Nick -

The update that I got, that made reference to the KB article, that led to the information about the possibility of Microsoft help with some counterfeits, arrived quite recently; and unlike most updates that simply install in background, that one stopped and asked for a permission to install. The request for permission is where I found the first link to the help information.

I'm set up to allow updates to install automatically, and in this case if I hadn't been at the machine to enter the permission, this update probably would have "timed out" waiting for me, would have assumed permission because I've set it up to do that; and it would have installed automatically. Had that happened, I wouldn't have seen it.

It's entirely possible that prior references to this particular KB article have appeared previously with earlier updates, and I just wasn't there to see it. Thus I can't say that the information didn't exist; but I can say that I looked for it and couldn't find it. Maybe you just had to get lucky, which is one reason I felt it should be advertised a bit.

I have two other WinXP machines online in the house, and I haven't seen that update arrive on either of the other two; but I also haven't checked to see whether it's been processed on them. I suspect that it has been.

John