Verclsid, recent security updates problem

G

Guest

Not sure which update it was, but I just rolled back my computer to April
2nd, 2006, and now everything is fine.

THE PROBLEM: When I tried to copy and paste, the computer would freeze up.
Copy was ok, but right click to paste caused the hourglass to appear, and
hang probably forever. Brought up task-manager, ended the VERCLSID process,
then could continue to paste. Uninstalled recent windowns securityi update,
then everything was ok, and the verclsid did not show up while copying and
pasting. Re-installed recent updates, problem re-occured. I am running
windows XP home edition, with all major secrity updates except for the ones
that I installed after I had downloaded them April 2nd through present, in
2006.
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Email the Windows Update support team:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

Possible solution:

From a post in IE6 Browser newsgroup by Stephen Hui [MSFT] (13 Apr-06):

<QP>
We've determined that the majority of the issues people are having with
MS06-015 / KB908531 are due to a bad interaction between the security update
and a software component included with various HP hardware devices,
including but not limited to printers, scanners, and cameras.

Here are two fixes which should fix problems caused by the interaction with
the HP software:

Option 1 - Modify the registry
------------------------------

- (If you have multiple user accounts set up) Log onto the computer using an
account with Administrator privileges

- Click the Start button, then click Run and type "regedit" at the prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Registry Editor

- Locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Cached key in Registry Editor

- Right click on the key and select New / DWORD Value

- Rename the resulting value "{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}
{000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0x401", without the quotes

- Right click the value, select Modify, and type "1" into the Value Data
field

- Close Registry Editor


Option 2 - Kill the HP process
------------------------------

- Wait until Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, or whichever component is
encountering problems is in an unresponsive state

- Click the Start button, then select Run and type "taskmgr" at the prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Task Manager

- Locate any instances of hpgs2wnd.exe or hpgs2wnf.exe in Task Manager, then
right click on them and select End Process

Notes:

- Option 2 this may disable some HP device-specific functionality until you
restart your computer.

- Option 2 will correct the problem for the logged-in user, but not for all
users on a computer with multiple user accounts. For that reason, Option 1
is the preferred option.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If your computer is not currently unresponsive, you should only have to do
Option 1 or Option 2, not both. If your computer is currently unresponsive,
you should be fixed by doing Option 2.

I'm very sorry about the inconvenience this has caused you all; hopefully
this will get things back on track. Please note that MS06-015 fixes a
critical security vulnerability, so it's very important that you reinstall
it as soon as possible if you've uninstalled it. Please also keep in mind
that disabling Auto Update will leave your computer unprotected even after
we release security updates. I understand that this experience has been
very frustrating for many of you, but I really must still strongly recommend
that you leave [Automatic Updates] enabled for your own safety.
</QP>
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...inetexplorer.ie6.browser/msg/094143b42d0c3ca2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----------------

:

| Not sure which update it was, but I just rolled back my computer to April
| 2nd, 2006, and now everything is fine.
|
| THE PROBLEM: When I tried to copy and paste, the computer would freeze up.
| Copy was ok, but right click to paste caused the hourglass to appear, and
| hang probably forever. Brought up task-manager, ended the VERCLSID process,
| then could continue to paste. Uninstalled recent windowns securityi update,
| then everything was ok, and the verclsid did not show up while copying and
| pasting. Re-installed recent updates, problem re-occured. I am running
| windows XP home edition, with all major secrity updates except for the ones
| that I installed after I had downloaded them April 2nd through present, in
| 2006.
 
G

Guest

Hello, and thanks for your reply. But, I don't have any HP devices that I
know of used with my computer. In fact, I have a fairly new install on an
NVIDIA MB, with an NVIDIA chipset video card. The only other thing I have a a
Broadxent modem, and a Sony DVD writer. I think MSFT needs to look further
into this problem, Thanks again!

Carey Frisch said:
Email the Windows Update support team:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

Possible solution:

From a post in IE6 Browser newsgroup by Stephen Hui [MSFT] (13 Apr-06):

<QP>
We've determined that the majority of the issues people are having with
MS06-015 / KB908531 are due to a bad interaction between the security update
and a software component included with various HP hardware devices,
including but not limited to printers, scanners, and cameras.

