Microsoft KB Archive/890208

= FIX: Clicking a SELECT HTML element that is in a drop-down list may cause Internet Explorer 6 to crash =

Article ID: 890208

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional

 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002

 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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SYMPTOMS
You may make multiple changes to a SELECT HTML element that is in a drop-down list on a Web page. When you do this on a computer that is running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, you may experience a crash in Internet Explorer.

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CAUSE
This problem occurs if the SELECT HTML element in the drop-down list does not have the correct focus.

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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
You must have Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version         Size      File name 07-Dec-2004 00:24  6.00.2800.1483  2,697,728 Mshtml.dll <div class="status_section">

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbfix kbbug kbie600presp2fix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB890208

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