This update arrived on two machines on the network here, a standard XP SP2 box and a Tablet PC also running XP SP2. Post arrival, I lost outbound e-mail from either Outlook or Outlook Express - on both machines. An unpatched machine had no problem. The network here is connected to the Internet over wet string via ICS on Win98 with a software firewall (SP2 firewall is also on). The only solution I found was to uninstall 893066 at which point all outbound mail was fine again - with 893066 I had no other Internet connectivity problems so a fix to cure DoS attacks gave me a DoS attack.
If anyone can enlighten me as to a method whereby 893066 can be installed but keep my outbound mail, let me know. How are you supposed to report these adventures to MS?
A recent update (a couple of issues ago I think) caused two (different) machines to be completely hosed (they were both shutdown while the updates hadn't been completely downloaded, wanted permission to install updates before shutdown, which they got, and then didn't like the slow connection) - a system restore, boot into safe mode and all sorts of messing about was the only way out. I am beginning to gbet well fed up with Windows Update.
If Scoble or anyone at MS is listening; my mother wouldn't be able to cope with this; it is getting to the point that I cannot trust Windows Update which is rather ironic since most of the updates are probably coming about through MSs 'trustworthy' computing mantra.