"In the end", meaning I have to give credit card info and personal info
before they'll even consider listening to me, and then could just as easily
decide to bill me.
Nah, not Microsoft! Only a company that would pass off something like
Malware as a Critical Update and treat all of its customers as if they
were scum of the earth thieves requiring them to prove they aren't
over and over and over and over would do such an immoral and
underhanded thing.
It is also said that never trust a hotfix unless it comes from
Microsoft. I remember trusting the malware WGA as a critical update
directly from Microsoft one time to find out later that someone had
not been all that truthful and trustworthy about "all" of its.....
What Computing Magazine called "hidden features".
With that said, you can get your hotfix here:
http://thehotfixshare.net/download/...ndows XP/&file=WindowsXP-KB889320-x86-ENU.exe
unless you think Microsoft has more "Integrity" than those offering
the hotfix WITHOUT requiring your credit card info.
Regards,