Patch won't apply: MS0-013

[sdavenport]

On several W2K PCs (one a server, the others desktops), the Hot Fix checker tool tells me that patch MS0-013 (Q285156) is not found; upon applying it and rebooting, the tool has the same finding. This is different from the Warning you receive if the tool doesn't find the information in the registry; then you can still tell the patch has taken.

This patch fixes the following issue:

The Windows 2000 Event Viewer snap-in has an unchecked buffer in a section of the code that displays the detailed view of event records. If Event Viewer attempts to display an event record that contains specially malformed data in one of the fields, either of two outcomes can occur. In the less serious case, Event Viewer could stop working. In the more serious case, code of a malicious user's choice could be made to run by using a buffer overrun.

It is applicable to:
Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1, 2000 SP2 Professional
Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1, 2000 SP2 Server
Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1, 2000 SP2 Advanced Server

Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
sdavenport@springhillgroup.com

 

[Diodin]

I'm not sure what to think of this, but there isa one thing I know about which is a problem with Microsoft updates.
The languages has to match else patches will not be installed. This also applies to windows update. My OS is UK, but my language is set to dutch. So it tries to install the Dutch updates on a UK OS. This doesn't work. Microsoft says that the update checker check the language from the OS, the local settings, and IE. They say the OS language is the primary, but this doesn't always work.

Arjan Meskers
Junior Software Developper
The Netherlands