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MS update sends PCs haywire
Name: IronMan Date: July 13, 2007 at 00:02:52 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 / 512m Product: Data General
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Not sure if this was posted yet. If not. . .
Early reports are suggesting problems after users apply one of the six patches issued by Microsoft on Tuesday.
Applying the MS07-040 patch for the .NET framework, which as luck would have it is probably Redmond's most important security fix this month, can lead to systems going "haywire", the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Centre reports.
Name: lurkswithin Date: July 13, 2007 at 00:24:14 Pacific
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I had it downloaded and installed on six different computers and had no problems!
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Name: Walter Mitty Date: July 13, 2007 at 00:49:18 Pacific
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No problems here on 3 PC's so far.....
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Response Number 3
Name: Bryco Date: July 13, 2007 at 03:35:22 Pacific
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I forget what I was doing at the time but after the downloads completed their installation I tried to do something on the internet and it just closed IE without any errors.
I rebooted then instead of waiting until a more convenient time as it then became very convenient.
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