Re: Disabled .wmf - now I can't view pictures in Windows XP - HELP!

Start, Run and enter REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

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"Bruce H." <BruceH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:151C5198-BB0E-4E9A-B317-391FC200304D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Today I read an article in a tech newspaper about malicious hackers
> exploiting a Windows XP vulnerability, called "zero day" as the exploit is so
> new, that no fixes exist (as of 12/29/05). In the article, I was instructed
> in a temporary workaround, that was to disable .WMF file handling by going to
> the "run" command and typing the following: regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll.
> Unfortunately, this did exactly what it was supposed to do and I cannot view
> my photos in Windows XP. I tried to do a system restore, but my computer
> would not restore to a previous checkpoint. I need to know how to enable .wmf
> file handling on my computer.
.

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