IMPORTANT for users of Windows XP/2000/ZoneAlarm

If you are running Windows 2000/XP/ZoneAlarm:
You can have internet connection problems after installing Windows update MS update yesterday KB951748
MS08-037 Microsoft security bulletin
Vulnerabilities in DNS Could Allow Spoofing (953230)

Please reply to this post, so it can be reported to the Ms.

Most people who do this, the greater chance it will be dealt with quickly.

Here is a sample of the many debates:

http://Forum.zonelabs.org/ZoneLabs/board/message?board.ID=win_za_msgs&thread.ID=18667

http://www.dslreports.com/Forum/r20759839-Ms-update-KB951748-and-ZoneAlarm-problem

Thank you.


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    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
    @= "{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ACE]
    @= "{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
    @= "{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\DefaultIcon]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 C, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 D, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5 C, 00, 73, 00, 68, 00,------.
    65.00, 6 c, 6 c, 33, 00, 00, 00, 32, 00, 2nd, 00, 64, 00, 6 c, 00, 6 c, 2 c, 00, 33, 00, 00, 00, 00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
    @= 'none '.

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find]
    "SuppressionPolicy" = dword:00000080

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\command]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 45, 00, 00, 78, 00, 70, 00, 6 c, 00 6f 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 65, 00, 78, 00,
    65,00,00,00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec]
    @= "[FindFolder (\"%l\ ', % I ')] ""
    "NoActivateHandler"=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
    @= "Folders."

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
    @= "AppProperties".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex]
    @=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
    @=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare]
    @= "{7C8D3E6A-13A6-4D8F-BF77-D267D0F9AC21}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\COMODOBackupUtility]
    @= "{FA66022E-2FE4-4A29-916C-84A0D8173FBB}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\EDSshellExt]
    @= "{29FF7AB0-BE34-4992-A30B-53A9D86EE239}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\EncryptionMenu]
    @= "{A470F8CF-A1E8-4f65-8335-227475AA5C46}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Eraser]
    @= "{BC9B776A-90D7-4476-A791-79D835F30650}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\IObit Malware Fighter]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline files]
    @= "{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]
    @= "{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Washer]
    @= "{6EE51AA0-77A0-11D7-B4E1-000347126E46}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR]
    @= "{B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\CDF]
    @= "{67EA19A0-CCEF-11d0-8024-00C04FD75D13}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\FileSystem]
    @= "{217FC9C0-3AEA-1069-A2DB-08002B30309D}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\Monitor]
    @= "{7842554E-6BED-11D2-8CDB-B05550C10000}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\MyDocuments]
    @= "{ECF03A33-103D-11d2-854D-006008059367}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\Nokia]
    @= "{416651E4-9C3C-11D9-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\Sharing]
    @= "{40dd6e20-7c17-11ce-a804-00aa003ca9f6}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\Eraser]
    @= "{BC9B776A-90D7-4476-A791-79D835F30650}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\UltimateZip DragDropHandler]
    @= "{2F860D82-AF3C-11D4-BDB3-00E0987D8540}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR]
    @= "{B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\Sharing]
    @= "{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {1F2E5C40-9550-11CE - 99 d - 2]

    00AA006E086C}]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {596AB062-B4D2-4215 - 9F74-]

    E9109B0A8153}]
    @=""

    [{ECCDF543-45CC-11CE - B9BF - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\

    0080C87CDBA6}]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {ef43ecfe-2ab9-4632-bf21-58909dd177f0}]
    @=""

    3D 'Drive' content registry key.

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive]
    @= "Asema.
    "BrowserFlags" = dword:00000008
    "EditFlags" = d dword:000001 2

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\DefaultIcon]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 C, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 D, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5 C, 00, 73, 00, 68, 00,------.
    65.00, 6 c, 6 c, 33, 00, 00, 00, 32, 00, 2nd, 00, 64, 00, 6 c, 00, 6 c, 2 c, 00, 38, 00, 00, 00, 00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
    @= 'none '.

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find]
    "SuppressionPolicy" = dword:00000080

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\command]
    @= hex (2): 25, 00, 53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6 d, 00, 52, 00, 6f, 00, 6f, 00, 74, 00, 25,.
    00, 5 c, 45, 00, 00, 78, 00, 70, 00, 6 c, 00 6f 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 2nd, 00, 65, 00, 78, 00,
    65,00,00,00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec]
    @= "[FindFolder (\"%l\ ', % I ')] ""
    "NoActivateHandler"=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
    @= "Folders."

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
    @= "AppProperties".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex]
    @=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
    @=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare]
    @= "{7C8D3E6A-13A6-4D8F-BF77-D267D0F9AC21}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\COMODOBackupUtility]
    @= "{FA66022E-2FE4-4A29-916C-84A0D8173FBB}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CWDDriveMenuHandler]
    @= "{CCEFA845-DCDB-4A2F-8BED-DBE87CD198EC}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Eraser]
    @= "{BC9B776A-90D7-4476-A791-79D835F30650}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\GizmoShellMenuExt]
    @= "{AF859436-B9BD-4154-B594-2B8D1F4295A6}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Glary utility]
    @= "{72923739-5A47-40A3-9895-25AF0DFBB9E4}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\LavasoftShellExt]
    @= "{DCE027F7-16A4-4BEE-9BE7-74F80EE3738F}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline files]
    @= "{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ReflectShellExt]
    @= "{DEBB9B79-B3DD-47F4-9E5C-EA6975BAB611}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SDContextExt]
    @= "{70F8E90E-353A-47AB-B297-C576345EE693}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]
    @= "{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Symantec.Norton.Antivirus.IEContextMenu]
    @= "{FAD61B3D-699D-49B2-BE16-7F82CB4C59CA}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ {59099400-57-11CE - BD94-]

    0020AF85B590}]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ {D6791A63-E7E2-4fee-BF52-5DED8E86E9B8}]
    @= "Menu of portable devices.

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ {fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}]
    @=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\Eraser]
    @= "{BC9B776A-90D7-4476-A791-79D835F30650}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR]
    @= "{B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\FolderExtensions]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\FolderExtensions\ {fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}]
    @=""
    "DriveMask" = dword:00000020

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\Sharing]
    @= "{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShellExt]
    @= "{0B0D0025-9D78-43BF-84EF-6F308AC4D0CE}".

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {1F2E5C40-9550-11CE - 99 d - 2]

    00AA006E086C}]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {596AB062-B4D2-4215 - 9F74-]

    E9109B0A8153}]
    @=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {B 7988, 573 - EC89 - 11cf - 9 c 00-

    00AA00A14F56}]
    @=""

    [{ECCDF543-45CC-11CE - B9BF - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\

    0080C87CDBA6}]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ {fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}]
    @=""

    It seems that I managed to solve the problem on my own. Did two things:

    1 set the registry keys determine programs associated objects 'Répertoire', 'Drive' and 'File' to the default values by using the settings found here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\

    2. If you want to have permissions for group 'Users' to read all these keys in the registry. For some reason any access worked only partly for standard users.

    Not sure who finally solved this problem, but after I had finished 1. and 2. for the purpose of 'Record', by clicking on 'My computer' and any folder works normally for all users of the computer.

    I suspect that some recent installation of program which adds actions associated with these objects messed up the registry. Suspects are Norton Antivirus and dbPowerAmp.

    Thanks for the suggestions for this problem!

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