Re: xp Feb 8 update package: Invisible files in some network folders

From: Manuel Lopez (manuel.email.at.post.harvard.edu_at_deadspam.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:21:03 -0600

Thanks, at least it's good that this is a known problem (as opposed to
having to prove there's a problem and then get someone to notice). Any KB
article or bulleting on this bug yet?
    I have to add, it's very strange behavior: arbitrary files and folders
will simply become invisible, but then sometimes reappear. The only
consistent thing (so far) is that if files become invisible, all of the
files in a given folder become invisible, not just some.
    It seems like a major thing to slip through testing, but then one might
not notice because it seems to be only a few out of many folders are
affected. (--they're also probably not very enthusiastic about peer-to-peer
networks).

"Jeffrey" <Jeffrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:434B20BE-839E-4128-A393-B51A59508C8B@microsoft.com...
> Yes, this is a problem caused by the Feb 8th security updates. It affects
> both Professional and Home editions of Windows XP. The only workaround is
> to
> remove these updates until Microsoft gets around to correcting the problem
> their latest update has caused. This is a major problem for business
> clients
> who use a network for their company.
>
> "Manuel Lopez" wrote:
>
>> After installing the package of 9 or 10 security updates released by
>> Microsoft on February 8th, the following problem began:
>> Some network folders show no files in windows explorer or command
>> prompt, but the files are there; for example, copying from another folder
>> to
>> the supposedly empty folder generates a "overwrite" warning in explorer.
>> The problem only occurs in some folders and not others, with no apparent
>> rhyme or reason to it.
>>
>> These are networked XP Pro computers with sp 2 installed, in a workgroup
>> (peer-to-peer), using tcp/ip with simple file sharing turned off. They
>> had
>> no problems prior to the patch, and I tracked down the problem as
>> beginning
>> immediately after installation of this group of patches.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm problems caused by these updates?
>>
>>
>>

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