Don't step on cracks in the sidewalk.
Throw spilled salt over your left shoulder.
Uninstall the temporary patch first.

Just in case.

All of the above recommendations have the same amount of basis in fact.
NONE.

To "get it" you have to understand the way each of the two patches function.
There is no chance for confusion between the patches because of the
different approach each takes to avoiding the problem.

Meanwhile, I would advise anyone avoid leaving a window, however small,
during which a system is unprotected.  Just in case the person who's
applying the new patch gets distracted after uninstalling the interrim
patch.

If you're sure there's no chance of distraction, then do it however you
want, and be comfortable in your superstitions.

Carl


-----Original Message-----
From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Stephen Bird
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: WMF security patch released

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:09:11 -0500, Carl Houseman wrote:

>As I pointed out previously, that is NOT necessary.  Please read my earlier
>post and reference in this thread.

Although the direction about uninstalling, before/after, comes from the
trusted
source who provided the initial patch, perhaps it is worthwhile installing a
new
patch to an unpatched system just in case there is some confusion caused
by/to the
patches. If an uninstall before the new patch doesn't cause a problem, then
why not
then versus an uninstall after the new patch. FWIW, I uninstalled the first
patch
and then installed the MS patch... so far, so good. :-)
-- 
cheers, Stephen

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