=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Cushing => Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 09:16 => To: [email protected] => Subject: Re: [NF] MS06-049 may corrupt compressed folders => => Ted Roche wrote: => > Heads-up: => > => > => > Slashdot post: => > => > "MS06-049 Causing Silent Data Corruption. Uncle Mike => writes "It looks => > like there is a problem with the recently released => MS06-049 / KB920958 => > patch. If you have compression activated on any folder, then the => > compressed data is at risk from corruption. New files that => are close => > to a multiple of 4K in size will have their last 4,000 bytes or so => > overwritten with 0xDF. Although this problem has been reported to => > Microsoft, as yet there appears to have been no official => announcement. => > " => > => > http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/21144036/article.pl => >
=> Not really ever had a need to turn on compression and for => the following => reasons: => - I didn't trust it (even more so now) => - It must surely degrade performance as the OS must => uncompress things as you need to use them. => - Hard disk space is very cheap - Don't be a tight wad and => buy a new disk. => => Just my .02 ;-) => => Peter => >From the M$ Security Bulletin 06-049 Affected Software: * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 - Download the update Non-Affected Software: * Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition The software in this list has been tested to determine whether the versions are affected. Other versions either no longer include security update support or may not be affected. To determine the support life cycle for your product and version, visit the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Web site =========================================================================================== IMHO ... Automatic file compression can be a lifesaver if you suddenly run out of space on your thumb drive or Windows partition on your hard drive. It can give you the breathing space you need until a permanent solution is available. I have never had any problems with it in terms of data integrity or speed. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
