Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP: KB824141

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About this download: A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it. To attempt an attack, the attacker would have to be able to log on to the computer. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Download: Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP: KB824141

View: Microsoft Security Bulletin

General: Made improvements to overall performance and stability

Mail:

· Added support for multiple @msn.com and @hotmail.com accounts

· Found and fixed bugs that could prevent sending &/or receiving email

· Improvements on shutdown so that it happens as expected in all cases

· Added the “Report SPAM” feature

· Added a new “share photos” button in mail view in order to improve visibility of this feature

· Improvements to the import wizard

· Clean-up work on the Junk Mail Filter dialogs

· Several improvements to POP3 support

· Improvements in email toast content

Email Compose:

· Found and fixed bugs that could prevent MSN Photos by Mail from sending &/or receiving

· Made general improvements to Compose user interface

· Better accelerator key support in context menus when composing email

· Improvements in saving photo layout as draft

· Improved progress indicators when saving or sending large email messages

Dashboard:

· General UI fixes and improvements

· Photo slideshow improvements

· Improved MSN Money favorites font colors

· Eliminated duplicate alerts in the Alerts fly out

Calendar:

· Added more stickers for the calendar

· Appointments no longer overlap in the Month view

· Invites no longer get junked when junk filter is set to “strong”

· General improvements to custom note support for calendar sharing invites

Parental Controls

· Added more detailed error messaging when Parental Control Service not available error occurs

· Significantly improved the sign-in customer experience, providing better information when Internet connectivity is not available vs. parts of the service being unavailable frame

· Improved roaming of settings

· Several improvements to the Navigation bar button links Help

· Lots of improvements to Pane Help…too many to mention here

Address Book:

· Ability to expand a group in the To, Cc or Bcc field by clicking on it

· More consistent support of navigation via keyboard in address book

· Enhanced roaming support for address book user settings

· More consistent management of contacts between MSN Explorer and MSN Messenger

· Better management of conflict on Add Contact

· Cleaned up the address book User Interface

· Better communication of errors and how to resolve them

· Allowing use of only birth month and year when entering a birthday

· Support resizing columns in the Address Book on Win 9x

(1 reply) #1 donachello on 30 Oct 2003 - 14:34

Not again...? how many is this now I have lost count...

#1.1 Fowen on 30 Oct 2003 - 15:51

QUOTE

Microsoft re-issued this bulletin on October 29, 2003 to advise on the availability of an updated Windows XP patch. This revised patch corrects the Debug Programs (SeDebugPrivilege) user right issue that some customers experienced with the original patch that is discussed in Knowledge Base Article 830846. This problem is unrelated to the security vulnerability discussed in this bulletin, however the problem has caused some customers difficulty installing the patch. If you have previously applied this security patch, this update does not need to be installed.

This is a patch they released LAST WEEK, but people had problems installing it, or shoing it as being installed, so they released a fixed version. If you have already installed the patch before, and it sdoes not show up on Windows update, your fine.

#2 [yt] on 30 Oct 2003 - 14:36

Thanks for the info.

#3 Foo Fighter on 30 Oct 2003 - 14:47

Hmm...doesn't appear on the Windows Update site. Hope that means it automatically installed on my system.

#4 g33kb0y on 30 Oct 2003 - 14:49

#5 warr on 30 Oct 2003 - 15:03

I thought they only relase SECURITY patches in the middle of the month?

(2 replies) #6 FuLLm0On on 30 Oct 2003 - 15:04

what a stupid patch...

To attempt an attack, the attacker would have to be able to log on to the computer.

if they can login, then a patch wont do ****.....

format c: is still format c:

#6.1 Spyder on 30 Oct 2003 - 15:35

what i gather is that theres a security hole that lets the person in, and then to really exploit it, they need to be able to login. so this patch closes the door before they can even reach the login part.

so i dunno..doesn't seem stupid to me

#6.2 mattboy_slim on 31 Oct 2003 - 01:31

Except for the fact that "format c:" won't work with someone logged on

#7 KevinRGood on 30 Oct 2003 - 15:33

" A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it." What's new?
Can we have WinXP SP2 already?

#8 HoriZon-UK on 30 Oct 2003 - 17:36

I have the original 15th Oct patches installed like many others does this mean when I come to update a "new" patch it will hang as it says in 830846 or will they install fine as the pc has been fine since applying these patches 2 weeks ago.

No wonder people get so bloody confused with M$ releasing the same patches over and over again

#9 tronmaster on 30 Oct 2003 - 17:39

Gah!! My eyes burn from all of these security patches....

Oh well.....

#10 pc2100ddr on 30 Oct 2003 - 20:09

how is this NEWS only NOW? i've had this patch installed exactly 2 weeks ago (oct16)!

#11 Davey on 30 Oct 2003 - 23:59

VOODOOOOOOOOOOOO

Next time, you might want to state it in the title Security Update REVISION for Microsoft Windows XP: KB824141 etc

State it is a REVISION as thats what it is. I recieved this info a couple days ago, but posting here without the wording REVISION will just confuse people.

If you wish to subscribe to Microsoft Security Bulletin in which they will send you emails for when there is a security alert/patch/REVISION, go here
http://register.microsoft.com/subscription/subscribeme.asp?id=166
Note, MS WILL NEVER send a patch/file in the email. All relevant info about the Security Emailing System can be found
http://www.microsoft.com/security/

Last edited by 18699 on 31 Oct 2003 - 00:18

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