August 2003 Cumulative Upgrade Problems? 1

[bcastner]

Since applying the "August Cumulative Update" for IE I have an issue with my system for the first time in years.

It freezes if I have a second instance or more of IE open, and/or OE open.

The logs show nothing. I left one workstation open after the freeze for 24 hours. I do not get the "Not Responding" error, and some background tasks that show through Active Desktop appear to still function. You cannot access any tray icon, Task Manager, Start button functions etc.

And before anyone jumps in and says it is a virus, I can assure you it is not. The two test workstations are part of my SUS testbed, and are used to test MS Hotfixes and Service Packs prior to a "push" through Group Policy to my clients.

My other IE clients do not have an issue. Does anyone know a specific problem or workaround to IE with the August update applied?

 

[manarth]

If nothing else, a lesson in good house keeping. A star to bcastner for showing us how we should be managing the Update process!

(sorry bcastner, I have't applied the patch yet, and think I may now hold on for another month!)

<marc> i wonder what will happen if i press this...[ul][li]please give feedback on what works / what doesn't[/li][li]need some help? how to get a better answer: faq581-3339[/li][/ul]

 

[bcastner]

My first star from manarth, and I get it because I am hosed.

I will cherish it anyway.

Bill Castner

 

[bcastner]

I have reinstalled IE, but this did not help. I still get Active Desktop errors even though no Web settings are made. I am now on Stage #2: I disabled Active Desktop through the registry.

 

[greyted]

Bill,

Most probably not related to your problem but of interest to you I hope?

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11436

Have seen something similar to your problem, will try to find it, if I can remember the site!





Ted

&quot;The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.&quot;
Benjamin Disraeli.

 

[greyted]

Bill,

Could it possibly be this one?

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=10034

Ted

&quot;The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.&quot;
Benjamin Disraeli.

 

[bcastner]

Ted,

Thank you very much. The articles you linked were very informative.

The issue I am seeing is true even if neither IE or OE is active.

At the moment I have gone slightly more than 8 hours with the registry edit to disable Active Desktop, which I had never used anyway.

The articles are relevant because by logs show the original patches applied to the test machines on August 26. As one of the things I looked at I reapplied the MS JVM and the Sun Java machine, and had Active X disabled.

I still suspect the patch is the reason for the errors I am having, and the tie-in to Active Desktop increases my suspcion. There are a growing number of complaints about &quot;freezes&quot; on the MS Newsgroup sites that also cite Active Desktop errors on restart, so I suspect I am not alone on this.

As I said my registry patch &quot;workaround&quot; at least at the moment seems to be working. My fingers are tightly crossed.

Thank you very much for pointing out that the patches do not in fact address the vulnerability they were designed to handle.

Bill Castner

 

[drk1]

Hi,

I've had this same problem since I started using WinXP (Home). 90% of the time, if IE 6.0.2 opens a 2nd window, everything freezes. One difference, I can still use Task Manager and &quot;End Task&quot; the &quot;Not Responding&quot; app. Of course this is new to me and I don't understand why all the applications shutdown, the desktop clears and re-builds.

Regards,

dk