Microsoft 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 Description of the cumulative update rollup for the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft 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 update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft UpdateSecurity solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and SupportHelp protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware:Virus Solution and Security CenterLocal support according to your country: International Support

More Information

To 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/download/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4

Update removal information

This 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 update

For 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 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 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

Known issues with this security update

After 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

For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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 has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use theTime Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

File Name

Version

Date

Time

Size

Comct232.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:41

87,859

Comct232.dep

10-Oct-2008

18:51

2,495

Comct232.ocx

6.0.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

170,584

Mschrt20.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:42

453,997

Mschrt20.dep

10-Oct-2008

18:59

2,494

Mschrt20.ocx

6.1.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

1,030,984

Mscomct2.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:42

336,516

Mscomct2.dep

10-Oct-2008

18:54

2,494

Mscomct2.ocx

6.1.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

656,200

Msdatgrd.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:42

134,545

Msdatgrd.dep

10-Oct-2008

18:59

2,514

Msdatgrd.ocx

6.1.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

279,368

Msflxgrd.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:42

113,567

Msflxgrd.dep

09-Oct-2008

23:45

2,494

Msflxgrd.ocx

6.1.98.11

10-Oct-2008

20:36

259,912

Mshflxgd.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:42

209,282

Mshflxgd.dep

10-Oct-2008

19:06

2,524

Mshflxgd.ocx

6.1.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

444,504

Msmask32.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:41

91,429

Msmask32.dep

10-Oct-2008

18:55

2,494

Msmask32.ocx

6.1.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

179,528

Mswinsck.cab

10-Oct-2008

20:41

65,565

Mswinsck.dep

10-Oct-2008

18:57

2,463

Mswinsck.ocx

6.1.98.12

10-Oct-2008

20:36

128,840

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