It's time for a Windows 2000 (Win2K) bug update. Microsoft released a Critical Update on February 17 that closes two Index Server security vulnerabilities, eliminates a file-corruption problem that arises when you save Word 2000 and Excel 2000 files in .htm format, and corrects a Visual Basic (VB) scripting date problem in a Wareki or Taiwan calendar (i.e., a non-Gregorian calendar). The Index Server vulnerabilities and the .htm file-corruption problems, which apply equally to Win2K and Windows NT 4.0, are significant. You can download the fixes here. If you want to perform an online update, go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and click Product Updates. Microsoft Support Online articles Q251170, Q252463 , Q252633, and Q253342 provide details about each of the bug fixes in the Critical Update download.

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