I can personally attest to to the dangers of downloading a patch just because it is rated "critical" by Microsoft. I accidentally got then .NET Framework 3.5 Update, even though I did not need it nor wanted it, because it was lumped in with the "critical" security patches a couple of months ago.
Windows Secrets Newsletter (http://www.windowssecrets.com/) in their June 4, 2009 edition, has an article by Brian Livingston which discusses the Firefox add-ons for .NET Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in. Once added by the .NET Framework patch, the plug-in is not removable. And to remove the Extension component is a living Hell, consisting of three "prerequisite" patches, followed by a which only allows the Extension to be removed, leaving the WPF plug-in stubbornly staring at you. Aggravating does not even begin to describe the situation!
Well, that just goes to show you that even without a warning from Woody Leonhard or the team at Windows Secrets, READ EVERYTHING before patching at MS Updates! Automatic Updates is for chumps, and the computer you PWN may be your own!!
And please, please do not apply the Vista SP2 update! That one should be allowed to age for at least a couple of more months, and by that time, why not just upgrade to Windows 7 and avoid the hair-tearing and teeth-gnashing altogether!
As always, the opinions expressed here are striclty my own, and do not represent Windows Secrets Newsletter nor AskWoody.com.
-- LittleWolf --
Last Edited by LittleWolf, Sun., Dec. 6, 2009, 2:58 PM CST .
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