Windows XP: ultimate patch for proper installation of SP3
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The installation of Windows XP SP3 could have unexpected effects particularly visible in the device manager. Microsoft offers a patch to address this problem, which earned him a pass weapons with Symantec.
Yesterday, Microsoft has published in its download an update labeled 953979 whose description seems familiar. The latter is indeed on a problem identified after installation of Windows XP SP3 in the device manager where it becomes impossible to display devices, while the display network connections has disappeared. This problem occurs when an application antivirus is running for the installation of SP3. Symptoms that we had already described in our columns and which gave rise to a strong pass weapons with Symantec.
There is no doubt that the problem is the same with the original file fixcss.exe. This executable had been accused by Symantec to add to the registry entries disabled in a section reserved for the configuration of products of the publisher of security. Accusations based as evidenced by the publication of Microsoft.
Microsoft and Symantec Solution
Recall that in this story, the share of responsibility Symantec had been attributed to the use of a technology SymProtect running in background. If fixcss.exe adds many invalid, it tries nevertheless remove them but is prevented by SymProtect.
To correct this problem, Symantec had proposed a utility cleaning SymRegFix, and Microsoft is now offering its solution home with this update.
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