I just received a URL reference from Bunny indicating Windows XP original issue may be better without the SP1. The SP1 introduces all kinds of major problems for some. (Bunny could you provide that URL to the group?) And Sally's earlier patch URL looks like the best way to go. I retract the following msg I sent earlier: In msg dtd 9/17/2002 9:02 PM CDT, [email protected] writes: > That fix found on grc.com is said by the same web page to be only an interim > > fix until the Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) becomes available from > Microsoft. The XP SP1 is now available, and I would recommend updating > one's XP with that rather than install the temporary non-Microsoft fix. > See > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx for more info and the XP SP1 > download > > I recommend that everyone with Windows XP go to Microsoft's update site and > > do the (free) updates recommended by that site. > > Woody