This flaw has been fixed by Microsoft and an update to Windows XP made available.

One could fairly state that Microsoft isn’t having the best time of it at the moment. Windows 8 is proving about as popular as Windows Vista (which obviously isn’t a good thing), and many people are seeking alternatives to Microsoft Office in protest at the company’s withdrawal of support for Office 2003, and their transparent attempts to persuade people to switch to the subscription-based Office 365.