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Donald Anadell
Hi Kurt,
I received the KB942367 Hotfix and installed it along with the associated
Registry Tweak. Only some time and some heavy Browsing will tell if this
has fixed the Urlmon.dll crashing problem in IE6, so far so good but I'll
give it a few days to see how it goes.
I am a little bewildered as to the version of Urlmon.dll that remains in the
System32 folder and dllcache folder though after applying the hotfix. The
Article(KB942367) implies that the hotfix will install version 6.0.2900.3213
of urlmon.dll(or am I reading that wrong). However, after applying the
hotfix I'm still left with the version of urlmon.dll that was installed
KB942615 Cumulative Security Update, version 6.0.2900.3231.
Does this sound right to you, the hotfix should only patch the existing
urlmon.dll file as long as it is version 6.0.2900.3213(or higher), or is it
supposed to replace the existing version with a specific version? I
extracted all the files from the hotfix setup file and I don't see a
urlmon.dll file included in the setup, maybe it's just the geek speak in the
KB Article that has me looking for something that isn't supposed to be
there)
At any rate,
1. I applied the hotfix offered as you suggested.
2. Performed the Registry Tweak after installing the hotfix(per the
instructions the KB942367 Article).
3. After performing steps one and two, I'm left with urlmon.dll version
6.0.2900.3231 in both the System32 and dllcache folders.
LOL...I'll be glad when SP3 arrives, fixing Updates with hotfixes it taking
it to the extreme for my 60 year old brain
Thanks again for your assistance,
Donald Anadell
"Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
news:uQiISOcPIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the feedback Kurt,
>
> I've submitted for the Hotfix, when I get the link back and get it
> downloaded and installed I'll post back the results.
>
> Donald Anadell
>
>
> "Kurt Falde [MSFT]" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:OSCQt9bPIHA.5988@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Please try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942367 and let us know if this
>> resolves your issues.
>> Use the online request form to get the fix.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kurt Falde [MSFT]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
>> news:uBjUv7ZPIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Since this seems to be the Tread most relevant to the Urlmon.dll crashes
>>> in
>>> IE6 after applying KB942615 I'll post my experiences with this Patch
>>> here.
>>>
>>> In a home environment with Windows XP Home SP2 and IE6, I'm also
>>> experiencing random crashes of IE6 with urlmon.dll as the faulting
>>> module
>>> since manually installing this Update late Tuesday evening.
>>>
>>> The following screenshot depicts the Application errors in the Event
>>> Viewer
>>> that are incurred since installing this Update:
>>> http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/urlmonDllErrors.gif
>>>
>>> While they are random in nature, as you can see by the screenshot they
>>> are
>>> beginning to amass.
>>>
>>> This problem does not exist on the machines with IE7 and KB942615
>>> installed,
>>> only on the machine with IE6 and KB942615 installed.
>>>
>>> My two cents worth.
>>>
>>> Donald Anadell
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bill Drake" <bdrake@telus.net> wrote in message
>>> news:eOtTaEJPIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> When I installed the Patch Tuesday updates on my WXP Box
>>>> with MSIE6 installed. I had the same problems with IE6 startup
>>>> as others are mentioning in these newsgroups.
>>>>
>>>> Specifically, about 60% of the time, I would get an "Internet
>>>> Explorer has encountered a problem and must close" dialog.
>>>> I dutifully reported the failure to Microsoft and then repeatedly
>>>> tried reopening IE6 until it would successfully open.
>>>>
>>>> The above occurred when opening my default homepage,
>>>> which is "My MSN" - and is heavily customized.
>>>>
>>>> Cleaning my Internet Explorer Tempfolder and moving to a
>>>> blank opening page solved the problem. However, this was
>>>> not an acceptable solution.
>>>>
>>>> I then rebooted the machine, restored my default homepage
>>>> and tried opening IE6 again. Now, the machine is working
>>>> correctly, even after multiple open/close cycles.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suspect the KB942615 update should be coded to force a reboot
>>>> and does not. Consequently, some part of the update that requires
>>>> a reboot before the update is fully applied does not get done.
>>>>
>>>> As a result, installing this update without the reboot causes IE6
>>>> to run in a "half-updated/half-not-updated" mode - which causes
>>>> the problem described above to occur.
