Here's a couple of points to clear up several messages received;
1. To all those people who keep asking why 833989 appears as an IE update, its
because it is. Its the IE version of MS04-028. If you're running an OS which
doesn't have an OS version of GDI+ (e.g. Windows 2000), but you have IE 6
installed, WU will download the IE 6 version.
2. Windows XP Gold or XP SP1 *has* an OS version. So you don't need the IE 6
patch on XP, you need the XP patch. I have one report so far from Aras "Russ"
Memisyazici who says that applying the XP patch directly to an XP SP1 system
reports that its already "applied". Its possible this has to do with the fact
that Office on XP uses the XP OS version of GDI+. IOWs, if Office was updated
first on an XP Gold or SP1 system, its possible that the OS version of GDI+ was
updated, meaning when you then try the XP OS patch, it says its already
"applied"...just speculating.
3. So far its been difficult to determine whether WU is actually installing the
IE 6 version, or not. I believe it is, but if anyone out there has been to WU
(or SUS) with W2K and IE 6 and then run the GDI+ Detection Tool and had it say
they needed to update IE (with 833989), let me know.
4. I believe everyone gets the GDI+ Detection Tool.
5. The .Net Framework "patches" aren't, they're new SPs instead.
6. Office should be patched via OfficeUpdate. I'd appreciate hearing from
people who have been there (and not just WU). Did it work, didn't it, etc...
Cheers,
Russ - NTBugtraq Editor
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