Microsoft KB Archive/946627

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Internet Explorer 6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2

Article ID: 946627

Article Last Modified on 12/21/2007

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APPLIES TO

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

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SYMPTOMS

On a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 crashes when you try to a visit a Web site. This problem occurs after you install security update 942615 (MS07-069).

Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Internet Explorer. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
To see what data this error report contains, click here.

The error report contains the following error-signature information.

Application Name	Application Version	Module Name	Module Version	Offset
iexplore.exe	6.0.2900.2180	urlmon.dll	6.0.2900.3231	0003b5ce

WORKAROUND

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the 946627 package now.

Release Date: December 20, 2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

When this problem occurs, the following errors are written to the Application log by Windows Error Reporting:

Date: Date
Time: Time
Type: Error
User: N/A
Computer: Computer name
Source: Application Error
Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Description: Faulting application Iexplore.exe, version 6.00.2900.2180, faulting module Urlmon.dll, version 6.0.2900.3231, fault address 0x0003b5ce.

Date: Date
Time: Time
Type: Error
User: N/A
Computer: Computer name
Source: Application Error
Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Description: Fault bucket 564261486

Update 946627 enables hotfix 942367 by adding a DWORD value named * that has a value of 1 to the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_PROTECT_DECOMPRESSION_FILTER_FROM_ABORT_KB942367

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

942367 On a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer that has certain cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer installed, Internet Explorer 6 may stop responding when you try to visit a Web site

For more information about security bulletin MS07-069, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

942615 MS07-069: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

Similar problems and solutions

[GRAPHIC: Guided Help] to troubleshoot similar problems.

Self-help steps for beginning to intermediate computer users are available to troubleshoot similar problems at the following Microsoft Web site:

[GRAPHIC: Link ]Troubleshoot Internet Explorer stop or crash problems

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