Re: warning, IE is STILL broken in latest hotfix MS04-004 / KB832894

From: Papa (bikingis_at_my.fun)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:06:35 -0500

I've had none of the problems you described, and I use IE on 3 different
desktops and 1 laptop - running both XP and W98SE.

"nusrat" <nusrat@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:34ac39a5.0402021551.cda06b5@posting.google.com...
> It's pretty well known that scrolling is broken in the version of
> mshtml.dll
> which shipped as part of MS03-048 / KB824145 in November:
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8519074~mode=flat~days=9999
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22ms03-048%22+OR+kb824145+OR+q824145+OR+
> 824145+mshtml+scroll+OR+scrolls+OR+scrolling+OR+scrolled
>
> Like a lot of people, I circumvented the problem by backing off to the
> prior version of mshtml, waiting to see if the next release of mshtml
> would be fixed.
>
> The good news:
> the latest fix seems to fix the scrolling problem.
>
> The bad news:
> the latest fix is broken in new ways.
> Example:
> Because of vision problems, my IE settings are set to
> General => Colors => background=grey, don't use Windows colors,
> and
> General => Accessibility => Ignore colors specified on web pages.
>
> After the latest fix (MS04-004 / KB832894), these settings are
> ignored.
> I confirmed this by uninstalling and re-installing the fix several
> times,
> and this bug is consistent and reproducible.
> The bug disappears when I revert to the pre-November mshtml.

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