Woody's Windows XP
Woody's
WINDOWS XP
Your independent help
and tips for Windows XP
24 April 2003 - Vol 3 No.14
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Another Botched Windows XP
Security Patch
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If
you had the misfortune to download and install the patch for Microsoft's
MS03-013 security bulletin last week, you may have discovered that it,
uh, leaves a bit to be desired. Apparently if you're running any of several
major anti-virus packages, there's a fair chance that installing the
MS03-013 security patch will slow your PC down to a crawl.
So
far, the only solution put forward by anyone at Microsoft (that I'm aware
of anyway) involves disabling your anti-virus software. HA!
Far
better - disable the lousy patch:
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Click Start|Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs
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Scroll way down to Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q81493, and click on it
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Click Remove, then Next.
When
the uninstaller is done, click Finish, and Windows XP will re-boot.
Don't install the MS03-013
security patch (Windows Update calls it “811493: Security Update
(Windows XP)”) until Microsoft fixes it. That may be a while. MS
hasn’t even acknowledged the problem publicly. The main Knowledge Base article
was updated on April 21 - long after Microsoft knew about the problem - but
there's no mention of the slowdown.
'Trustworthy
computing' still has some ways to go.
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Don't Let Windows XP Update
Itself Automatically
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I
strongly recommend that you not allow Windows XP to update itself
automatically - precisely because the updates can't be 100% relied upon.
Far
better to wait a week or two when a patch comes out, then apply it when
time permits.
At
the very least:
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Click Start, right-click on My Computer, then pick Properties | Automatic
Updates
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Check the box that says Notify Me Before Downloading Any Updates And Notify
Me Again Before Installing Them on My Computer
When
Windows Update notifies you that you have updates, I'd suggest that you
start the Wizard, click Notify Me Later, and pick 3 days. Then the next
time Windows Update notifies you, pick 3 more days.
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