WMF Patch Problem

[Sweet-P]

After I applied the latest patch, I do not have Microsoft Picture and Fax
Viewer available to open up JPEGs and/or GIFs. It is not in the file
association list of programs. Does Microsoft wipe out this altogether with
the patch? Can someone tell me what has happened?

Thanks,
Sweet-P

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try this:

Click Start |Click Run | Paste: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll | Click OK

If that doesn't work, make sure Preview default is set correctly.

When you open an image file in Windows XP the default action is to preview
it using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\
ShellImagePreview
Value Name: (Default)
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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After I applied the latest patch, I do not have Microsoft Picture and Fax
Viewer available to open up JPEGs and/or GIFs. It is not in the file
association list of programs. Does Microsoft wipe out this altogether with
the patch? Can someone tell me what has happened?

Thanks,
Sweet-P

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Sweet-P]

Thank you very much!

Sweet-P

Try this:

Click Start |Click Run | Paste: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll | Click OK

If that doesn't work, make sure Preview default is set correctly.

When you open an image file in Windows XP the default action is to preview
it using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\
ShellImagePreview
Value Name: (Default)
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Sweet-P]

By the way....

does anyone know exactly what the WMF patch does and how it prevents access
to the computer?
Does it just disassociate Windows Picture & Fax Viewer so it does not open
at all, or does it fix the underlying problem with the dll?

Thanks,
Sweet-P

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I do not know what the patch does, but it does not do anything to my Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer. Unregistering shimgvw.dll is listed as a
workaround, not part of the fix.

[[Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will
not correct the underlying vulnerability, it will help block known attack
vectors. Unregister the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll)]]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx

I doubt very much that the info on what the patch does do is public
information. The bad guys would just use that info to figure out how to get
around the patch.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Weltini]

To take this in another direction...has there been any reported
failures in applying the Microsoft version of the WMF patch? I have
(had) my XP Pro system set up to download security patches and let me
choose to install them. Up until Friday night, nothing catastrophic has
happened. On Friday (01/05/2006) as usual, the little yellow shield
appeared in the tool tray but this time when I gave the OK to install
the patch, an error message said it wasn't able to install. There was a
KB reference number (that I neglected to read) given and I didn't think
much of it. I thought I'd try again later. I went to shut down the
machine and an option to turn it off and apply the patch was given. I
chose that, went to bed and had my last good night of sleep. Now my
machine won't boot. I get to the message that says the "machine wasn't
shut down properly, blah, blah" and all of the "familiar" options; Safe
Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Last known Good Configuration, etc.
Each option tries but gets kicked into a blue screen for no more than a
fraction of a second. What went wrong? I don't even know what to look
for. I'm now faced with trying to recover the data and re-installing. I
can't boot (expept for 10 LIVE linux distros) anything to see the
condition of the data on my drives (SATA) or look for files to manually
restore. I'm beyond wanting to rant. I'm all ranted out. I'd just like
to knw if anybody has any ideas to same me a bunch of needless work.

Thanks,

Weltini

I do not know what the patch does, but it does not do anything to my Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer. Unregistering shimgvw.dll is listed as a
workaround, not part of the fix.

[[Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will
not correct the underlying vulnerability, it will help block known attack
vectors. Unregister the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll)]]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx

I doubt very much that the info on what the patch does do is public
information. The bad guys would just use that info to figure out how to get
around the patch.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

By the way....

does anyone know exactly what the WMF patch does and how it prevents
access to the computer?
Does it just disassociate Windows Picture & Fax Viewer so it does not open
at all, or does it fix the underlying problem with the dll?

Thanks,
Sweet-P

 

[Guest]

Thanks Wesley

Running regsvr32 shimgvw.dll got my windows fax and picture viewer working
again.

I think my problems started after an adobe picture viewer bundled with
acrobat reader was inadvertantly installed on my computer? Noy sure but that
seems to have been the cause of my probs.

Thanks again