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Microsoft patch jams up IE
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Microsoft has received "scattered reports of users experiencing odd browser behavior" after installing the latest security update, Jeremy Dallman, project manager for Internet Explorer security at the company, wrote in a Friday posting to a corporate blog.
Three different problems have been reported: The browser could crash right after starting up; links may come up blank; or multiple windows may open when the browser is initiated, according to the posting.
"After investigating several of these reports, we have traced these issues to a common source," Dallman wrote. The culprit is IE 7, the next version of Microsoft's Web browser, which is in beta testing. The problems occur only if IE 7 is installed on a machine alongside IE 6. That double-IE configuration is not recommended by Microsoft, according to Dallman's note.
When installed next to IE 6, the first beta of IE 7 will add an incorrectly configured key to the Windows Registry the first time it is run, he wrote. The problem that can occur after installing the patch can be solved by deleting the key from the Windows Registry. The Windows Registry is a core part of the operating system that stores PC settings.
The trouble doesn't affect a large number of users because IE 7 has not yet been publicly released. The first test version of the browser, or the "private" beta, has only been available to selected testers. Microsoft has said that it plans to release an updated beta build of IE 7 for Windows XP before the end of March 2006.
Microsoft's patch on Tuesday included a fix for a critical security flaw in Windows that is being exploited in online attacks against IE users and three other bugs. The software maker released the patch in security bulletin MS05-054, as part of its monthly patching cycle.





This is nothing new, and the patch has nothing to do with it.
http://www.getfirefox.com/
why it happened to me?
I've never installed that before,
even though I don't usually use IE,
since MSN messenger doesn't support Firefox,
I need IE to check my e-mail at Hotmail.
Also,
some website doesn't support Firefox too.
Come on. Microsoft!!! Fix it as soon as possible.
Why bother walking to a rival sports fans and say his team sucks?
The problem is not only with people who have installed IE 7 as well as 6. I have never installed the beta of IE 7 and I installed the patch and it immediately caused my system to behave erratically. Both Fire Fox and Opera were constantly crashing on me and I was experiencing other system wide problems; other applications hanging and when waking up from hybernation my CPU activity would be at 100% for 30 seconds or more and I couldn't do anything on my system, my taskbar wouldn't even restore.
I performed a system restore to a point previous to installing the patch and everything is fine again, smooth sailing. Once again, Microsoft gets it wrong. Are they ever going to get their act together and really EARN the billions that they make?!!
- Wild Tangent Control Panel
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by ronwinship
December 19, 2005 9:31 AM PST
- Right after we download our latest MSN Tuesday
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See all 33 Comments >>updates.....we lost our standard games and found
a Wild Tangent icon on our Control Panel and a
bunch of twisted looking standard icons all out
of sync. Had to go through removal of Standard
games and then add them back on...in the meantime
odd behavior...all the way around.
We still have the infamous DSO Exploit when we
run Spybot...that won't come off. But we were
finally able to get our standard MSN games back.