atw: Re: Windows Security Hotfix affecting HTML Help

Hi Wayne (Kelly)

I understand that WinHelp support is being phased out by Microsoft and that it 
will be eliminated altogether in the next version of Windows.  The latest 
hotfix to XP prevents chm files being viewed across a network (although you can 
still see them on the local machine).  Its the thin end of the wedge.  It is 
particularly tragic if you have thousands of pages of user documentation in no 
other format.  Bleh!

Cheers
Damian Forlani-Brennan
Technical Writer
ER Mapper


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: wayne.kelly@xxxxxxxx 
  To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:00 PM
  Subject: atw: Windows Security Hotfix affecting HTML Help



  Can anyone remember  Windows 2000 Service pack 4, and what it did to our .chm 
help files? 

  Well it seems the same thing has happened with XP.  MS pushed out a number of 
security patches for XP yesterday and suddenly a complaint has arisen that "I 
cannot access help anymore" . 

  Does anyone have any ideas how to limit the impact these updates have on our 
chm files? 

  Regards, 
  Wayne

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