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• New cumulative update KB 4491113 for IE in Win7 and 8.1 fixes the backslash bug

  Posted on February 21, 2019 at 12:53 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft broke IE’s behavior earlier this month. With the update released yesterday, it’s fixed… but under odd circumstances.

  Here’s the bigger picture.

  This month’s Patch Tuesday patches for Win7 and 8.1 contained this weird, acknowledged, bug:

  After installing this update, Internet Explorer may fail to load images with a backslash (\) in their relative source path.

  That bug, and several others, were fixed in this week’s Monthly Rollup preview patches – but those aren’t distributed through normal channels. You have to wait until next month, when the Monthly Rollup Preview patches will (presumably) be added to the March Monthly Rollups.

  Here’s where things get weird. On Feb. 19, Microsoft released a Cumulative update for Internet Explorer: February 19, 2019, a silver bullet patch with the sole intent:

  This cumulative update includes improvements and fixes for Internet Explorer 11 that is running on Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, and resolves the following issue:

  Internet Explorer cannot load images that have a backslash (\) in their relative sources path.

  So we have a cumulative update, KB 4491113, that fixes a bug introduced in this month’s Monthly Rollups, but which is also fixed in this month’s Monthly Rollup previews. The previews fix other bugs as well, but I guess this one was problematic enough to warrant a single silver bullet.

  @PKCano has added the appropriate admonitions to the “Group B” AKB 2000003 list.

  Windows Patches/Security IE 11, KB 4491113

• IE 11 will not download files

  Posted on May 4, 2016 at 14:23 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Okay, I’m stumped. JF wrote to me with a problem:

  I’m a tech, and I recently have had several computers with the same problem – Internet Explorer couldn’t download or looked like it was downloading and then crashed (“couldn’t download file”, “Internet Explorer has stopped”).  Either adware or malware makes configuration changes that persist, even after they are removed. This is particularly troublesome with Internet Explorer, since there is no real way to uninstall and re-install, and the reset option doesn’t always do the trick…

  The only response I get from the computer when attempting to download and save or run a file, e.g. an .mpg (will automatically run when double clicked using Windows Media Player, but will not save the file), pdf, or any other file is “The file couldn’t be downloaded”. This message happens either immediately, or the download progress bar shows the active download up to 99%, then it stops and I receive the message. As I stated, this only is happening with IE, not Chrome.
   
  I am at a loss and would really like to get to the bottom of this, and it seems there are many out there who need the same.

  He’s run Malwarebytes. I suggested that he run the Farbar Recovery Scan tool. He sent me a lengthy report, but still no luck.

  Anybody out there have an idea?

  Other download, IE 11

• IE11 still zaps Windows 7 gadgets

  Posted on March 4, 2014 at 03:28 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I thought we were beyond this stage, but nooooo…

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows News Gadgets, IE 11

• Thinking about installing IE 11 on your Win7 machine?

  Posted on November 18, 2013 at 21:12 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  ‘Blurry fonts’ bug KB 2670838 persists with IE11 and Windows 7

  InfoWorld Tech Watch 

  Windows Patches/Security fuzzy fonts, IE 11, KB 2670838, Windows 7

• Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 problems – and Adobe Flash updates

  Posted on November 15, 2013 at 07:08 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This just in from EP:

  Adobe has released new security updates for Flash Player versions 11.7 and 11.9 for Windows in Adobe security bulletin APSB13-26: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-26.html

  There are some problems with Internet Explorer 11 under both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

  First problem – Google and Outlook Web Access don’t seem to work correctly with IE11 on Win8.1 as mentioned at The Register site: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/21/internet_explorer_11_breaks_google_outlook_web_access/

  Second problem – blurry fonts occurring on IE11 on Win7 SP1 as mentioned in this recent Softpedia.com article: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Internet-Explorer-11-for-Windows-7-Blurry-Font-Issues-398251.shtml

  In short, those using any version of Windows with Adobe Flash Player should install the most recent flash player security updates. And those using Windows 7 should be using either IE9 or IE10 but do not upgrade Internet Explorer to IE11 until the problems with IE11 get resolved.

   Thanks, as always, EP!

  Windows Patches/Security Flash, IE 11, Internet Explorer 11