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New version of MS06-042 (KB918899) under development

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 5:56 pm on Tuesday, August 15, 2006

From:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918899/EN-US/   A new version of security update 918899 is currently in development and will be released to all Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 customers by August 22, 2006. The new update will be available on the Microsoft Download Center and by using Windows Update. Customers who are using any version of […]

Problems with MS06-042 (KB918899) and web sites that use the HTTP 1.1 protocol and compression

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 7:04 pm on Friday, August 11, 2006

We’ve seen a number of reports since (Patch) Tuesday from folks running either Windows 2000 or Windows XP SP1 that IE is crashing when accessing certain sites, most notably PeopleSoft applications. It was (strongly) suspected that MS06-042 (KB918899) was causing the problem – for most people, uninstalling the patch made the problem go away. A […]

Eolas revisited: Microsoft gets new chance in area case

Filed under: Microsoft — spiderwebwoman at 8:23 pm on Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Judge should have bowed out, court says Bloomberg NewsPublished August 1, 2006 A U.S. appeals court said Monday that Microsoft Corp. is entitled to a new judge to preside over a patent trial in which the software giant will try to avoid paying $521 million in damages to a Wheaton company. U.S. District Judge James […]