XPdite (SP1 quick-fix by Steve Gibson)

(QUOTE: By Steve Gibson)

I wrote a super-small (30k), super-quick (instantaneous),
super-simple (chimpanzee approved), totally safe automatic
vulnerability fixing utility to deal totally with this Window
XP mess: XPdite

This is not, of course, a replacement for installing XP's
Service Pack 1, but for all of those people for whom SP1 is
impractical, "XPdite" gives anyone a super-quick and easy
means for patching the system immediately....

This little 30k app *contains* the Service Pack 1 replacement
file with which it replaces the pre-SP1 file, renaming the
original file ".bak". It does the right thing pre and post SP1
and also on non-XP systems so that ANYONE can run it at any
time "just to be sure".

(QUOTE: LangaList 9-18-02)

As Steve says, Microsoft has fixed this problem--- the fix is included
in SP1, along with tons of other stuff. But if you're waiting to see
whether SP1 is worth installing as a whole, Steve's XPdite lets you
address just this particular problem now, without having to install the
full Service Pack.

As is usual with much of Steve's stuff, he's offering this file for
free, as a service to the computing community.

http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm

 

or you can just delete the file...

 

way cool thank you