Microsoft
plans to re-issue a security patch for its Windows operating system that
caused
serious
headaches for some users. The MS06-015 security update was released last
week, but Microsoft customers soon reported that it was causing applications to
crash thanks to a conflict between the patch and NVidia's video drivers and
Hewlett-Packard's Share-to-Web photo-sharing software. The new update is
presently being tested, and is expected to be released next Tuesday, the same
day that Microsoft is scheduled to release its non-security updates for the
month. The update will also provide an automated way of fixing the Windows
registry configuration database on affected systems, a work-around that had been
previously suggested by Microsoft.