Re: XP Critical Update Q313450 (MS02-012)

From: Bisirat (bisirat@hotmail.com)
Date: 08/25/02 

From: "Bisirat" <bisirat@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:10:30 -0500

When you use automatic update, you need to read the bulletin board that
discusses the hotfix make sure it says Home Edition
and not Pro or any other Windows versions.

"Linda Murphy" <ljmurphy@uneedspeed.net> wrote in message
news:803201c24bf0$1e70ac10$3aef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA09...
> Since purchasing computer, never had any problems with any
> MS critical updates for Windows XP Home. Until Q313450 (A
> malformed data tranfer request may cause the Windows SMTP
> service to stop working) It froze Intel Pro/100 VM, locked
> up Motorola Surfboard SB4101 cable modem, and ate into
> system resources causing things to really heat up. After
> locating problem, and removing this fix, computer is happy
> again. Upon further exploration, discovered that this fix
> is not for Windows XP Home Edition. Is there a way to
> prevent Windows Update from sending this? Or, is there a
> fix for the fix, since XP Update insists the XP build
> needs it. For the time being, I had stopped automatic
> updates until I can find answer. Any information, advise,
> help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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