How to use security update KB886179 or the new, updated version of Windows Journal Viewer to replace the older, unsafe version of the GDIplus.dll file on your Windows 2000-based computer (895455)

INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to use security update KB886179 or the new, updated version of Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer to replace the older, unsafe version of the GDIplus.dll file on your Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer. When you install the new and updated version of Windows Journal Viewer, a new and updated version of the GDIplus.dll file is installed on your computer.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have installed an earlier version of Windows Journal Viewer 1.5 on your Windows 2000-based computer, an older, unsafe version of the GDIplus.dll file is stored in the Ink folder.

Note The version number of this file is 5.1.3102.1316.

Note The location of the Ink folder is Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared.

To replace the older, unsafe version of the GDIplus.dll file with the latest version, install security update KB886179 or install the new, updated version of Windows Journal Viewer.

To install security update KB886179, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dbf1ea4e-72bd-4359-9f93-7c232ed2dcd3&DisplayLang=en

To install the new, updated version of Windows Journal Viewer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fad44098-8b73-4e06-96d4-d1eb70eacb44&DisplayLang=en

Note You do not have to remove the earlier version of Windows Journal Viewer.

REFERENCES

For additional information about security bulletin MS04-028, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

886179 Buffer overrun in JPEG processing (GDI+) could allow code execution in Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer 1.5

833987 MS04-028: Buffer overrun in JPEG processing (GDI+) could allow code execution