Zone Alarm and Windows XP Hotfix kb 943232

I had my share of heart sores with the windows operating system. I have the XP professional service pack 2 now. My office has the Vista, it is too cumbersome in the sense of it being large and needing greater RAM than 512 that I have. I like its features but am not yet ready to install it on my system.

I have recently reinstalled XP because the earlier installation crashed due to some heavy ‘computing’ I did on it in the past year. Some say XP is not as good as the 98 and some say it has loads of options. But what worries me is its health. As every one knows it has very low immunity. One can only survive with it with a dozen or so of safety software’s in the wilderness of internet. I am at present using Windows Defender, Its malicious software removal Tool, and other two anti spyware and antivirus software along with Zone Alarm fire wall. These take up a lot of ram and CPU .There is of course the other option of visiting only a few sites you trust and trusting the firewall and the automatic updates of the Windows... But that is not an option really is it. You have this thing called curiosity within you. It’s like a child and would only become aware that the bright thing it has just touched can also cause pain.

Well with the windows, it’s often like the blonds in humorous jokes. It is far too easy to seduce and it gives up easily. No amount of bug fixes can make it secure. To complicate matters further the company has a way of treating its customers with impunity. Say you have a genuine copy of the OS, but MS-WGA would say that it is not so and solicit your assistance in removing piracy from this and the next world.

This has happened many times with me. They would allow to download and install Windows Defender and would be uploading hundreds of updates into your system; there would be nothing wrong with their notifiers too. They would also conduct a search of your computer and certify that it is genuine. Then all of a sudden when you install some other software in it, it would rise up hell and say that the copy is not genuine.

The recent incident was when I tried to install the Zone Alarm free firewall in it. It has some very nice features and is probably the best firewall available. I downloaded the installer and went into download the software. It down loads and says that it cant be installed unless you have some thing called the the kb 943232 in your computer. I have every update for the computer and they number larger than this kb thing. I went to their site and they offered me every other kb’s than the one I wanted.

In desperation I tried other sites and some of them offer the kb 943232 torrent downloads. To get them you need to log in and register and in some cases pay money too. I had some incidents where the torrent download turned malicious. So there I was stranded and unable to install the darned hotfix kb 943232 wondering what to do next. Perhaps there are many among you like that.

Then there was a stroke of luck. I am an exception to the web surfers in that I go beyond the first two pages of the search results and some times to the end of the search if I am after something specific and want it badly. I wanted the kb 943232 badly and I entered the third page. Well there it was at a rapid share site. Kb 943232 in rar format. It worked for me. I downloaded it and naturally scanned it with everything I have and found it harmless. I unzipped it and ran the installer. That solved the problem. The set up I downloaded was deposited by my system in temporary internet files and I did not have to download it again.

I located it and ran it. It went without a hitch this time.

If some one wants the link to the site where you can download it without being asked to register or give your Email Id etc here it is, you can use it at your own risk. I found it alright.

http://www.4shared.com/get/64062144/2450f9e0/abogelany__XP-KB943232-x86-ENU.html;jsessionid=357AF9B2395A7547F075106BEA8E317A.dc115