Question re: M/S 10-10 Updates

I'm seeing a number of problems posted here that people are experiencing
after accepting the M/S Updates of Oct. 10. My question: "is it wise to wait
a few days for Microsoft to modify or correct the updates; or should I
install them and deal with the potential problems"? Please excuse me if this
is a "dumb" question, but I'd really rather not create a bunch of problems
for myself to fix if it's not really necessary.

Milt

Milt wrote:
> I'm seeing a number of problems posted here that people are
> experiencing after accepting the M/S Updates of Oct. 10. My
> question: "is it wise to wait a few days for Microsoft to modify or
> correct the updates; or should I install them and deal with the
> potential problems"? Please excuse me if this is a "dumb" question,
> but I'd really rather not create a bunch of problems for myself to
> fix if it's not really necessary.

You are on a public newsgroup where people post about problems - not success
stories.

Don't base your choice on one side of the coin. While it is true that if
you sit in a hospital emergency room, you are more likely to see more
automobile accident victims in one day that you have in a year - you
shouldn't choose to *not drive* because of it.

Having said that - I usually side with 'caution' when it comes to MS
patches. If you have a secure system, good firewall and you don't do stupid
things on the Internet - you could probably have gotten away without ever
getting a single patch... However - since I know I will "slip up" sometime
more than likely - I get the patches but just wait a week or more after they
are released to do so. This gives me time to review the newsgroups for
problems/solutions... Read up on the various news sites, technical sites and
listen to other people/system administrators about their experiences before
I install it on my system(s) as well as those of my customers...

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks for the reply Shenan. Yes, I do run a both software and hardware
firewalls, AV software and Spyware software. I usually take updates a day or
two after they're released. But this time it seems a fair number of people
are having some serious problems. So I'm inclined to hold off for a while. I
was interested in seeing if anyone had more info. on what's going on.

Milt

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Milt wrote:
> > I'm seeing a number of problems posted here that people are
> > experiencing after accepting the M/S Updates of Oct. 10. My
> > question: "is it wise to wait a few days for Microsoft to modify or
> > correct the updates; or should I install them and deal with the
> > potential problems"? Please excuse me if this is a "dumb" question,
> > but I'd really rather not create a bunch of problems for myself to
> > fix if it's not really necessary.
>
> You are on a public newsgroup where people post about problems - not success
> stories.
>
> Don't base your choice on one side of the coin. While it is true that if
> you sit in a hospital emergency room, you are more likely to see more
> automobile accident victims in one day that you have in a year - you
> shouldn't choose to *not drive* because of it.
>
> Having said that - I usually side with 'caution' when it comes to MS
> patches. If you have a secure system, good firewall and you don't do stupid
> things on the Internet - you could probably have gotten away without ever
> getting a single patch... However - since I know I will "slip up" sometime
> more than likely - I get the patches but just wait a week or more after they
> are released to do so. This gives me time to review the newsgroups for
> problems/solutions... Read up on the various news sites, technical sites and
> listen to other people/system administrators about their experiences before
> I install it on my system(s) as well as those of my customers...
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Milt,

No definitive info on "what and why issues" has been forthcoming.
Strongly suggest you install this update as there is active exploitation
of it's vulnerability circulating on the net :
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-057
Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote Execution (923191)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS06-057.mspx

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Milt wrote:

> Thanks for the reply Shenan. Yes, I do run a both software and hardware
> firewalls, AV software and Spyware software. I usually take updates a day or
> two after they're released. But this time it seems a fair number of people
> are having some serious problems. So I'm inclined to hold off for a while. I
> was interested in seeing if anyone had more info. on what's going on.
>
> Milt
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
>
>>Milt wrote:
>>
>>>I'm seeing a number of problems posted here that people are
>>>experiencing after accepting the M/S Updates of Oct. 10. My
>>>question: "is it wise to wait a few days for Microsoft to modify or
>>>correct the updates; or should I install them and deal with the
>>>potential problems"? Please excuse me if this is a "dumb" question,
>>>but I'd really rather not create a bunch of problems for myself to
>>>fix if it's not really necessary.
>>
>>You are on a public newsgroup where people post about problems - not success
>>stories.
>>
>>Don't base your choice on one side of the coin. While it is true that if
>>you sit in a hospital emergency room, you are more likely to see more
>>automobile accident victims in one day that you have in a year - you
>>shouldn't choose to *not drive* because of it.
>>
>>Having said that - I usually side with 'caution' when it comes to MS
>>patches. If you have a secure system, good firewall and you don't do stupid
>>things on the Internet - you could probably have gotten away without ever
>>getting a single patch... However - since I know I will "slip up" sometime
>>more than likely - I get the patches but just wait a week or more after they
>>are released to do so. This gives me time to review the newsgroups for
>>problems/solutions... Read up on the various news sites, technical sites and
>>listen to other people/system administrators about their experiences before
>>I install it on my system(s) as well as those of my customers...
>>
>>--
>>Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>>--
>>How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>>
>>

Thanks for the comment Mow. As it turns out, the posting of problems seems to
have subsided so I went ahead and took the updates today. I cleared all
caches first and defragged. I also shut down my AV protection while
installing. Everything went fine; no problems.

Milt

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Milt,
>
> No definitive info on "what and why issues" has been forthcoming.
> Strongly suggest you install this update as there is active exploitation
> of it's vulnerability circulating on the net :
> Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-057
> Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote Execution (923191)
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS06-057.mspx
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> Milt wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply Shenan. Yes, I do run a both software and hardware
> > firewalls, AV software and Spyware software. I usually take updates a day or
> > two after they're released. But this time it seems a fair number of people
> > are having some serious problems. So I'm inclined to hold off for a while. I
> > was interested in seeing if anyone had more info. on what's going on.
> >
> > Milt
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Milt wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm seeing a number of problems posted here that people are
> >>>experiencing after accepting the M/S Updates of Oct. 10. My
> >>>question: "is it wise to wait a few days for Microsoft to modify or
> >>>correct the updates; or should I install them and deal with the
> >>>potential problems"? Please excuse me if this is a "dumb" question,
> >>>but I'd really rather not create a bunch of problems for myself to
> >>>fix if it's not really necessary.
> >>
> >>You are on a public newsgroup where people post about problems - not success
> >>stories.
> >>
> >>Don't base your choice on one side of the coin. While it is true that if
> >>you sit in a hospital emergency room, you are more likely to see more
> >>automobile accident victims in one day that you have in a year - you
> >>shouldn't choose to *not drive* because of it.
> >>
> >>Having said that - I usually side with 'caution' when it comes to MS
> >>patches. If you have a secure system, good firewall and you don't do stupid
> >>things on the Internet - you could probably have gotten away without ever
> >>getting a single patch... However - since I know I will "slip up" sometime
> >>more than likely - I get the patches but just wait a week or more after they
> >>are released to do so. This gives me time to review the newsgroups for
> >>problems/solutions... Read up on the various news sites, technical sites and
> >>listen to other people/system administrators about their experiences before
> >>I install it on my system(s) as well as those of my customers...
> >>
> >>--
> >>Shenan Stanley
> >> MS-MVP
> >>--
> >>How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> >>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
>