6 responses to “That Windows XP “Help Center” 0day”

1. 

   sanda July 5th, 2010 at 17:45

   My first “fix it”. Instructions nice and clear.
   Done.

2. 

   Bill July 6th, 2010 at 23:43

   Hi Bill,

   What does this “fix-it” thing actually do?

   I actually have the Help Service set to “manual” and not “automatic”, so would this issue still affect me? Would I still need to do the “fix-it”?

   If so, would I need to reset the Help Service back to “automatic” before doing the “fix-it”? Or does it not matter?

   Or could I just set the Help Service to “disable” instead of doing the “fix-it” if need be? (Do other necessary services rely on the Help Service? I’m guessing not, since when I check the services list, it’s never running and I never use it.)

   My info: Windows XP SP2, IE 6 (used only for MS Updates), Firefox 3.6.6 (for all internet browsing), and Outlook Express 6. (Yeah, I know it’s old stuff…)

   Thanks, Woody!

3. 

   woody July 7th, 2010 at 05:05

   @Bill -

   You just run the Fixit. It switches a couple of Registry settings. Very simple.

4. 

   Bill July 9th, 2010 at 22:35

   Thanks, Woody! (Not sure why I wrote my first post to my own name! D’oh!)

5. 

   rc primak July 11th, 2010 at 13:49

   MS Fixits are usually easy to apply and cause few problems, in my experience. And like many of the others, this one can be reversed when and if a real patch or this issue is ever released through MS Updates.

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   woody July 12th, 2010 at 07:44

   @RC -

   Looks like this month’s Black Tuesday patches will fix the problem.