On the Windows laptop, because my Linux box is so old that it's falling apart and won't boot until I fix it.

Still...

New security update:

"Windows... blah blah... a remote user could gain control of your Operating system... blah... blah..."

So, I download and install the update.

It causes a problem with my RealAudio sound control panel (which is only there because a previous Windows Update deleted the sound volume tray icon!)

Causes this on start-up:

"RTHDCPL.EXE - Illegal System DLL Relocation
The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\HHCRTL.OCX occupied an address range reserved for Windows systems DLLs. The vendor supplying the DLL should be contacted for a new DLL."

Apparently, I'm [url=http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=114948]Not[/url] [url=http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070404154318AACk6Lc]Alone[/url] [url=http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=32146&messageID=592865&start=-27]either[/url].

In windows there IS the danger of malicious remote users screwing with your Operating System. I call these malicious remote users Microsoft.

Still, [url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448/]Fix Available[/url] [sarcasm]Nice of them to tell me! [/sarcasm]

Cheers, Google :-)

I'm going to install it now, and hopefully nothing will die.

I wouldn't be pissed off it it wasn't a Microsoft-signed application and if most of their updates didn't do something more to molester my audio.

... And if I didn't freaking have to open up Internet Explorer to get this patch!


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