KB968389 for Vista?

I have this computer's windows update to notify me but not to download. The
updates include "Windoes Update for Vista (KB968389) Important from 8/11.
when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a different
version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may
not be relevant to you."

Ya Think?? I have Windows Vista Home Basic SP1, IE8.

Why is this appearing in the WU if it doesn't apply to Vista? And yes its
from 8/11 and I haven't applied it because this support page also says to
mess with registry keys to enable this "Extended Protection". This is a
business computer (yup with home basic, lol) and I am not going to mess with
registry keys.

Thanks
Jud

Correction, this has SP2.

"Jud" wrote:

> I have this computer's windows update to notify me but not to download. The
> updates include "Windoes Update for Vista (KB968389) Important from 8/11.
> when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
> exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a different
> version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may
> not be relevant to you."
>
> Ya Think?? I have Windows Vista Home Basic SP1, IE8.
>
> Why is this appearing in the WU if it doesn't apply to Vista? And yes its
> from 8/11 and I haven't applied it because this support page also says to
> mess with registry keys to enable this "Extended Protection". This is a
> business computer (yup with home basic, lol) and I am not going to mess with
> registry keys.
>
> Thanks
> Jud

Jud wrote:
> I have this computer's windows update to notify me but not to download.
> The
> updates include "Windoes Update for Vista (KB968389) Important from 8/11.
> when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
> exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a
> different
> version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article
> may
> not be relevant to you."
>
> Ya Think?? I have Windows Vista Home Basic SP1, IE8.
>
> Why is this appearing in the WU if it doesn't apply to Vista? And yes its
> from 8/11 and I haven't applied it because this support page also says to
> mess with registry keys to enable this "Extended Protection". This is a
> business computer (yup with home basic, lol) and I am not going to mess
> with
> registry keys.

Jud wrote:
> Correction, this has SP2.

Wouldn't over-think it.

As I see it -you have two choices.

1) Download the patch for your operating system and install it.
2) Right-click, hide, move on.

According the the article, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389, and the
information you provided about your OS (the corrected or original
information - either work for this); you would download from the following
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...c-de2a1497dcfd

I would call the notification you are seeing a mistake. After all - look at
the link i just gave you for downloading/installing the given patch
manually. It says, "Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows
Vista Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Service Pack 2" --> you qualify/should
likely install it.

In the end - it's up to you though.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Jud stated:

> This is a business computer

Is it on a network at work or is it a business computer used at home?

> when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
> exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a different
> version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may
> not be relevant to you."

LOL. There are a number of reasons why the message appeared. Don't worry
about the page not detecting that the system is running Vista. Be happy
it didn't detect it as a Mac. <g>

From the Security Advisory page:

" The update itself does not directly provide protection against
specific attacks such as credential forwarding, but allows applications
to opt-in to Extended Protection for Authentication. This advisory
briefs developers and system administrators on this new functionality
and how it can be deployed to help protect authentication credentials. "

If your *not* a developer or a sys admin, I see no harm in hiding the
update and forgetting about it.
It's strictly for developers and sys admins. It should never have been
pushed out via automatic updating to millions of Typical Home Users who
have no inclination to edit the registry so that the update's protection
is enabled.


MowGreen
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

banthecheck.com
"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked"






Jud wrote:

> Correction, this has SP2.
>
> "Jud" wrote:
>
>
>>I have this computer's windows update to notify me but not to download. The
>>updates include "Windoes Update for Vista (KB968389) Important from 8/11.
>>when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
>>exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a different
>>version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may
>>not be relevant to you."
>>
>>Ya Think?? I have Windows Vista Home Basic SP1, IE8.
>>
>>Why is this appearing in the WU if it doesn't apply to Vista? And yes its
>>from 8/11 and I haven't applied it because this support page also says to
>>mess with registry keys to enable this "Extended Protection". This is a
>>business computer (yup with home basic, lol) and I am not going to mess with
>>registry keys.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Jud