Here are two fixes which should fix problems caused by the interaction with
the HP software:

Option 1 - Modify the registry
------------------------------

- (If you have multiple user accounts set up) Log onto the computer using an
account with Administrator privileges

- Click the Start button, then click Run and type "regedit" at the prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Registry Editor

- Locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Cached key in Registry Editor

- Right click on the key and select New / DWORD Value

- Rename the resulting value "{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}
{000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0x401", without the quotes

- Right click the value, select Modify, and type "1" into the Value Data
field

- Close Registry Editor


Option 2 - Kill the HP process
------------------------------

- Wait until Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, or whichever component is
encountering problems is in an unresponsive state

- Click the Start button, then select Run and type "taskmgr" at the prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Task Manager

- Locate any instances of hpgs2wnd.exe or hpgs2wnf.exe in Task Manager, then
right click on them and select End Process

Notes:

- Option 2 this may disable some HP device-specific functionality until you
restart your computer.

- Option 2 will correct the problem for the logged-in user, but not for all
users on a computer with multiple user accounts. For that reason, Option 1
is the preferred option.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If your computer is not currently unresponsive, you should only have to do
Option 1 or Option 2, not both. If your computer is currently unresponsive,
you should be fixed by doing Option 2.

I'm very sorry about the inconvenience this has caused you all; hopefully
this will get things back on track. Please note that MS06-015 fixes a
critical security vulnerability, so it's very important that you reinstall
it as soon as possible if you've uninstalled it. Please also keep in mind
that disabling Auto Update will leave your computer unprotected even after
we release security updates. I understand that this experience has been
very frustrating for many of you, but I really must still strongly recommend
that you leave [Automatic Updates] enabled for your own safety.
</QP>
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...inetexplorer.ie6.browser/msg/094143b42d0c3ca2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----------------

:

| Not sure which update it was, but I just rolled back my computer to April
| 2nd, 2006, and now everything is fine.
|
| THE PROBLEM: When I tried to copy and paste, the computer would freeze up.
| Copy was ok, but right click to paste caused the hourglass to appear, and
| hang probably forever. Brought up task-manager, ended the VERCLSID process,
| then could continue to paste. Uninstalled recent windowns securityi update,
| then everything was ok, and the verclsid did not show up while copying and
| pasting. Re-installed recent updates, problem re-occured. I am running
| windows XP home edition, with all major secrity updates except for the ones
| that I installed after I had downloaded them April 2nd through present, in
| 2006.
 
G

Guest

Don't know if 'majority of the issues' relates to HP-software, but I have
none of those on my machine. Still WindowsExplorer (or MyComputer, which ever
I try) freezes just by clicking File-menu, those save-problems in Word and
Exel occur, right-clicks suck and so on: the list of problems has been sent
by so many before. The worst that happens is that when i close the
WindowsExplorer, the AntiVir Guard umbrella disappears from the bottom right
blue bar - these days that makes me shiver.

Everything works just fine when that KB 908531 is uninstalled. How about
really fixing the verclsid.exe and not blaming the customer's machines or 3rd
party software...


Carey Frisch said:
Email the Windows Update support team:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

Possible solution:

From a post in IE6 Browser newsgroup by Stephen Hui [MSFT] (13 Apr-06):

<QP>
We've determined that the majority of the issues people are having with
MS06-015 / KB908531 are due to a bad interaction between the security update
and a software component included with various HP hardware devices,
including but not limited to printers, scanners, and cameras.

Here are two fixes which should fix problems caused by the interaction with
the HP software:

Option 1 - Modify the registry
------------------------------

- (If you have multiple user accounts set up) Log onto the computer using an
account with Administrator privileges

- Click the Start button, then click Run and type "regedit" at the prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Registry Editor

- Locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Cached key in Registry Editor

- Right click on the key and select New / DWORD Value

- Rename the resulting value "{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}
{000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0x401", without the quotes

- Right click the value, select Modify, and type "1" into the Value Data
field

- Close Registry Editor


Option 2 - Kill the HP process
------------------------------

- Wait until Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, or whichever component is
encountering problems is in an unresponsive state

- Click the Start button, then select Run and type "taskmgr" at the prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Task Manager

- Locate any instances of hpgs2wnd.exe or hpgs2wnf.exe in Task Manager, then
right click on them and select End Process

Notes:

- Option 2 this may disable some HP device-specific functionality until you
restart your computer.

- Option 2 will correct the problem for the logged-in user, but not for all
users on a computer with multiple user accounts. For that reason, Option 1
is the preferred option.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If your computer is not currently unresponsive, you should only have to do
Option 1 or Option 2, not both. If your computer is currently unresponsive,
you should be fixed by doing Option 2.

