Re: Yet another extremely serious OE bug
From: Shannon Jacobs (shanen@my-deja.com)
Date: 10/13/02
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From: shanen@my-deja.com (Shannon Jacobs) Date: 12 Oct 2002 19:06:39 -0700
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message news:<3DA762B2.C25E8764@hydro.com>...
> Shannon Jacobs wrote:
>
<snip>
> I guess you have IE 6.0 Service Pack 1 installed. It will not install on IE
> 6.0 SP1 because it is already installed there.
>
> From http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-058.asp
>
> <qoute>
> Notes:
> The fix for this issue was included in Windows XP Service Pack 1, and in
> Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1.
> </qoute>
Yep, that must be the problem. So when will the Microsoft people learn
to write clear security bulletins and/or provide useful error/status
messages in their programs?
While part of the problem is my own failure to read carefully enough,
it's certainly more than a little bit confusing to read what seems to
be a description of a new and very serious vulnerability, whereas the
reality is different. In reality, the 'new' vulnerability had already
been cured. One possibility is that the description that made it sound
like a new vulnerability was incorrect, confusing, or misleading. The
other case seems to be that there really was a new vulnerability that
was only just discovered, but which had already been accidentally
cured by a non-related patch that had already been distributed.
In either case, I don't need the frustration.
Microsoft gets their money up front, usually in the form of OEM
payments made before I ever see or use the software. In the process,
their license agreements officially disavow any liability for any
problems their programs cause. If Microsoft actually had to guarantee
their software products the way honest companies normally do, I think
they'd be bankrupt in 24 hours.
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