MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1: September 9, 2008

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-052. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx
  Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-052.mspx

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update

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Local support according to your country: International Support

Known issues with this security update

For more information about issues that may occur when you install this security update together with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: To install this security update, you must have at least Windows Installer 3.1 or higher installed on the computer. To obtain the latest version of Windows Installer for the computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Command-line switches for this security update

You can find information about the various command-line switches that are supported by this security update in security bulletin MS08-052 and on the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site: For more information about Windows Installer, visit the following MSDN Web site:

Update removal information

To remove this security update, use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.

File information

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.