
with SP-2:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

 

[Scott]

Jupiter,

OK, thanks for clarifying that.

Scott

Scott;
It is extremely unlikely there will be a replacement for SP-2, there is no
need.
Unless you count SP-3 which may or may not be out next year or later.
The only reason SP-1a was released was because of a court agreement.
SP-1 is identical to SP-1a except Virtual Machine was removed from SP-1a.
Other than that nothing else was changed.

A little research and a well maintained computer eliminate most problems
with SP-2:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

 

[Bill Ridgeway]

Scott,

I ( my client) was one of those with a problem. I installed SPA from a CD
(so saving the download time) and you know how long the install takes, to
find that it didn't work and had to uninstall the be****by thing (same time
as installing) to get the computer back to as it was.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions