Unhose your Domino, QuickPlace, DWA web applications: IE Update 912945 removal
Category NoneA few days ago, I posted a bit about Microsoft's update site containing a MAJOR PAIN IN THE KEESTER update that renders certain embedded elements on web pages quite difficult to use. The seemingly innocuous update, #912945, is Microsoft's belated technology response to losing a lawsuit to Eolas Technologies. Well, that and $560 million. Even rock stars don't make that much.
Since it screwed up QuickPlace, DWA, and Domino applications - ones that have embedded view, outlines, Java action bars, etc etc, I'm going to show you how to uninstall the update. At least until it's removed from IE altogether. If Eolas wants to send me ONE TENTH OF ONE PERCENT of their settlement to run my company for a year, I'll happily remove this post. I'm not watching the mail.
My opinion on the matter is pretty clear - Eolas patented obvious technology, something we in the industry have come to loath. Then ten years later, Microsoft released an update for which they had all manner of time to adjust their own web-based applications and site to accommodate, but left ISVs like IBM Lotus hanging. Not playing nicely!
Removing Update 912945 is simple. From the control panel, choose "Add/Remove Programs". Then, click the checkbox in the upper right corner labeled "Show updates". This will show software updates from Microsoft.
The update we want to remove is #912945.
During removal, the removal wizard will display status using a screen like this. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
The user may receive warnings about other updates or programs that are installed that may be affected by removing update 912945. For each update that may be affected, the user should consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com, using the update number as a search term. The user must determine whether "affecting" the listed update is of concern to them.
My screen shows below. Update 904942 was an update for Microsoft Outlook Express and Outlook. Like I give an airborne rodent's buttocks. The Microsoft Tool Web Package is a utility I downloaded to prevent performance monitoring. And because it had the word tool. Neither is important to me (but they probably kept working).
Once the update has been removed, a restart of the computer is required. IE will begin functioning as it did before the update, and all affected ActiveX, Flash, Sun JVM, Acrobat and other programs will work as they did before the update from Microsoft.
Comments
Posted by Volker Weber At 03:19:11 PM On 03/24/2006 | - Website - |
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/03/25/423116.aspx
One other thing to note. Everyone should know that the security update addressing this vulnerability is a cumulative update that contains all previous security updates for Internet Explorer, new security updates for issues unrelated to the current attacks, as well as minor non-security related changes to how Internet Explorer handles some Web pages that use ActiveX controls.
Scheduled for April 11th...or sooner. This could get ugly...
Posted by Rod Stauffer At 06:01:58 PM On 03/26/2006 | - Website - |
One thing I find particularly irratating is that if a QuickPlace by default uses an ActiveX control for access to attachments when the document is in read mode but the control does not really provide a great deal of functionality that you would not get from a normal link to the file.
In our installation we have many more readers than authors, so this ends up with many users with ActiveX problems who just want to download attachments. However if you turn off ActiveX for the site you loose the useful functionality from ActiveX in edit mode.
I have an idea that with some changes to Haikucommonforms you could replace the html which displays the ActiveX control in read mode and use javascript to subsitute links to the attachments - has anyone tried this ?
Posted by Patrick Lambourne At 08:07:17 AM On 03/27/2006 | - Website - |
Rock on Rob.
Posted by Jerry At 01:07:01 PM On 03/28/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Amy Blumenfield At 04:55:22 PM On 03/29/2006 | - Website - |
We just fought to keep QP as a tool at work..this is all we need for the whole issue to flare up again.
Posted by Kurt B At 09:14:30 PM On 04/01/2006 | - Website - |
Thanks for the info though
Posted by Zach Sheldon At 05:36:30 PM On 04/18/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Zach At 06:29:52 PM On 04/18/2006 | - Website - |
Lets see I've been designing webpages for over 10 years now and I'm supposed to go back on over half of them and add some javascript to fix this problem. YEAH RIGHT! then if by some chance this problem is fixed I'm supposed to go back and undo everything I made changes to again. Didnt think I'd ever utter these words but I'm officially done with Internet EXPLODER!!!!! THE ULITMATE SOLUTION.... BUY A MACINTOSH AND YOU WONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS SHIT ANYMORE!
Posted by Cameron At 01:56:54 PM On 04/19/2006 | - Website - |
"The problem is that this is happening even though neither Microsoft update KB912945 or KB912812 are installed on the system. So there is another MS update that is causing this message to occur. I'm not sure how much more clearly I can describe this to you since it's been so adequately described in IBM Technotes."
So, is there another specific update that causes this behaviour on XPSP2? Thanks!
Posted by Chris Whisonant At 04:01:12 PM On 10/02/2006 | - Website - |