KB951978 Doesn't Make Sense

[Guest Gis Bun]

Looking at KB951978 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978), it states the

update affects Vista SP1, Win 2K8 and Win XP SP3. Yet the first section

states that it doesn't apply. But there is an update only for

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en

[nothing shows up in the catalog for any OS]. If you try and install the

update, you get an error message that the version of IE is incorrect. Weird.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: KB951978 Doesn't Make Sense

 

Gis

 

"Yet the first section states that it doesn't apply." What dou mean?

 

In Regional and Language Options it is relatively easy to have differing

Language Selections ie. US and UK variants of English. It is in this

situation that the update is required.

 

Why do you think you need this update?

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Gis Bun wrote:

> Looking at KB951978 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978), it

> states the update affects Vista SP1, Win 2K8 and Win XP SP3. Yet the

> first section states that it doesn't apply. But there is an update

> only for

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en

> [nothing shows up in the catalog for any OS]. If you try and install

> the update, you get an error message that the version of IE is

> incorrect. Weird.

[Guest Gis Bun]

Re: KB951978 Doesn't Make Sense

 

 

Look at the lines:

 

"SYMPTOMS

You run VBScript or JScript scripts by using CScript or WScript on a

computer that is running one of the following products:• Windows Vista

Service Pack 1 (SP1)

• Windows Server 2008"

 

I don't see Windows XP anywhere there and yet it shows up in the "Applies to".

 

If the situation applied to let's say the UK English and not US English,

wouldn't it say so. And why then does it say the version of my IE is not what

it expected? The KB says nothing of which version this applies to. So that

should be irrelevant.

 

 

"Gerry" wrote:

> Gis

>

> "Yet the first section states that it doesn't apply." What dou mean?

>

> In Regional and Language Options it is relatively easy to have differing

> Language Selections ie. US and UK variants of English. It is in this

> situation that the update is required.

>

> Why do you think you need this update?

>

>

> --

>

>

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Gis Bun wrote:

> > Looking at KB951978 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978), it

> > states the update affects Vista SP1, Win 2K8 and Win XP SP3. Yet the

> > first section states that it doesn't apply. But there is an update

> > only for

> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en

> > [nothing shows up in the catalog for any OS]. If you try and install

> > the update, you get an error message that the version of IE is

> > incorrect. Weird.

>

>

>

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: KB951978 Doesn't Make Sense

 

Gis

 

I wouldn't read too much into the absence of Windows XP SP3 in the place

you mentioned. It is sprinkled throughout the KB Article so it obviously

applies. Whether you need it is another question?

 

Your problem with Internet Explorer reminds me of something included in

the SP3 release notes:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm#ID0EOB

 

Have you done a Repair Install recently?

 

There have been others with your problem:

http://snipurl.com/2k1hy [www_google_com]

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gis Bun wrote:

> Look at the lines:

>

> "SYMPTOMS

> You run VBScript or JScript scripts by using CScript or WScript on a

> computer that is running one of the following products:. Windows Vista

> Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> . Windows Server 2008"

>

> I don't see Windows XP anywhere there and yet it shows up in the

> "Applies to".

>

> If the situation applied to let's say the UK English and not US

> English, wouldn't it say so. And why then does it say the version of

> my IE is not what it expected? The KB says nothing of which version

> this applies to. So that should be irrelevant.

>

>

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>> Gis

>>

>> "Yet the first section states that it doesn't apply." What dou mean?

>>

>> In Regional and Language Options it is relatively easy to have

>> differing Language Selections ie. US and UK variants of English. It

>> is in this situation that the update is required.

>>

>> Why do you think you need this update?

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>>

>>

>> Hope this helps.

>>

>> Gerry

>> ~~~~

>> FCA

>> Stourport, England

>> Enquire, plan and execute

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>> Gis Bun wrote:

>>> Looking at KB951978 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978), it

>>> states the update affects Vista SP1, Win 2K8 and Win XP SP3. Yet the

>>> first section states that it doesn't apply. But there is an update

>>> only for

>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en

>>> [nothing shows up in the catalog for any OS]. If you try and install

>>> the update, you get an error message that the version of IE is

>>> incorrect. Weird.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: KB951978 Doesn't Make Sense

 

Gis

 

I didn't notice further down in the Release Notes posted as a link

earlier.

