Microsoft KB Archive/896727

= MS05-038: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer =

Article ID: 896727

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86) Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86) Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition</li> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems</li> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)</li> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition</li> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition</li> Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition</li> Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition</li> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when used with: <ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems</li></ul> </li> Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1, when used with: <ul> Microsoft Windows XP Professional</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition</li></ul> </li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, when used with: <ul> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Professional</li></ul> </li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005</li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition</li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005</li> <li>Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server</li> <li>Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server</li> <li>Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition</li> <li>Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4</li> <li>Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li> <li>Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition</li> <li>Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul>

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Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-038. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the update rollup. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites: <ul> <li>Home users:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200508.mspx

</li> <li>IT professionals:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-038.mspx

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Notes <ul> <li>Update rollup 896727 includes the cumulative security fixes that are documented in security bulletin MS05-038. The update rollup also includes hotfixes for Microsoft Internet Explorer that have been released after the release of security bulletin MS04-004 and of security bulletin MS04-025.</li> <li>If update rollup 873377, update rollup 889669, or an Internet Explorer hotfix that was released after security bulletin MS04-038 is not installed, and if you want to install the hotfixes that are included in update rollup 896727, you must follow the instructions in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 897225. Otherwise, all Internet Explorer hotfixes that you have installed will be removed.

897225 How to install hotfixes that are included in cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

The update rollup 896727 installer verifies whether one or more of the files that are being updated on the computer have previously been updated by an Internet Explorer hotfix. However, the installer detects only hotfixes that were released after security bulletin MS04-038, after update rollup 873377, or after update rollup 889669. Therefore, if you have installed update rollup 873377, update rollup 889669, or an Internet Explorer hotfix that was released after update rollup 873377, the update rollup 896727 installer automatically installs the hotfixes and the security updates that are included in update rollup 896727.</li> <li>A Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) deployment version of this update rollup is available.

For more information about this version, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

903741 A Systems Management Server deployment package is available that includes security update MS05-038 for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

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Software updates that are included in the 896727 update rollup <ul> <li>

330628 Internet Explorer may not use the default system printer if you change printers

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816506 Internet Explorer or Outlook Express quits unexpectedly with an error in Mshtml.dll

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871205 HTTP decompression may fail using Chunked Encoding and HTTPS

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889960 Images that are part of a VML shape element may not be displayed correctly in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

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890207 FIX: The submit action does not execute in an Adobe Acrobat 6.0 PDF file that is hosted in an Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 frame window

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893371 Internet Explorer crashes if you click a button or scroll the view in Office InfoPath 2003

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891768 How to use a script to install the Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 password synchronization component on a domain controller

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897169 FIX: The history for the current day (Today) is not cleared when you programmatically clear the history in Internet Explorer 6 S897169 or a later version

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899102 Internet Explorer 6 stops responding, and you receive an access violation error message when you try to view a Web page that contains a .jpeg file

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899284 FIX: An unhandled access violation may occur in the Mshtml.dll file when you use the IAccessible functions to retrieve information in Internet Explorer 6 S899284

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899812 You receive an &quot;Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close&quot; error when you use Internet Explorer 6 to view a Web page that hosts an ActiveX control

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901116 You receive a &quot;Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close&quot; error when you try to open a Web page in Internet Explorer 6 with Service Pack 1

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Known issues <ul> <li>In Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel lists software updates. Add or Remove Programs lists software updates under the name of the product that they update. In Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Add or Remove Programs lists this update under Windows XP - Software Updates. But in Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Add or Remove Programs does not show Installed On information for this software update. Therefore, this software update does not appear in the order of installation. Instead, this software update appears at the top of the Windows XP – Software Updates list.</li> <li>After you install this security update, a chapter in some Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) DVDs does not play when you click the chapter in Microsoft Windows Media Player.

For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

884487 A chapter does not play when you click it in some WMV HD DVD disks in Windows Media Player

</li> <li>The use of monikers is no longer supported in Internet Explorer.

For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906294 The use of monikers is no longer supported in Internet Explorer after installing the security updates provided by cumulative security update 896727 (MS05-038)

</li> <li>The child window may open in the full width of the screen in Internet Explorer with Service Pack 1.

For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

915113 FIX: A child window may open in the full width of the screen when you use the Window.Open method and you specify a window width that is larger than the width of the screen in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

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Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbsecurity kbsecbulletin kbsecvulnerability kbbug kbfix kbpubtypekc KB896727

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