Article ID: 926857 - Last Review: December 15, 2008 - Revision: 3.2 MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files: December 9, 2008Microsoft has released cumulative update 957924 for the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6) Runtime Extended Files. This cumulative update contains all the fixes in security update 926857 and includes several other stability fixes and performance fixes for the ActiveX controls that are included in the Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files. Additionally, the ActiveX controls that are included in this cumulative update will be the baseline for any future updates for these ActiveX controls. This includes security updates and hotfixes for these ActiveX controls. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you install cumulative update 957924 to have the latest supported baseline for these ActiveX controls.
For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 957924
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957924/
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Description of the cumulative update rollup for the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files
On This PageINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-070. To view
the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:
How to obtain help and support for this security updateFor home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support Web site:http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4
(http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4)
North American customers can also obtain instant access to
unlimited no-charge e-mail support or to unlimited individual chat support by
visiting the following Microsoft Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552
(http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552)
For enterprise customers, support for security updates is
available through your usual support contacts. MORE INFORMATIONTo install this security update, you must have at least
Windows Installer 3.1 or a later version installed on the computer. To obtain the latest
version of Windows Installer for the computer, visit the following Microsoft
Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4)
Update removal informationThis update cannot be removed after it is installed. This behavior is similar to other previously released updates for Visual Basic 6.0 components.Command-line switches for this updateFor information about the command-line switches that this update supports, see Microsoft security bulletin MS08-070. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-070.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-070.mspx)
There is also a document that describes these switches on the MSDN Web site. To view this document, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988.aspx
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988.aspx
)
The Windows Installer MSDN Web site has more information about Windows Installer. To view this information, visit the following MSDN Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367449.aspx
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367449.aspx
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Known issues with this security updateAfter you install this update, you may receive the following error message when you try to edit the properties of the ActiveX control, Mswinsck.ocx (Winsock Control):
Out of memory
960128
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960128/
)
Error message when you right-click the Mswinsck.ocx ActiveX control (Winsock Control) after you install security update KB926857
FILE INFORMATION The English (United States) version of this security update
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