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MS07-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

Article ID:937143
Last Review:February 20, 2008
Revision:6.3
Notice
The update that this article describes has been replaced by a newer update. To resolve this problem, install the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To install the most current update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com)
For more technical information about the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx)
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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS07-045. 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 one of the following Microsoft Web sites:
Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200708.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200708.mspx)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx)

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Known issues with this security update

Controls that prompt before they are loaded

Note This issue occurs on Web sites that do not use the recommended techniques. This issue is resolved by using the techniques that are described on the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate (http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate)
When certain controls are loaded on a Web page, the controls are not correctly masked by the functionality of this update. These controls include controls that are used in Macromedia Shockwave Director, in QuickTime Player, and in Virtools Web Player. When Windows determines that a control is inactive, the system prompts the user before the control is loaded.
In Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel lists software updates. These software updates are listed under the name of the product to which the updates apply. In Windows XP with SP2, Add or Remove Programs lists this update under Windows XP - Software Updates.
Using 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)
937905 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937905/) Description of the Input Method Editor (Korean) 2007 hotfix package: July 7, 2007
You may receive an error message that resembles the following when you try to visit a Web page in Windows Internet Explorer 7:
Webpage cannot be displayed
For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
942818 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942818/) Error message after you install a Windows Internet Explorer 7 update from Windows Update or from Microsoft Update: "Webpage cannot be displayed"

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Non-security-related fixes that are included in this security update

 
941495 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941495/) Internet Explorer increases the per-domain cookie limit from 20 to 50

General distribution release (GDR) fixes
937053 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937053/) When you copy text from a Rich Text box in InfoPath on a computer that has Internet Explorer 7 installed, the pasted text unexpectedly appears inside a table cell
936953 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936953/) FIX: The item may not be selected when you use the windowless SELECT control to create a list in Internet Explorer 7
936904 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936904/) Error message when you open a Web page in Windows Internet Explorer 7: "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"
936882 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936882/) FIX: An access violation may occur and you may receive an error message when you open a Web page that uses SSL in Internet Explorer 6
935777 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935777/) FIX: The buffer size of the InternetQueryOptionW function is half of its actual size if you use INTERNET_OPTION_URL as the second parameter in Internet Explorer 7
935776 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935776/) FIX: The InternetQueryOptionW function returns a value of true when you use the INTERNET_OPTION_URL option flag as the second parameter in Internet Explorer 7
935775 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935775/) You receive a script error in Internet Explorer 7 when you include certain characters to specify a window name parameter in the "Window.Open" method
935579 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935579/) FIX: When you access an external document by using a link in an inline frame in Internet Explorer 7, the value of the document object is returned as "undefined"
933133 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933133/) When you try to use Internet Explorer 7 to download a file from a Web page, the file name changes
933014 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933014/) FIX: An application uses the Favorites folder of Internet Explorer 7 as the root directory when the application calls the "DoOrganizeFavDlg" function
932044 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932044/) A Web site cannot set a cookie if the Domain attribute is in uppercase characters and has an odd number of characters in Internet Explorer 7
932043 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932043/) A Web site cannot set a cookie if the Domain attribute is in uppercase characters and has an odd number of characters in Internet Explorer 6
935575 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935575/) FIX: When you try to use Windows Internet Explorer 7 to display a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file on a local computer, Internet Explorer 7 cannot display the SVG file
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.

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APPLIES TO
Windows Internet Explorer 7, when used with:
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  Windows Vista Ultimate
  Windows Vista Enterprise
  Windows Vista Business
  Windows Vista Home Premium
  Windows Vista Home Basic
  Windows Vista Starter
  Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
  Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition
  Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition
  Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
  Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1, when used with:
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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