BugNet Top 20 Software Bug Fixes

Here are some of the more dangerous, comic or widespread bugs affecting PCs right now, selected from among thousands of entries in the BugNet BugMaster Database.

Picture It! 2000Microsoft says in Picture It! 2000 the steps for "Create a new folder" in the Catalog Help topic aren't accurate. An existing folder can be cataloged, but creating a new folder in the Picture It! 2000 catalog isn't possible.

Picture It! 2000

With all the grandeur and hope that ushers in spring, who would expect creating a twelve month calendar project using the Cherry Blossom Calendar template in Microsoft Picture

Norton Internet Security 2000

Your user NetBIOS name may be available on your Internet Service Provider's network, unless the workaround provided is applied to Symantec Norton Internet Security 2000 (for all supported platforms).

ACT! 2000Using the Internet Directory in ACT! 2000 or 4.0 - PC (for all supported operating systems) to find contacts in the Yahoo! directory, may trigger the message: "Could not complete search of Yahoo! Directory. Reason: unknown", says Computer Associates. A fix at the time of this writing wasn't available. Users can still access the Bigfoot directory. If a glitch is encountered, try connecting at various times throughout the day, or try a direct connection to Bigfoot. Here's how: 1) Open the browser, key in ldap://ldap.bigfoot.com, and Enter, and; 2) Launch ACT! and use the Internet Directory lookup with Bigfoot.

InDesign 1Adobe InDesign 1.x menus may not work as expected under some Macintosh Appearance themes. A change from the Appearance theme to Apple Platinum or Gizmo squashes this bug.

QuickBooks

2000Before upgrading to Windows 2000, rename the Intuit QuickBooks 2000 QBCONV32.DLL file. Unless you rename it, the Windows 2000 Readiness Analyzer can't complete the install on a Windows 95 or 98 system. Once the install is complete, you'll have to rename the file back to qbconv32.dll to keep QuickBooks happy.

Internet Explorer 5Without write permissions to an FTP site, when a program makes that second FtpOpenFile function call to a file on a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0 may hang. Microsoft has a fix, but at the time of this writing, it wasn't fully regression tested. Therefore, they suggest applying it only if the problem causes major difficulties. For the fix, head over to Microsoft Product Support. Services

WinFax PRO 10Across all supported platforms, once Microsoft Word 2000 is shut down, WinFax PRO 10.0 may generate this message, says Symantec: "Changes have been made that affect the global template, Normal.dot. do you want to save those changes?" At the time of this writing a solid fix wasn't available, but a workaround which entails disabling the Save prompt from appearing in Microsoft Word 2000 .

Combat Flight SimulatorDo you have an AGP video adapter installed on your Windows system, and does Combat Flight Simulator hang within the first five minutes of play time? If so, Microsoft says, the problem is the AGP adapter.

Internet Explorer 5.5An empty placeholder may appear where a graphic is anticipated if a file is opened that includes a graphic referenced in Vector Markup Language (VML) tags, and then is saved to a new location as a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file, and subsequently opened from the new location in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 5.5 for Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, NT and 2000. Don't expect a fix or workaround -- these versions weren't designed to savegraphics referenced in VML tags. So, Don't Do That!

Internet Explorer 5.5Does this sound familiar? A keyword is typed into a text input box to search an index in Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, NT 4.0 and ME, but the arrow keys don't seem to be able to move the cursor around the input box? At this point a fix isn't in, but the mouse can still maneuver, or navigate using the END, HOME, and BACKSPACE keys.

Internet Explorer 5.01

where you'll find the latest Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack for Windows 95, 98, 98, NT 4.0, and 2000. It fixes the vulnerability that allows a Web site to retrieve cookies that weren't created by that Web site from your computer, says Microsoft.

Macromedia Fireworks 3.0Be forewarned -- Macromedia Fireworks 3.0 may crash on startup in a Windows 98 or 95 environment that is beefed up with more than 256MB of RAM. A permanent fix: Upgrade to a later version.

Norton AntiVirus 2000Beware the witching hour! If Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2000 for Windows 95 or 98 is installed, and Auto-Protect is enabled, the chances that your system may come to a screeching halt on any given day at 11:59 P.M. are good. Doing a Ctrl+Alt+Del maneuver to open the Close Program box, generates the error, "Msgsrv32.exe (Not responding)", requiring a reboot. Symantec Technical Support was alerted of this glitch after the June 16, 2000 and June 19, 2000 virus release definitions. Since then, new definitions that resolve the problem have been posted to Symantec's LiveUpdate. Look for a date after 10 P.M. PST, June 21, 2000 or later to eliminate any chance of a recurrence.

Norton Ghost 2000 Personal EditionThe error message, "(15173) FAT32 detected but not assigned to MBR", may display in Symantec Ghost 2000 Personal for Windows 95 and 98 when users select a drive to create an image, to clone directly, or to check the drive integrity with Ghost. The fix: Run any disk utility -- if errors exist, they'll be repaired.

Internet Explorer 5.5Currently the Autocomplete feature on the address bar in Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, and NT 4.0, doesn't complete a LOCAL intranet URL. However, the feature does prompt users with possible URLs when an Internet URL is entered. For now, users will have to type the entire intranet URL to work around this flub.

Internet Explorer 5.5To add a component to Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 in Windows 2000, the approved method is to use the Add/Remove tool located in the Control Panel. But in IE 5.5, the Add component may be missing if the browser was downloaded in Windows 2000. Apparently, this curious behavior is by design, and the additional components are available at the Windows

WindowsMicrosoft says visiting a Web page containing a JavaScript Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an IMG (image) tag could create the perfect set of conditions for a malicious web site operator to view files on an unsuspecting user's system. To get a handle on this vulnerability, head over toInternet Explorer 5An "ImportExportFavorites" vulnerability rears its ugly head in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5 for these operating systems only: Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0. In this case, a malicious Web site operator has an opportunity to take any action on the computer that the user would be capable of taking. Disabling Active Scripting in IE 5 puts the kibosh on any attempts by unwelcome visitors.