RE: Cumulative Security Update for IE stops IE7 from showing web pages
Hi Dima,
This is not a new problem. It has happened on several ocassions previously,
most notoriously with KB937143 which was another cumulative security update
for IE7. The problem stems from the fact that each of these updates actually
includes a new version of the main executable, iexplore.exe (and that of the
equivalent Windows Mail update a new version of WinMail.exe), and, depending
upon whether your security software has updated itself so that it recognises
these new verions prior to them being installed, you may or may not have to
grant them access permission manually yourself. Running Vista without any
security software is not recommended, and it certainly isn't wise to run it
without a firewall. Your system, as it stands, is extremely susceptible to
varying forms of malware attacks. At the very least, I recommend that you
activate the Windows firewall and check its settings as per my previous post.
By its very nature, security software needs to integrate tightly with the
operating system and, as such, can be difficult to fully disable - even when
you check and disable everything that you can find to do with your security
software there can be sufficient remnants of it still active and this can
cause problems. Norton and McAfee are, despite what they say, still not fully
compatible with Vista and consume a lot of resources. Your best bet would be
to remove Norton/Symantec completely using the removal tool found on their
website and then install a more compatible product such as Kaspersky. Once
you have done that, then you should be able to install this update. If not,
please refer to my post 'Activating the built-in main Administrator Account'
in the newsgroup 'Windows Vista Administration Accounts and Passwords',
(dated 10/12/2007), to activate the main Administrator account and install
the update from that account. Please remember to follow the instructions and
deactivate this account once you have finished using it. If this doesn't
work, then you may need to reinstall Vista as failure to install a critical
or important update can lead to problems in the future especially if some
future updates depend on a previous update being correctly installed and
working. If this is an upgrade version of Vista, then you can follow the
instructions in my post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using Upgrade Media' in
the newsgroup 'Windows Vista Installation and Setup', (dated 9/21/2007).
Dwarf
Norton/Symantec
http://service1.symantec.com/Suppor...5033108162039?OpenDocument&seg=hm&lg=en&ct=us
Kaspersky
http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/
'Activating the built-in main Administrator Account'
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...9055&mid=d20f9db4-7b2c-48be-a087-7835dc2a9055
'Clean Install Windows Vista Using Upgrade Media'
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...2be7&mid=c2e2a2bd-c0ed-4c78-ae89-5eb74dcf2be7
"Dima" wrote:
> Hello!
> 1. Installing Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (944533)
> stops IE7 (in Windows Vista x64 Ultimate) from showing web pages.
> Uninstalling the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (944533)
> resumes IE7 showing web pages.
> 2. Any version of Agent mail.ru (messenger, e-mail notifier,
> http://agent.mail.ru) cannot connect in the Windows Vista x64 Ultimate. I
> checked everything the Agent mail.ru support suggested. The support does not
> know what to suggest any more.
> Best regards,
> Dima
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