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  1. Do updates on GDR branch not contain functionality updates? For example, if security fix is released that updates "ntkrnlpa.exe" to version 5.1.2600.5000 on GDR branch and a hotfix is released that can update "ntkrnlpa.exe" to version 5.1.2600.4999 on the QFE branch, and the GDR security update is applied, would the system not have the functionality changes that could have been introduced by the hotfix, were it applied? I have noticed that many hotfix packages that are meant to change functionality have GDR branches, often in addition to the QFE branches. Do such hotfixes select the GDR branch by default if only the GDR branch has been used in the past? What happens, in terms of selection of GDR and QFE branches or files, when an update patch has both QFE and GDR branches with multiple files for update and is applied to a system that already has the relevant but older files installed? Also what would happen if the system files are older but on a different branch? For example, suppose the following exists: System copy of files prior to patching: File Version Branch File.one 1.2600.5000 GDR File.two 1.2600.5500 GDR File.thr 1.2600.5000 QFE File.fou 1.2600.5500 QFE Suppose that a hotfix package exists and has the following file versions: File Version Branch File.one 1.2600.5300 GDR File.two 1.2600.5300 GDR File.thr 1.2600.5300 GDR File.fou 1.2600.5300 GDR File.one 1.2600.5300 QFE File.two 1.2600.5300 QFE File.thr 1.2600.5300 QFE File.fou 1.2600.5300 QFE What should be the the resulting files and version of fixes on the system after the hotfix is applied? In practice, does what should happen regarding the file selection actually happen? There are also update packages that do not contain explicitly specified QFE branches (the older Windows 2000/XP hotfixes, for example). Are these patches assumed to be of GDR type?
  2. That is what I thought. Thanks. Is there a known, unofficial way of updating to a newer version of MSHTML.DLL for Windows XP with Service Pack 2?
  3. What is or was the update that contains the most recent version of "mshtml.dll" for Windows XP with Service Pack 2?
  4. KB838417 has multiple hotfixes available for the English version of Windows 2000 operating systems. One is of release "latest" with a modified date older than the other package, "sp5". I am trying to determine which hotfix package to select. What should be known about the hotfix packages before selecting one of the hotfix packages? KB838417: Stop error 0x0000001E is logged when you restart the computer to complete the installation of Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838417
  5. Instead of using the patch from KB826959 to fix the issue described in KB826959, can the patch from KB894618 be used to fix the problem described in KB826959? The KB894618 article is located at: You experience a delay when you transfer data over a USB port and CPU usage increases to 100 percent on a computer that is running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894618The patch from KB894618 contains newer versions of all the files included in KB826959 and is available for download.
  6. No. Windows XP Service Pack 2 had something unprecedented in service pack development release; it restricted the function and created severe (in my opinion) inefficiencies in the use of Windows XP may be used. by intentional design. Vista is not at fault. The issues that were known to cause crashes in Windows XP with Service Pack 1 that were corrected for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 were first corrected with hotfixes for Windows XP Service Pack 1. The desired hotfixes may be integrated into a Windows XP Service Pack 1 installation source to benefit from the fixes that the patches provide.
  7. I do not know how much this may help the acquisition of the English version of the patch, but it seems that the patch was once hosted on Warp2Search ( http://www.warp2search.net/contentteller/n..._kb_826959.html ), but the download link does not work anymore.
  8. Seeing that many posts relating to my hotfix request from "English Windows XP Hotfix Request" thread have been moved into this thread, I presume that Xable was unable to find the hotfix. If this is not correct, please let me know.
  9. So far, I have tried 1., and am trying 3. Microsoft Corporation hotfix and research agents claimed to no loger have the hotfix in their "toolbox" and could not make the hotfix available to me. Cracking the Self-extracting ZIP file may take about a year with may CPU processing power (way too long). As for 2., I would have thought that the different language patches would be incompatible due to differences in naming of used directories (even if the files themselves are different).
  10. Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 2 for Windows XP perhaps are more secure, but not less buggy after apply many (quite a lot) hotfixes and other patches (when "buggy" does not include security problems (those often are not really bugs, but not foreseen potential for exploitation). Unfortunately, the quality of Microsoft software development has greatly decreased in quality over the recent years (I would estimate starting about April 2005 and becoming notably accelerated around third or forth quarter of year 2006, but Microsoft Corporation seemed to change the focus on what it considered would add value to customers a few years before that). The performance of Windows XP with Service Pack 1 seems to be superior to that of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows XP with Service Pack 3. There are patches included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 that I do not want apply. Also (the main reason), Windows XP Service Pack 2 had introduced different functionality for the operating system that is incompatible or interfering with tasks I use the operating system for. Wherefore, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 with many patches is what I consider the optimal version of Windows XP. A problem that has occurred is that the x86, English version of KB826959 for Windows XP with Service Pack 1 does not seem to be publicly available from Microsoft Corporation anymore.
  11. I request the x86, English version of the Windows XP with Service Pack 1 hotfix described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB826959: Your Computer Stops Responding (Hangs) When You Try to Bring It out of Standby or out of Hibernation by Using a USB Device http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826959/
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