 

Scripting

If you change the regional and language options to a different setting

from those used when the service pack was installed, certain

region-specific aspects of Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)

(such as the DateValue() function) and Jscript (such as the

toLocaleString method) will not function correctly

 

This makes the issue clearer than in the Knowledge Base Article.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Gerry wrote:

> Gis

>

> I wouldn't read too much into the absence of Windows XP SP3 in the

> place you mentioned. It is sprinkled throughout the KB Article so it

> obviously applies. Whether you need it is another question?

>

> Your problem with Internet Explorer reminds me of something included

> in the SP3 release notes:

> http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm#ID0EOB

>

> Have you done a Repair Install recently?

>

> There have been others with your problem:

> http://snipurl.com/2k1hy [www_google_com]

>

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Gis Bun wrote:

>> Look at the lines:

>>

>> "SYMPTOMS

>> You run VBScript or JScript scripts by using CScript or WScript on a

>> computer that is running one of the following products:. Windows

>> Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)

>> . Windows Server 2008"

>>

>> I don't see Windows XP anywhere there and yet it shows up in the

>> "Applies to".

>>

>> If the situation applied to let's say the UK English and not US

>> English, wouldn't it say so. And why then does it say the version of

>> my IE is not what it expected? The KB says nothing of which version

>> this applies to. So that should be irrelevant.

>>

>>

>> "Gerry" wrote:

>>

>>> Gis

>>>

>>> "Yet the first section states that it doesn't apply." What dou mean?

>>>

>>> In Regional and Language Options it is relatively easy to have

>>> differing Language Selections ie. US and UK variants of English. It

>>> is in this situation that the update is required.

>>>

>>> Why do you think you need this update?

>>>

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Hope this helps.

>>>

>>> Gerry

>>> ~~~~

>>> FCA

>>> Stourport, England

>>> Enquire, plan and execute

>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>

>>> Gis Bun wrote:

>>>> Looking at KB951978 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978), it

>>>> states the update affects Vista SP1, Win 2K8 and Win XP SP3. Yet

>>>> the first section states that it doesn't apply. But there is an

>>>> update only for

>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en

>>>> [nothing shows up in the catalog for any OS]. If you try and

>>>> install the update, you get an error message that the version of

>>>> IE is incorrect. Weird.

[Guest Gis Bun]

Re: KB951978 Doesn't Make Sense

 

I guess I'll probably just ignore it then. I guess MS did not correctly word

this one....

 

"Gerry" wrote:

> Gis

>

> I wouldn't read too much into the absence of Windows XP SP3 in the place

> you mentioned. It is sprinkled throughout the KB Article so it obviously

> applies. Whether you need it is another question?

>

> Your problem with Internet Explorer reminds me of something included in

> the SP3 release notes:

> http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm#ID0EOB

>

> Have you done a Repair Install recently?

>

> There have been others with your problem:

> http://snipurl.com/2k1hy [www_google_com]

>

> --

>

>

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Gis Bun wrote:

> > Look at the lines:

> >

> > "SYMPTOMS

> > You run VBScript or JScript scripts by using CScript or WScript on a

> > computer that is running one of the following products:. Windows Vista

> > Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> > . Windows Server 2008"

> >

> > I don't see Windows XP anywhere there and yet it shows up in the

> > "Applies to".

> >

> > If the situation applied to let's say the UK English and not US

> > English, wouldn't it say so. And why then does it say the version of

> > my IE is not what it expected? The KB says nothing of which version

> > this applies to. So that should be irrelevant.

> >

> >

> > "Gerry" wrote:

> >

> >> Gis

> >>

> >> "Yet the first section states that it doesn't apply." What dou mean?

> >>

> >> In Regional and Language Options it is relatively easy to have

> >> differing Language Selections ie. US and UK variants of English. It

> >> is in this situation that the update is required.

> >>

> >> Why do you think you need this update?

> >>

> >>

> >> --

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Hope this helps.

> >>

> >> Gerry

> >> ~~~~

> >> FCA

> >> Stourport, England

> >> Enquire, plan and execute

> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> >>

> >> Gis Bun wrote:

> >>> Looking at KB951978 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951978), it

> >>> states the update affects Vista SP1, Win 2K8 and Win XP SP3. Yet the

> >>> first section states that it doesn't apply. But there is an update

> >>> only for

> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en

> >>> [nothing shows up in the catalog for any OS]. If you try and install

> >>> the update, you get an error message that the version of IE is

> >>> incorrect. Weird.

>

>

>