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Oct 23

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Oct 23

A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the “mhtml:” URI handler. This can be exploited to access documents served from another web site.

You can read more about it by clicking here.

Oct 22

I recently ran into this error on a PC I was working on it. It seemed very cryptic and I wanted to address it here for those who might run into it in the future.

This was happening when running an installation of new software.

Cause

This error is known to occur when the file “stdole*.*” is missing from the Windows\System folder of the target machine. For example, this file is entitled “stdole32.tlb” and is located in the WINNT\System32 folder on Windows 2000 machines. This error only occurs in InstallScript MSI project types.

Resolution

To resolve this error message, manually copy the “stdole*.*” file for your specific operating system to the Windows\System folder. For additional information on which specific file is used for your operating system, refer to the Microsoft DLL Help Database. In the Microsoft DLL Help Database Search field, enter stdole*. This shows all stdole* files. The More Information link indicates which Microsoft products install that version of the file. You can then copy over the needed file from that Microsoft product installer.

For example, searching for “stdole32.tlb” indicates that this file is installed with Microsoft Access 2000 among other applications. Therefore, I can launch Access 2000 in repair mode to restore this file to its proper location.

More information on this error can be found here.

Oct 19

Chris, has recently noticed a new virus being delivered via email to look like a security update. Read about here and be on the look out.

Oct 18

IE 7 is now available for download. Want to be one of the first, I will wait a bit, get it here.

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