Hi,
Call by phone to the MS offices of your country, tell them that you want to
request the hotfix of a KB article, you won´t be charged and you will
receive it in a matter of hours. I have done that several times here at
Spain...

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> Hi, how do I go about getting this so called hotfix? This problem is
> really
> making me suffer. Please don't tell me I need to pay for support to
> access
> this :(