Wed, Mar 11 2009 21:26
bradley
Getting hotfixes without a 'request hotfix' link trick
So in the comments tonight....
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/03/11/1672221.aspx
Thanks for all the info.
M$ WTF? Why do I have to call for the fix for their crap. I have the "support" but it still gets me mad that I see something along the lines of "Costs may be blah...". It is a problem with their patch darnit. Anyway...
Could I just uninstall the .NET Package or am I still infected by the fix would you think?
Would you be so kind and send me the fix? That would be great. Thanks again and TIA for any further information or help.
mslomanski @lhf "dot" biz
Dude you don't CALL, you request it automagically and it gets emailed to you IMMEDIATELY. And Hotfixes are ALWAYS a free call. They Attorneys make them say that. But even if you don't see a "request hotfix" button there's a trick to getting it.
Requesting MS hotfixes online has changed slightly - new way of generating a request - Aaron Tiensivu's Blog:
http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1746-Requesting-MS-hotfixes-online-has-changed-slightly-new-way-of-generating-a-request.html
First you find the section where it points to the hotfix page...
To resolve this problem, install the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article on the Exchange Client Access server: 952883 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952883/ ) FIX: The return type or the out argument of an ASMX service method that includes a property that has an internal setter may not be serialized on a computer that has the .NET Framework installed
Ah ha you say to me, there's no link? No prob, you cheat and put in the KB number in this generic hotfix request url like Aaron shows:
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=[KBnumber]&kbln=[KB language
You then get a eula page, click through, enter in the email address and voila, you should have gotten it in your inbox.
If you didn't holler back.
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