CAPICOM security update

Just curious... I have WinXP Home on my desktop computer and WinXP Pro on my
laptop, both SP3. I've installed the same software on both machines. This
week's Patch Tuesday updates for the laptop included "Security Update for
CAPICOM (KB931906)," but the updates for the desktop didn't. I Googled
CAPICOM, and it looks like something to be used by application developers.
Any idea of why I would be getting an update for it on one computer but not
the other?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:

> Just curious... I have WinXP Home on my desktop computer and WinXP Pro on my
> laptop, both SP3. I've installed the same software on both machines. This
> week's Patch Tuesday updates for the laptop included "Security Update for
> CAPICOM (KB931906)," but the updates for the desktop didn't. I Googled
> CAPICOM, and it looks like something to be used by application developers.
> Any idea of why I would be getting an update for it on one computer but not
> the other?

Because only the laptop has software installed that uses CAPICOM. Likely this
is software related to a device that only the laptop has, e.g., the touchpad or
the battery.

Harry.

"Harry Johnston [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Jo-Anne wrote:
>
>> Just curious... I have WinXP Home on my desktop computer and WinXP Pro on
>> my laptop, both SP3. I've installed the same software on both machines.
>> This week's Patch Tuesday updates for the laptop included "Security
>> Update for CAPICOM (KB931906)," but the updates for the desktop didn't. I
>> Googled CAPICOM, and it looks like something to be used by application
>> developers. Any idea of why I would be getting an update for it on one
>> computer but not the other?
>
> Because only the laptop has software installed that uses CAPICOM. Likely
> this is software related to a device that only the laptop has, e.g., the
> touchpad or the battery.
>
> Harry.

Thank you, Harry! I hadn't even thought of devices unique to the laptop...

Jo-Anne