Friday 17 October 2014

Internet Explorer IE9 Unable to Display Page After Microsoft Updates Oct 2014 (Internet Explorer can not display the website)

After updating to install the latest critical updates and patches from Microsoft I found that my Internet Explorer browser gave the message:

  Internet Explorer can not display the website

There were a number of Critical patches affecting Internet Explorer released in October 2014 as part of their routine Patch Tuesday monthly update cycle so one of these fixes must have affected the way Internet Explorer works as other people have had the same error message.

Browsing the web with Google Chrome was fine yet all IE9 tabs were showing the same message and unable to display the website. The solution was to reset Internet Explorer settings. 

Click on the Cog icon or Tools - Internet Options then the Advanced tab and at the bottom click on the RESET button. 



You'll get a warning but make sure you don't click/tick the Delete Personal Settings box or you'll lose your favourites and bookmarks. Leaving it unticked means they will be retained.

Internet Explorer can not display the website
Internet Explorer can not display the website
Once you have reset you should fine that Internet Explorer can now display pages and websites correctly without the error message being shown.

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Microsoft Critical Patch Updates - Oct 2014 - Remote Code Execution

There are some very serious Microsoft critical patches that are being released on 14 Oct 2014. These affect all versions of Windows including presumably Windows XP that is no longer being patched.



Bulletin IDMaximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability ImpactRestart RequirementAffected Software
Bulletin 1Critical
Remote Code Execution
Requires restartMicrosoft Windows,
Internet Explorer
Bulletin 2Critical
Remote Code Execution
May require restartMicrosoft Windows,
Microsoft .NET Framework
Bulletin 3Critical
Remote Code Execution
Requires restartMicrosoft Windows
Bulletin 4Moderate
Elevation of Privilege
May require restartMicrosoft Windows,
Microsoft Office
Bulletin 5Important
Remote Code Execution
May require restartMicrosoft Windows
Bulletin 6Important
Remote Code Execution
May require restartMicrosoft Office,
Microsoft Office Services,
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Bulletin 7Important
Elevation of Privilege
Requires restartMicrosoft Windows
Bulletin 8Important
Elevation of Privilege
Requires restartMicrosoft Windows
Bulletin 9Important
Security Feature Bypass
May require restartMicrosoft Developer Tools


https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-oct