I'm very sorry about the inconvenience this has caused you all; hopefully
this will get things back on track. Please note that MS06-015 fixes a
critical security vulnerability, so it's very important that you reinstall
it as soon as possible if you've uninstalled it. Please also keep in mind
that disabling Auto Update will leave your computer unprotected even after
we release security updates. I understand that this experience has been
very frustrating for many of you, but I really must still strongly recommend
that you leave [Automatic Updates] enabled for your own safety.
</QP>
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...inetexplorer.ie6.browser/msg/094143b42d0c3ca2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----------------

:

| Not sure which update it was, but I just rolled back my computer to April
| 2nd, 2006, and now everything is fine.
|
| THE PROBLEM: When I tried to copy and paste, the computer would freeze up.
| Copy was ok, but right click to paste caused the hourglass to appear, and
| hang probably forever. Brought up task-manager, ended the VERCLSID process,
| then could continue to paste. Uninstalled recent windowns securityi update,
| then everything was ok, and the verclsid did not show up while copying and
| pasting. Re-installed recent updates, problem re-occured. I am running
| windows XP home edition, with all major secrity updates except for the ones
| that I installed after I had downloaded them April 2nd through present, in
| 2006.
 
L

Larry Samuels

The issue is also being reported with Nvidia drivers. Both HP and Nvidia
have updates available to fix the problem.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
jm said:
Don't know if 'majority of the issues' relates to HP-software, but I have
none of those on my machine. Still WindowsExplorer (or MyComputer, which
ever
I try) freezes just by clicking File-menu, those save-problems in Word and
Exel occur, right-clicks suck and so on: the list of problems has been
sent
by so many before. The worst that happens is that when i close the
WindowsExplorer, the AntiVir Guard umbrella disappears from the bottom
right
blue bar - these days that makes me shiver.

Everything works just fine when that KB 908531 is uninstalled. How about
really fixing the verclsid.exe and not blaming the customer's machines or
3rd
party software...


Carey Frisch said:
Email the Windows Update support team:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

Possible solution:

From a post in IE6 Browser newsgroup by Stephen Hui [MSFT] (13 Apr-06):

<QP>
We've determined that the majority of the issues people are having with
MS06-015 / KB908531 are due to a bad interaction between the security
update
and a software component included with various HP hardware devices,
including but not limited to printers, scanners, and cameras.

Here are two fixes which should fix problems caused by the interaction
with
the HP software:

Option 1 - Modify the registry
------------------------------

- (If you have multiple user accounts set up) Log onto the computer using
an
account with Administrator privileges

- Click the Start button, then click Run and type "regedit" at the
prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Registry Editor

- Locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Cached key in Registry Editor

- Right click on the key and select New / DWORD Value

- Rename the resulting value "{A4DF5659-0801-4A60-9607-1C48695EFDA9}
{000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0x401", without the quotes

- Right click the value, select Modify, and type "1" into the Value Data
field

- Close Registry Editor


Option 2 - Kill the HP process
------------------------------

- Wait until Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, or whichever component
is
encountering problems is in an unresponsive state

- Click the Start button, then select Run and type "taskmgr" at the
prompt,
without the quotes; this will start Task Manager

- Locate any instances of hpgs2wnd.exe or hpgs2wnf.exe in Task Manager,
then
right click on them and select End Process

Notes:

- Option 2 this may disable some HP device-specific functionality until
you
restart your computer.

- Option 2 will correct the problem for the logged-in user, but not for
all
users on a computer with multiple user accounts. For that reason, Option
1
is the preferred option.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If your computer is not currently unresponsive, you should only have to
do
Option 1 or Option 2, not both. If your computer is currently
unresponsive,
you should be fixed by doing Option 2.

I'm very sorry about the inconvenience this has caused you all; hopefully
this will get things back on track. Please note that MS06-015 fixes a
critical security vulnerability, so it's very important that you
reinstall
it as soon as possible if you've uninstalled it. Please also keep in
mind
that disabling Auto Update will leave your computer unprotected even
after
we release security updates. I understand that this experience has been
very frustrating for many of you, but I really must still strongly
recommend
that you leave [Automatic Updates] enabled for your own safety.
</QP>
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...inetexplorer.ie6.browser/msg/094143b42d0c3ca2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----------------

:

| Not sure which update it was, but I just rolled back my computer to
April
| 2nd, 2006, and now everything is fine.
|
| THE PROBLEM: When I tried to copy and paste, the computer would
freeze up.
| Copy was ok, but right click to paste caused the hourglass to appear,
and
| hang probably forever. Brought up task-manager, ended the VERCLSID
process,
| then could continue to paste. Uninstalled recent windowns securityi
update,
| then everything was ok, and the verclsid did not show up while copying
and
| pasting. Re-installed recent updates, problem re-occured. I am running
| windows XP home edition, with all major secrity updates except for the
ones
| that I installed after I had downloaded them April 2nd through present,
in
| 2006.
 

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