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Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Security Rollup Update

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  • Version: 6
  • Product: Developer Tools
  • Language: English

A security issue has been identified that could compromise your Windows-based system running Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft.

This package updates the Microsoft Windows Common Controls, mscomctl.ocx and comctl32.ocx, found in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6. This package will not install these Common Controls if the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE is not installed. This package cannot be uninstalled. Please refer to the security bulletin for additional details.

The Visual Basic 6.0 IDE is no longer supported as of April 8, 2008, however, the Visual Basic team is committed to “It Just Works” compatibility for Visual Basic 6.0 applications. Please refer to this Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708.

To ensure you have the latest update, please check http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957924.

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Files
VB60SP6-KB2708437-x86-ENU.msi
  • SHA1: a15014cd5839c39ff7749e87b754e576910d949a
  • Size: 9.25 MB

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System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Visual Basic 6.0 IDE

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Additional Information

Please see the Knowledge Base Articles KB2708437 for more information.

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