Re: Q320259 - What's it all about?
From: McCauley, Clay (McCauleyC@EMAIL.COFC.EDU)Date: 04/10/02
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:53:09 -0400 From: "McCauley, Clay" <McCauleyC@EMAIL.COFC.EDU> To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
** Russ, I'm copying you on this in case you think it's important enough to
send on to the list **
John,
There are 2 articles on The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) that
discuss this issue. There doesn't appear to be any real performance
increase gained by installing this patch. The patch will however reinstall
MSN Messenger on XP systems that have had it removed. According to the
article, the update integrates Messenger into Outlook Express making it more
difficult or impossible to get rid of. Here are the related articles:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24668.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24708.html
Clayton McCauley
e-mail: mccauleyc @ admin.cofc.edu
Information Resource Coordinator
Office of Media & Technology,
College of Charleston
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuckle@TAYLOR.K12.FL.US]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:03 AM
> To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
> Subject: Q320259 - What's it all about?
>
>
> I'm reading about this "critical update" for Microsoft Messenger. It's
> described in Q320259. The symptoms addressed by this fix are described
> as follows:
>
> "Windows Messenger may repeatedly try to log on to the Microsoft .NET
> Messenger Service in the background, and when Windows Messenger cannot
> log on, no error messages are generated."
>
> Straightforward enough, right? But the article also says this:
>
> "To improve connectivity and system performance, even if you
> do not use
> Windows Messenger, Microsoft recommends that you install this update."
>
> Um... Okay, then. This patch must affect more than just Messenger. So
> what, exactly, does it affect? I'm curious about the specific WinXP
> "connectivity and system performance" issues addressed by
> this update...
>
>
>
> _________________
> John Hornbuckle
> Network Manager
> Taylor County School District
> Perry, FL
>
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