KB873374
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Security update KB873374 fake-out for all languages
Update for Windows XP (KB873374) Fake-out <http://unattended.sourceforge.net> says (and I agree):
Critical update 873374 (GDI+ Detection Tool) <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873374>
What a load of crap. All this "tool" does is check to see if you have various Microsoft products installed, then throw up a dialog directing you to their Web page on the topic. For a fresh installation which applies the relevant updates, this is useless, so just this once we violate our principles and patch the registry directly.
<package id="KB873374" name="GDI+ Detection Tool" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="100" notify="false" execute="once">
<check type="registry" condition="exists" path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GdiDetectionTool" />
<install cmd="regedit /s %SOFTWARE%\scripts\kb873374.reg" />
</package>
kb873374.reg file follows:
REGEDIT4 ; Pretend stupid GDI+ Tool already ran [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GdiDetectionTool] "GDITool"=dword:00000001