Urgent Patch for Visual Studio and Other Tools
- Author: Clive Chinery
- Published on August 4th, 2009
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Microsoft released two out-of-cycle patches on July 27, 2009, one for IE and one for Visual Studio. Microsoft normally only release patches on the second Tuesday of the month. Only urgent patches are issued outside this cycle, and these patches should normally be installed ASAP.
As of Aug 4th, there have been 192 reports of a problem with security patch VS90SP1-KB971092-x86.exe, whereby if C++ components were not installed with Visual Studio, the security patch will fail with the message “VC Libraries QFE Patch does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your system.”
To report the problem and to find a suggested workaround please go to:
Microsoft Connect have posted the following concerning this fix: “We are rerouting this issue to the appropriate group within the Visual Studio Product Team for triage and resolution. These specialized experts will follow-up with your issue.” However as of 4 August, no follow-up has been posted.
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