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MS05-054: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

Article ID:905915
Last Review:December 3, 2007
Revision:3.5
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Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-054. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200512.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200512.mspx)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-054.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-054.mspx)
For more information about the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889100/) How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

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Notes

Update rollup 905915 includes the cumulative security fixes that are documented in security bulletin MS05-054. The update rollup also includes hotfixes for Microsoft Internet Explorer that were released after the release of security bulletin MS04-004 and of security bulletin MS04-038.
If update rollup 873377, update rollup 889669, or an Internet Explorer hotfix that was released after security bulletin MS04-038 are not installed, and if you want to install the hotfixes that are included in update rollup 905915, you must follow the instructions in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 897225. Otherwise, all Internet Explorer hotfixes that you have installed are removed.
897225 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897225/) How to install hotfixes that are included in cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
The update rollup 905915 installer verifies whether one or more of the files that are being updated on the computer have previously been updated by an Internet Explorer hotfix. However, the installer detects only hotfixes that were released after security bulletin MS04-038, after update rollup 873377, or after update rollup 889669. Therefore, if you have installed update rollup 873377, update rollup 889669, or an Internet Explorer hotfix that was released after update rollup 873377, the update rollup 905915 installer automatically installs the hotfixes and the security updates that are included in update rollup 905915.
As of this release, there is no longer a package that is designed specifically for SMS deployment in the following mixed environments:
Microsoft Windows NT 4 and Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows NT 4 and Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 can be deployed in these environments. This Internet Explorer service pack only targets systems that have Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed

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The following software updates are included in all the security update 905915 packages:
904161 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904161/) FIX: You receive a "Page cannot be displayed" error message in Internet Explorer 5.01 in the hour before system uptime reaches 49.7 days
905297 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905297/) Internet Explorer 6 may stop responding when you use it to load a child window
908233 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908233/) Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 may stop responding when you repeatedly click the Delete command button

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Known issues

In Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel lists software updates. Add or Remove Programs lists software updates under the name of the product to which the updates apply. In Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Add or Remove Programs lists this update under Windows XP - Software Updates. In Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Add or Remove Programs does not show "Installed On" information for this software update. Therefore, this software update does not appear in the order of installation. Instead, this software update appears at the top of the Windows XP – Software Updates list.
After you install this security update, chapters in some Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) DVDs do not play when you click the chapters in Microsoft Windows Media Player. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
884487 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884487/) A chapter does not play when you click it in some WMV HD DVD disks in Windows Media Player
ActiveX controls may not load as you expect in Internet Explorer. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
909889 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909889/) ActiveX controls may not load as expected in Internet Explorer due to defense in depth changes introduced in cumulative security update 896688 (MS05-052)
A Web page that contains an ActiveX control may not load as you expect in Internet Explorer. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
909738 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909738/) A Web page that contains a custom ActiveX control may not load as expected in Internet Explorer due to defense in depth changes introduced in cumulative security update 896688 (MS05-052)
The use of monikers is no longer supported in Internet Explorer. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
906294 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906294/) The use of monikers is no longer supported in Internet Explorer after installing the security updates provided by cumulative security update 896727 (MS05-038)

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
  Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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