

Fortunately, the effect is transitory-the problem clears up immediately when you reboot the affected system. (Because the Remote Registry Server runs as part of the Winlogon process, the malformed request interrupts Winlogon and causes the system to hang.) Microsoft article Q264684 states that only authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability. If a malicious user sends a properly malformed request, the request hangs the Remote Registry Server. When a machine receives a remote request to access its Registry, Windows NT passes the request to the Remote Registry Server for authentication. NT 4.0 Remote Registry Server Vulnerability Hotfix I especially like the phrase, "Take a left at your intestine, Take your second right past Mars." Amazing what you can find in the Knowledge Base, eh? You can now consult Microsoft article Q122115 for the song's lyrics.

If your kids have asked you to sing along with them and you have begged off saying that you don’t know the words, your last excuse is gone. Several Microsoft products for children include a song titled the Magic School Bus. If Microsoft can change the earth’s rotation, the company can probably persuade the Department of Justice (DOJ) that all Microsoft marketing tactics are fine! Microsoft article Q131109 contains the standard response-Microsoft is researching the problem and will post new information when it's available. Last October, a user reported that when you use Explorapedia's Exploration utility to view the earth’s motion, Exploration rotates the planet in the wrong direction.