Thank you for your reply. Sorry to take so long replying back but the
"Notify" didn't "Notify" me. :)

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Jud wrote:
> > I have this computer's windows update to notify me but not to download.
> > The
> > updates include "Windoes Update for Vista (KB968389) Important from 8/11.
> > when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
> > exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a
> > different
> > version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article
> > may
> > not be relevant to you."
> >
> > Ya Think?? I have Windows Vista Home Basic SP1, IE8.
> >
> > Why is this appearing in the WU if it doesn't apply to Vista? And yes its
> > from 8/11 and I haven't applied it because this support page also says to
> > mess with registry keys to enable this "Extended Protection". This is a
> > business computer (yup with home basic, lol) and I am not going to mess
> > with
> > registry keys.
>
> Jud wrote:
> > Correction, this has SP2.
>
> Wouldn't over-think it.
>
> As I see it -you have two choices.
>
> 1) Download the patch for your operating system and install it.
> 2) Right-click, hide, move on.
>
> According the the article, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389, and the
> information you provided about your OS (the corrected or original
> information - either work for this); you would download from the following
> link:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...c-de2a1497dcfd
>
> I would call the notification you are seeing a mistake. After all - look at
> the link i just gave you for downloading/installing the given patch
> manually. It says, "Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows
> Vista Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Service Pack 2" --> you qualify/should
> likely install it.

I think I more or less agree it being a mistake. Looking at your link I see
it does say for my OS-- but -- if the click that KB968389 in the download
section, it goes to that article with the ! reference again.
>
> In the end - it's up to you though.

I think I'll hide it. Especially after reading Mow Green's reply below.
Thanks so much.

Jud

Thanks for your reply.

"MowGreen" wrote:

> Jud stated:
>
> > This is a business computer
>
> Is it on a network at work or is it a business computer used at home?

It is networked but a stand alone work station at work. I am the IT for my
own computer. LOL.


> > when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
> > exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a different
> > version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may
> > not be relevant to you."
>
> LOL. There are a number of reasons why the message appeared. Don't worry
> about the page not detecting that the system is running Vista. Be happy
> it didn't detect it as a Mac. <g>

I am, I am. That's funny.

> From the Security Advisory page:
>
> " The update itself does not directly provide protection against
> specific attacks such as credential forwarding, but allows applications
> to opt-in to Extended Protection for Authentication. This advisory
> briefs developers and system administrators on this new functionality
> and how it can be deployed to help protect authentication credentials. "
>
> If your *not* a developer or a sys admin, I see no harm in hiding the
> update and forgetting about it.
> It's strictly for developers and sys admins. It should never have been
> pushed out via automatic updating to millions of Typical Home Users who
> have no inclination to edit the registry so that the update's protection
> is enabled.

Thank you. I had a feeling something just wasn't quite right. I am not a
sys admin or a developer.....really. lol. Like Shenan Stanley said above,
a "mistake". I like that. MS? Noooo. I will hide it.

Thanks so much for your reply.

Jud
>
> Jud wrote:
>
> > Correction, this has SP2.
> >
> > "Jud" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have this computer's windows update to notify me but not to download. The
> >>updates include "Windoes Update for Vista (KB968389) Important from 8/11.
> >>when I click View Details and more information, it goes to
> >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389. At the very top it has an
> >>exclamation mark in a circle and says: "! This article applies to a different
> >>version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may
> >>not be relevant to you."
> >>
> >>Ya Think?? I have Windows Vista Home Basic SP1, IE8.
> >>
> >>Why is this appearing in the WU if it doesn't apply to Vista? And yes its
> >>from 8/11 and I haven't applied it because this support page also says to
> >>mess with registry keys to enable this "Extended Protection". This is a
> >>business computer (yup with home basic, lol) and I am not going to mess with
> >>registry keys.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Jud
> .
>