Category: out of cycle

Microsoft sends out KB955430 to get ready for SP2

Paul3 Replies

kb955430

This looks like it is to help with some problems with other issues of updates that they have been having.  I am unsure of why they are wanting to install this update but it doesn’t look to be harmful.  I am betting this is to fix a flaw that has been exploited by the warez community to make them either pay for there copy or go with another OS.   For the one fact that this “will enable future updates” and “This update may be required before selected future updates can be installed“.

[ad#cricket-right-ez]I went to  KB9555430 support page:

Updates to the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 installation software are included in this update. The installation software is the component that handles the installation and the removal of software updates, language packs, optional Windows features, and service packs. This update is necessary to successfully install and to remove Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 on all versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This update is not necessary to successfully install the service pack if you install the full file version of the service pack. The full file version of the service pack includes this update.

This is probably to get ready for the Service Pack that they are going to release soon for Vista. So I am guessing this will be required when the Service Pack comes out.

Microsoft released KB951847 out of Cycle For January

Paul

I woke up this morning and found this was released KB951847.  here is what it is:

kb925492 FIX: Error message when you add a Web reference to a project in Visual Studio 2005: “The custom tool ‘MSDiscoCodeGenerator’ failed”
kb928563 FIX: The System.Net.HttpWebRequest class may not maintain a persistent connection to a proxy in the .NET Framework 2.0
kb943175 FIX: The XmlSerializer class generates an unexpected result when you use the XmlSerializer class to serialize the numeration attribute in the .NET Framework 2.0
[ad#ad2-right]kb943412 FIX: You may experience delays when an operating system shuts down if the computer is running a managed service together with the .NET Framework 2.0
kb943804 FIX: Certain Unicode characters returned by the Application.ExecutablePath property in the .NET Framework 2.0 are displayed as “?”
kb944099 FIX: Error message when you use the SQL Native Client data provider to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005 that is configured to use database mirroring: “Internal .Net Framework Data Provider error 6”
kb944100 FIX: You cannot access tables that are used in a SQL Server transaction if you end the thread that executes the transaction before the transaction is finished in the .NET Framework 2.0
kb944157 FIX: You may experience a significant delay when you make the first request to an ASP.NET Web application that is running on Windows Server 2003
kb946102 FIX: An ActiveX control will not receive keyboard navigation events when you use a System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser control to host Web pages
kb946223 FIX: The input language in a text box on the Microsoft Expression Design surface does not function correctly when you change the input language to an East Asian language
kb946411 FIX: When you print an XPS file on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3-based computer, the characters in the XPS file print incorrectly
kb946503 FIX: Error message when you use the installer tool to install an assembly that is located on a remote computer: “An exception occurred during the Install phase”
kb946660 FIX: The headers attribute of a cell is rendered incorrectly when the cell is associated with multiple headers in an ASP.NET 2.0 Web application
kb946927 FIX: An installation may fail with error 1935 when an .msi file tries to install many policy files on a computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 installed
kb947148 FIX: Incorrect methods are called when you call some COM APIs that are included in a .NET Framework 2.0-based 64-bit application
kb947317 FIX: In a Windows Forms application that was built by using the .NET Framework 2.0, the CurrencyManager object triggers additional instances of some events when you delete the last row from a table
kb947461 FIX: An update package is available for the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
kb947581 FIX: The value of the “WsdlContractConversionContext.WsdlPortType” property is null in the .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1
kb948233 You receive a System.InvalidOperationException exception error when you run a Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-based application after you install security update MS 07-040 on a computer
kb948646 FIX: Objects are not serialized correctly when you serialize and deserialize the DataSet objects by using the SerializationFormat.Binary format parameter in a .NET Framework 2.0-based application
kb948815 Availability of the .NET Framework 2.0 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix rollup package for System.Data.dll and System.Data.OracleClient.dll
kb948873 FIX: You may receive a System.Xml.XmlException exception when you use one-way Web methods to communicate with Web services in a .NET Framework 3.0-based application
kb948887 FIX: An exception occurs when a Web application that is based on the .NET Framework 2.0 uses the HttpWebRequest class and receives an HTTP 1.0 response that contains the HTTP status code 401
kb949272 FIX: A Windows Forms application that uses ActiveX controls may crash, and a null reference exception occurs after you install the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
kb949777 FIX: Error message if you deploy an executable application to a path that contains escape characters in the .NET Framework 2.0: “Absolute path information is required”
kb950230 FIX: You receive a System.ArgumentException exception error message when you use the Sgen.exe tool and the XmlSerializer JIT compiler to generate an XmlSerializer assembly for a Web service proxy in the .NET Framework 2.0
kb950986 FIX: In the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, the ModuleBuilder.GetTypeToken method returns an incorrect token
kb951111 FIX: Warning message when you use the SvcUtil.exe tool to import service metadata in the .NET Framework 3.5: “The policy expression was not fully imported because it exceeded the maximum allowable complexity”
kb951113 FIX: The set of values returned from the row.GetColumnsInError method is empty when a client computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 installed receives a DataSet object from a WCF service
kb952324 FIX: You cannot download the .application file when you deploy an application by using ClickOnce deployment in a secure environment

[ad#ad2-left]As you can see this fixes 30 things in this one service pack.  I see one or t wo things that might be exploitable and that is why they released this out early.  The ones that I see are Like the ActiveX controls.   I don’t know why but this is for all systems on windows or at least it doesn’t say anything other wise.  This is .net frame work and should be installed quickly as possible.   You should also consider making a new Autopatch ISO to install into all the necessary computers.  Also if you haven’t installed a Free Anti-virus or goodFree  Fire
wall now is a good time to install them also.  I would expect this to Service Pack to have to reboot your system but other than that you should be fine.

*UPDATE*

After installing this service pack, I couldn’t web browse.  It is one of 8 updates that were installed in the service pack that will need to be resolved so I will be having to install the service pack again and then start uninstalling until I get my web browsing back.  You May need to reboot each time to clear it out of the system before you get your internet browsing back.   The recommended procedure is to write the ones you remove so you can go back in install them later once you find the main update that is causing the problem.  I’ll update when I find out the one that is causing the problem!!

*Update #2*

I did a system restore for Thursday night just before I upgraded my AVG program. (It also needs to be restarted to update the core of AVG).  I installed the Service Pack and it seems to be running.  I am thinking there is a conflict with AVG and The Service Pack now.  I am updating AVG to the current version and rebooting.  I’ll see after that!