There have been a number of hotfixes made availble for Windows Vista since its launch, but today marks the first time a security update has been issued for Windows Vista as well. This patch, which recieved a "Critical" rating from Microsoft, is an out of band release due to the fact that exploits are circling around in the wild should be applied as soon as possible. I encorage everyone to run Windows Update.
There is one known issue currently that affects users of the Realtek HD audio control panel applet.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925902
Known issues:
After you install this security update on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based computer, Realtek HD Audio Control Panel (Rthdcpl.exe) may not start. Additionally, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
Rthdcpl.exe - Illegal System DLL Relocation
The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL C:\Windows\System32\Hhctrl.ocx occupied an address range reserved for Windows system DLLs. The vendor supplying the DLL should be contacted for a new DLL.
The Realtek HD Audio Control Panel may not start, and you receive an error message when you start the computer: "Illegal System DLL Relocation."
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448/
This problem may occur after you install security update 925902 (MS07-017) and security update 928843 (MS07-008). The Hhctrl.ocx file that is included in security update 928843 and the User32.dll file that is included in security update 925902 have conflicting base addresses. This problem occurs if the program loads the Hhctrl.ocx file before it loads the User32.dll file.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-apr.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx
Posted
Apr 03 2007, 11:40 AM
by
Josh Phillips
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