[Dx4win] OT Microsoft Security Update Problems.

[Jeff Steinkamp]

If you are using a Win XP product and have automatic updates enabled, or have
updated you systems in the past couple of day, you may have installed update
KB908531.  This update is a security update to verify COM Automation type of
objects.

In Micro$oft's normal manner of "it compiles, release it" philosophy, they have
created a number of problems for Explorer, Office products, WinZip, anything
involving HP and a number of other software products that use COM technology.

You may have discovered a program called verclsid.exe running in your task
manager, or perhaps a number of these suckers as I discovered.  You may have also
discovered that things just come to a screeching halt for a few minutes then
resumes.  This is because most firewalls will not allow this program to execute
properly.

Micro$oft has finally admitted there is a problem with this update and is
recommending that users do not install it or remove it.  This comes from their 
tech support folks.

To check if you have this update installed do the following:

Click Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove programs
Click Show Updates and make sure it is checked.

Scroll through the list until you see KB908531.  If it is there you will need to
remove it.

If you have automatic updates enabled, I suggest you disable it prior to removing
this update, otherwise, it will reinstall itself.

Once the removal is complete, you will need to reboot the computer.

After reboot. open the web browser and go the Microsoft Update site:
   http://update.microsoft.com

Click the custom box and when the update for KB908531 shows up, check the box to
hide the update so it is not installed in the future.  Disregard Microsoft
security warning that will be displayed because this updates is hidden.


Jeff Steinkamp - N7YG
Tucson, AZ
SCUD Missile Coordinates
N32-13-55.01 W110-50-51.91
http://home.earthlink.net/~jksteinkamp
http://home.earthlink.net/~n7yg
_________________________________________________________
No one has more driving ambition than the boy who wants to buy a car.