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Microsoft to Patch Problem Patch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-don't-screw-up-the-repatch dept.

slowroller writes to mention an eWeek article about a new patch to fix issues raised in their most recent release. From the article: "The company's plan is to target the rerelease only to Windows users who are affected. In a blog entry, Toulouse said the company's patch deployment technologies will have "detection logic" built into them to only offer the revised update to customers who don't have MS06-015 or are having the problem. The glitches, which Microsoft claims affect only a tiny fraction of the 120 million installations of the patch, stem from a new binary called VERCLSID.EXE that validates shell extensions before they are instantiated by the Windows Shell or Windows Explorer. On systems running Hewlett-Packard's Share-to-Web software, Sunbelt's Kerio Personal Firewall and some NVIDIA Drivers, users complained that the new binary stopped responding."

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  1. Again? What? by beheaderaswp · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So let me get this straight...

    A critical flaw for *some* users is not patched universally.

    Time is wasted while "detection logic" is coded. (Ooooh long patch time!!)

    That stinks.

    And what happens when the criteria for the patch is met? Does Windows XP then detect it an download it?

    Just give me a patch. I don't need to be an experimental "detection logic" tester.

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