Hello list members, I remember there was some discussion about the problems 
caused by the latest round of updates from the "Evil Empire" and when I got this 
article in my inbox, I thought I would share it with you.

From ZDNet:
Microsoft patch can cause IE trouble

By

Joris Evers,

CNET News.com

Published on

ZDNet News:

August 15, 2006, 5:32 PM PT

Microsoft's security update from Aug. 8 to Internet Explorer is causing browser 
trouble for some systems.



After people apply the

MS06-042 update,

rated "critical" by Microsoft, IE may crash when certain Web sites are viewed, 
the company said in a

notice on its customer support Web site.

The problem affects IE 6 with Service Pack 1 on Windows XP and Windows 2000 
systems, it said.



"Microsoft has identified an issue with the security update MS06-042," the 
company said in a statement Tuesday. It plans to re-release the bulletin and

patch on Aug. 22 for all affected users.



The problem occurs when IE users view Web sites that use version 1.1 of HTTP 
alongside compression, according to Microsoft's notice. HTTP, or hypertext

transfer protocol, is the standard protocol used to browse Web sites.



IE users on security mailing lists have reported browser crashes when using 
PeopleSoft applications that have Web-based interfaces. Others report running

into problems when using other applications, including Microsoft's own customer 
relationship management, or CRM, tools.



"We are running PeopleSoft for administration systems, and our Windows 2000 SP4 
and Windows XP SP1 running Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 crash when they got

into the PeopleSoft pages," Fred Dunn, a systems administrator at the University 
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, said in an e-mail interview.



Dunn called Microsoft's product support service, which recommended disabling the 
use of HTTP 1.1 in IE's advanced settings menu. However, that's not a change

that's easily done on all PCs in the university, Dunn said. "Our only workaround 
was to get the PeopleSoft programmers to turn off compression...which

slows down the response," he said.



MS06-042 is an update for IE that addresses eight vulnerabilities in the popular 
browser. It is

one of a dozen security updates

that Microsoft released last week on Patch Tuesday.



Patches have caused trouble at times, on occasion prompting Microsoft to fix 
already released updates. In April, it released a second version of a Windows

Explorer update because the original

interfered with Hewlett-Packard software and Nvidia drivers.

In June, it had to fix a patch that

caused network connection trouble

for some people.



Microsoft has a temporary fix available for the problems caused by MS06-042. 
However, this fix is not available for download; people have to call

Microsoft's support line.


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