Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:51px; left:507px' class="ft8"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Problem Solving:Windows NT/2000</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:103px; left:197px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Important</b> <b>NT</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:153px; left:175px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Security</b> <b>Patches</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:248px; left:86px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Hotfixes</b></i> <i><b>appear</b></i> <i><b>in</b></i> <i><b>between</b></i> <i><b>service</b></i> <i><b>packs.</b></i> <i><b>We</b></i> <i><b>explain</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>simplest</b></i> <i><b>way</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>install</b></i> <i><b>large</b></i> <i><b>numbers</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:268px; left:94px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>of</b></i> <i><b>fixes,</b></i> <i><b>and</b></i> <i><b>discuss</b></i> <i><b>which</b></i> <i><b>fixes</b></i> <i><b>exist</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>help</b></i> <i><b>you</b></i> <i><b>plug</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>more</b></i> <i><b>important</b></i> <i><b>security</b></i> <i><b>loopholes.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:301px; left:575px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By Simon Pride</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:382px; left:77px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>I</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:96px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>n Windows NT Service Pack 4</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>not to risk, at best, accidentally down </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:466px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Times'><b>4</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Copy or move each hotfix .EXE file</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:96px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>[PCNA 102, File: E1708] we listed</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>grading a system's hotfix level or, at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>into its respective folder.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:96px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>several elements of Service Pack 4</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>worst, making the system unstable.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:466px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Times'><b>5</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Open a command prompt in each</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:422px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>that addressed security issues in NT.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:422px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The hotfix application tool HOT </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:422px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>folder in turn and issue the com </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>This article updates that list, surveying</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>FIX.EXE is of some help in listing the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>mand hotfixfile /X, where hotfix </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:446px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>security issues that have arisen or been</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:446px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>hotfixes already installed on a system,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:446px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>file is the name of the .EXE archive</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:458px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>discovered since then and detailing</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:458px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>but unfortunately only reports in </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:458px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>you downloaded in step 1 (these are</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:470px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>how to fix them. Many of these patches</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:470px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>stalled hotfixes by the Microsoft</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:470px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>often named after the Q article de </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:482px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>came out first as hotfixes, and were</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:482px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Knowledge Base Q article number that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:482px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>scribing them, eg, Q242294.EXE).</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:494px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>subsequently incorporated into the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:494px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>describes the problem.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:494px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>This will expand the archive into a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:506px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>next service pack.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:506px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The same information is available</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:506px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>set of installation files and the HOT </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:518px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Microsoft and other operating sys </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:518px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>by inspection of the registry key</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:518px; left:481px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>FIX.EXE program.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:530px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tem vendors react quickly to new secu </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:530px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rity</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:108px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>threats</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:154px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:177px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>their</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:213px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>products.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Hot </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>In the root of the hotfixes folder</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:554px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Microsoft, in particular, responds in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:554px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fix, where again the fixes are listed as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:554px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>create a .BAT or .CMD file which re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:567px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>two ways:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:567px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a series of subkeys named for the Q</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:567px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>sembles Figure 1.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:579px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>article number.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:579px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The z argument means do not re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:592px; left:77px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Service Packs are a regular series of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The hotfixes detailed below are all</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>boot when update completes and is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>software releases which address</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fully documented in Knowledge Base</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>vital in order for the batch process to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>bugs in the operating system and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>articles. To obtain a KB article, go to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>continue after each update. The m op </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:627px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>close security loopholes or vulner </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:627px; left:272px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>support.microsoft.com/support/kb </b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:627px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tion means run in unattended mode </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:639px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>abilities.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:639px; left:272px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>/articles/qxxx/x/xx.asp</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:639px; left:380px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>, where xxxxxx</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:639px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and requires no action by the user.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:652px; left:77px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:651px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Hotfixes are patches which address</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:651px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>is the six digit KB article number.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:651px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Run the file to apply the hotfixes.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:663px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a single bug or security issue and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:663px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Remember to construct the batch file</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:675px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>are released as interim fixes until</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:272px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Batch</b></i> <i><b>Processing</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:675px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>so that the fixes are applied in the cor </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:687px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the same protection can be supplied</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:687px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rect order.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:699px; left:92px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>via the next service pack.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:699px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Once you have identified which</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:699px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Once the last hotfix has completed</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:711px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>hotfixes to apply, there is another ob </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:711px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>you should reboot the computer. As</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Managing</b></i> <i><b>Hotfixes</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:723px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>stacle to easy management. The hotfix</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:723px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with service packs, if you add or alter</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:735px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>installation procedure will normally</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:735px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>any system component such that Win </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:747px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Managing hotfixes can be a difficult</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:747px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cause a reboot after each hotfix, which</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:747px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>dows NT prompts you for the original</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:759px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>task. The situation following the re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:759px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>makes upgrading a machine very</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:759px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>distribution CD, you will need to reap </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:771px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>lease of Service Pack 3 was a particu </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:771px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>time consuming. You can apply a se </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:771px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ply both the current service pack and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:783px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>larly trying one for the systems</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:783px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ries of hotfixes in a batch process from</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:783px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>any of its subsequent hotfixes again.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:795px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>administrator.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:795px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a server share or removable drive by</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:807px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Firstly, there were over 40 different</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:807px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the following procedure:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:809px; left:466px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Hotfixes</b></i> <i><b>For</b></i> <i><b>Security</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:819px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>hotfixes released between Service</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Packs 3 and 4 and, secondly, many of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:272px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Times'><b>1</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Download the .EXE files for all the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Let us now look at important secu </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:843px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the hotfixes were implemented as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:843px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>hotfixes you wish to apply.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:843px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rity related hotfixes in order, starting</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>changes to the same system component</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:272px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Times'><b>2</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Create a new folder called hot </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with those that came after Service Pack</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:867px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>such as TCPIP.SYS, the TCP/IP proto </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:867px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fixes .</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:867px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>4. Most of these are fixed in Service</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>col driver. This meant that the order in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:272px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Times'><b>3</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Within the new hotfixes folder, cre </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Pack 6, so if you don't want to install</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:891px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>which hotfixes were installed was ab </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:891px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ate one new folder for each hotfix to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:891px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>them separately you can simply up </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>solutely crucial if the administrator was</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>be applied.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>grade your machines to SP6.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:52px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Issue 118 (May 2000) page 3</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:617px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>File: P1718.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:944px; left:260px' class="ft7"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>