>>>>
>>>> For those experiencing this problem, please try moving to a blank
>>>> opening page - and then reboot your machine again after the
>>>> KB942615 update is installed. Once this is done, restore your
>>>> default homepage. See if this procedure resolves your problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best I can do for now. <tm>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
I received the KB942367 Hotfix and installed it along with the associated
Registry Tweak. Only some time and some heavy Browsing will tell if this
has fixed the Urlmon.dll crashing problem in IE6, so far so good but I'll
give it a few days to see how it goes.
I am a little bewildered as to the version of Urlmon.dll that remains in the
System32 folder and dllcache folder though after applying the hotfix. The
Article(KB942367) implies that the hotfix will install version 6.0.2900.3213
of urlmon.dll(or am I reading that wrong). However, after applying the
hotfix I'm still left with the version of urlmon.dll that was installed
KB942615 Cumulative Security Update, version 6.0.2900.3231.
Does this sound right to you, the hotfix should only patch the existing
urlmon.dll file as long as it is version 6.0.2900.3213(or higher), or is it
supposed to replace the existing version with a specific version? I
extracted all the files from the hotfix setup file and I don't see a
urlmon.dll file included in the setup, maybe it's just the geek speak in the
KB Article that has me looking for something that isn't supposed to be
there)
At any rate,
1. I applied the hotfix offered as you suggested.
2. Performed the Registry Tweak after installing the hotfix(per the
instructions the KB942367 Article).
3. After performing steps one and two, I'm left with urlmon.dll version
6.0.2900.3231 in both the System32 and dllcache folders.
LOL...I'll be glad when SP3 arrives, fixing Updates with hotfixes it taking
it to the extreme for my 60 year old brain
Thanks again for your assistance,
Donald Anadell
"Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
news:uQiISOcPIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the feedback Kurt,
>
> I've submitted for the Hotfix, when I get the link back and get it
> downloaded and installed I'll post back the results.
>
> Donald Anadell
>
>
> "Kurt Falde [MSFT]" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:OSCQt9bPIHA.5988@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Please try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942367 and let us know if this
>> resolves your issues.
>> Use the online request form to get the fix.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kurt Falde [MSFT]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
>> news:uBjUv7ZPIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Since this seems to be the Tread most relevant to the Urlmon.dll crashes
>>> in
>>> IE6 after applying KB942615 I'll post my experiences with this Patch
>>> here.
>>>
>>> In a home environment with Windows XP Home SP2 and IE6, I'm also
>>> experiencing random crashes of IE6 with urlmon.dll as the faulting
>>> module
>>> since manually installing this Update late Tuesday evening.
>>>
>>> The following screenshot depicts the Application errors in the Event
>>> Viewer
>>> that are incurred since installing this Update:
>>> http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/urlmonDllErrors.gif
>>>
>>> While they are random in nature, as you can see by the screenshot they
>>> are
>>> beginning to amass.
>>>
>>> This problem does not exist on the machines with IE7 and KB942615
>>> installed,
>>> only on the machine with IE6 and KB942615 installed.
>>>
>>> My two cents worth.
>>>
>>> Donald Anadell
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bill Drake" <bdrake@telus.net> wrote in message
>>> news:eOtTaEJPIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> When I installed the Patch Tuesday updates on my WXP Box
>>>> with MSIE6 installed. I had the same problems with IE6 startup
>>>> as others are mentioning in these newsgroups.
>>>>
>>>> Specifically, about 60% of the time, I would get an "Internet
>>>> Explorer has encountered a problem and must close" dialog.
>>>> I dutifully reported the failure to Microsoft and then repeatedly
>>>> tried reopening IE6 until it would successfully open.
>>>>
>>>> The above occurred when opening my default homepage,
>>>> which is "My MSN" - and is heavily customized.
>>>>
>>>> Cleaning my Internet Explorer Tempfolder and moving to a
>>>> blank opening page solved the problem. However, this was
>>>> not an acceptable solution.
>>>>
>>>> I then rebooted the machine, restored my default homepage
>>>> and tried opening IE6 again. Now, the machine is working
>>>> correctly, even after multiple open/close cycles.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suspect the KB942615 update should be coded to force a reboot
>>>> and does not. Consequently, some part of the update that requires
>>>> a reboot before the update is fully applied does not get done.
>>>>
>>>> As a result, installing this update without the reboot causes IE6
>>>> to run in a "half-updated/half-not-updated" mode - which causes
>>>> the problem described above to occur.
>>>>
>>>> For those experiencing this problem, please try moving to a blank
>>>> opening page - and then reboot your machine again after the
>>>> KB942615 update is installed. Once this is done, restore your
>>>> default homepage. See if this procedure resolves your problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best I can do for now. <tm>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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