Install this update to increase the performance of web sites that use Ajax. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 Approved Window

Update Update Description Download Size

Security Update for Windows XP (KB896423)

A security issue has been identified in the Print Spooler service that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by

installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

494 KB , less than 1 minute

Security Update for Windows XP with Windows Media Format Runtime 9 (KB941569)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Windows Media file formats and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

2.1 MB , less than 1 minute

A security issue has been identified in TCPIP that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Update for Windows XP (KB942840)

Install this update to increase the performance of web sites that use Ajax. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in LSASS that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool – January 2008 (KB890830)

After the download, this tool runs once to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove any infection found. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status report the next time

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you start your computer. A new version of the tool will be offered every month. If you want to manually run the tool on your computer, you can download a copy from the Microsoft Download Center or run an online version from 2icrosoft.com. This tool is not a

replacement for an anti-virus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product. Update for Windows XP

(KB942763)

Installing this update enables your computer to

automatically adjust the computer clock on the correct date in 2007 and 2008 due to revised Daylight Saving Time laws in many countries. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft

DirectShow that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB942615)

Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a system running Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

1.3 MB , 1 minute

A security issue has been identified in the Macrovision Driver that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the Microsoft Message Queuing Service that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

3 MB , less than 1 minute

This is a reliability update. Install this microcode update to improve the reliability of systems with Intel

processors. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

This free upgrade to Internet Explorer customers offers improvements such as enhanced security, a cleaner look, and features to make everyday tasks such as printing and searching the web easier. This upgrade preserves your current home page, search settings, favorites, and compatible toolbars, and can be uninstalled if you decide to do so.

Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP (KB941202)

A security issue has been identified in Outlook Express that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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(KB938828) the stability of computers running Windows XP. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft GDI that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 (KB936782)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Player that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the way Vector Markup Language (VML) is handled that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Windows Media Player and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP (KB929123)

attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Outlook Express. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system using Secure Channel and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system using a Windows kernel API and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

This is a reliability update. This update resolves an issue in the Windows Installer (MSI) that can affect

performance during software updates. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft Agent that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in MSAgent that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

This is a reliability update. Install this update to resolve an issue where a third-party driver installed on a computer that is running Windows XP may prevent you

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from opening files successfully on a NTFS file system volume. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the Windows Kernel that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Universal Plug and Play that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft Agent that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your

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computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A security issue has been identified in Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system

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and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789)

Security issues have been identified in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe that could allow an attacker to compromise a Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the Server service that could allow a remote user to cause an affected Windows-based system to stop responding. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

1.1 MB , 1 minute

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service conditions on Windows-based systems. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A problem has been identified in Filter Manager that can prevent you from installing updates from Windows update. You can help protect your computer by

installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

This is a reliability update for Windows XP machines. Install this update to prevent an issue in which you may receive a “Stop 0xD” error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Reliable Multicast Program (PGM) for Microsoft Windows XP-based systems that could result in a denial of service. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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and gain access to restricted data. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

This is a reliability update for Windows XP machines. Install this audio component update to prevent

memory corruption issues which may cause an unstable state on a computer that is running Windows XP

Service Pack 2. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in DNS Resolution that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the DHCP Client service that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Routing and Remote Access service that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A local elevation of privilege security issue has been identified in the Server Message Block that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the Windows Script Host that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the way ART images are handled that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Windows-based systems that could cause the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) to stop responding. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Install this update to prevent an issue in which you may receive a “stop 0x7e in AEC.SYS” error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in Windows Explorer that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this

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update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Microsoft Data Access Components and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug-in (KB911564)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using the Windows Media Player Plug-in and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Install this update to prevent or resolve an issue in which Windows Update and Automatic Updates can no

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longer download updates after an Access Violation error occurs when using the Automatic Updates service. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the Plug and Play service that could allow an authenticated attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated attacker to gain access and potentially compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A remote code execution security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

1.8 MB , 1 minute

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A denial of service security issue has been identified that could cause the Network Manager service to stop responding on your Windows-based system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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Windows XP (KB893756) Application Programming Interface (TAPI) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

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A security issue has been identified in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that could allow an attacker to remotely cause your Microsoft Windows-based system to stop responding. You can help protect your

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive data transmitted through your Microsoft Windows-based system in a domain environment, and to perform denial of service attacks against domain controllers. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Install this update to address an issue that may cause a “Generic Host Process” error message to be displayed after you install security update MS05-012, or cause attachment file names not to be displayed in Rich Text e-mail messages. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the HTML Help component that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft.

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After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified in the Color Management Module that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue in Telnet has been identified that could allow an attacker to learn information about your Windows-based system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely read information about your Windows-based system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your

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Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185)

This update helps narrow the definition of the My network, or local subnet, restriction option in the Windows Firewall. This is helpful in situations where the Windows Firewall would consider a large network to be on the local subnet because of how the dial-up software configured the route tables. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.