Re: 824145

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:48:48 -0700

Microsoft is aware of it and working on the fix.
Microsoft will post the fix/resolution when available an it will also
be referenced here:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/824145.htm 

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"Justification" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:528c01c3ac76$c175d830$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Today, I sent the following message to MS Cust Svc:
>
> To Microsoft Customer Service:
>
> On 11/12/03 I applied critical security update
> KB824145 to my Internet Explorer (subsequent
> version 6.0.2800.1106) and was appalled to find
> that it changed the functionality of the CUA
> (Common User Access) definition of the
> functionality of the scroll-bars.
>
> At first I thought I needed another reboot to
> clear some error. When that didn't work, I
> removed and reinstalled the driver for the mouse.
> When that didn't work, I replaced the mouse.
> When that didn't work, I installed the same
> update on my wife's machine and found that the
> same error appeared.
>
> Prior to the update, clicking at the bottom of
> the scroll-bar area just above the down-arrow
> causes a simple "Page-Down". After the update,
> the same action causes the scroll-bar to move
> to the clicked area!!!
>
> If you are trying to read say a 20-page document
> from the top, page by page, you now must change
> your access action to one of two others:
>
> 1) revert to the keyboard PgDn key or,
>
> 2) move the mouse pointer to be just under the
> scroll-bar before clicking and, this latter 2)
> method is inconsistent and troublesome to perform.
>
> Of course, for scrolling up, the same problem
> occurs with placing the cursor just under the
> up-arrow on the scroll-bar.
>
> I suppose, if you don't have a correction for this,
> that I'll deinstall the update as the resultant
> troubles are too inconvenient to be troubled with.
> In any event, your action in 'sneaking' in such a
> fundamental change under the guise of a
> "Critical Security Update" is very reprehensible.
>
> Sincerely, (Justification)
>

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