Security update caused problem with Outlook Express

[Tom Harvey]

Hello,
Earlier today I ran the rollup update WindowsXP-KB826939-x86-ENU.exe to
update Windows XP home edition OEM. Following that, if I clicked an
internet link in an email in Outlook Express it would cause OE to stop
responding and I then had to end OE using the Task Manager. I was able to
get the link function to work properly again by doing a System Restore to a
restore point of 10/21/03. So my problem appears to be solved, but my
question now is: has this eliminated the patches added by
WindowsXP-KB826939-x86-ENU.exe? If the patches are now gone, what should I
do to eliminate security faults without causing the internet link problem to
come back?

Thanks for any advice you can give,
Tom Harvey

 

[Patrick]

Hello,
Earlier today I ran the rollup update WindowsXP-KB826939-x86-ENU.exe
to update Windows XP home edition OEM. Following that, if I clicked
an internet link in an email in Outlook Express it would cause OE to
stop responding and I then had to end OE using the Task Manager. I
was able to get the link function to work properly again by doing a
System Restore to a restore point of 10/21/03. So my problem appears
to be solved, but my question now is: has this eliminated the
patches added by WindowsXP-KB826939-x86-ENU.exe? If the patches are
now gone, what should I do to eliminate security faults without
causing the internet link problem to come back?

Thanks for any advice you can give,
Tom Harvey

It is apparently a cumulative-patch (several updates and hotfixes rolled
into one)
Below is a link to MS page describing the updates/hotfixes that it replaces;
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826939

Thus you can probably do without it by makeing sure of the things it
replaces !

 

[Robert]

Hello,
Earlier today I ran the rollup update WindowsXP-KB826939-x86-ENU.exe
to update Windows XP home edition OEM. Following that, if I clicked
an internet link in an email in Outlook Express it would cause OE to
stop responding and I then had to end OE using the Task Manager. I
was able to get the link function to work properly again by doing a
System Restore to a restore point of 10/21/03. So my problem appears
to be solved, but my question now is: has this eliminated the
patches added by WindowsXP-KB826939-x86-ENU.exe? If the patches are
now gone, what should I do to eliminate security faults without
causing the internet link problem to come back?

Thanks for any advice you can give,
Tom Harvey

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Hi, Tom!
See http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

 

[Tom Harvey]

Thanks Robert,
From that link I found an article titles something like "getting HTTP
hyperlinks in OE to open IE". I had to type regsvr urlmon.dll in the "Run"
box because the file type folder options were still set correctly. Anyway,
I ran regsvr urlmon.dll, and things seem back to normal now.

Thanks again,
Tom