Vista: Can’t spellcheck ‘Klum’ and ‘Friendster’? HELP is ON THE WAY!

Posted under Blog Posts, Healthcare I.T., Software Design

I am quasi-religious when it comes to installing updates and patches on my Vista Ultimate laptop as they come down the pike from Microsoft Update.  Once a week on the unoffical “Patch Tuesday/Wednesday,” my system tray icon dutifully notifies me that there are updates available.  I usuall do not read the details, but today was different for some reason.

I was amused to read the details of KB Article 955020:  (From the Microsoft Knowledge Base KB:

In Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008, when you check the spelling of English language text in an application that uses the English dictionary, all the following words cannot be recognized and are flagged as being misspelled:

•	Friendster
•	Klum
•	Nazr
•	Obama
•	Racicot

Well, now that I have installed the update to fix that problem, I can rest easy tonight!