Hello all, I've been doing some diggin on the topic of "Windows Validation". That new validation which Microsoft recently updated...prevents you from disabling the add-on as you did before. Now what you have to do is even easier and simpler. Follow these links and download the torrent. Then pase the new "LegitCheckControl.dll" file into C:Windowswindows32 and overwrite the old one. Vwalah! Now you can update xp as before. Make sure you fail the validation check first, exit IE, paste the file and overwrite, then attempt to update again.
It works for me, but if you have problems...please turn to this thread. Also note that this method is for people who can no longer update through Microsofts site manually. Another interesting note...automatic updating does not retrieve all patches and updates. So don't just reside with using that.
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