Microsoft KB Archive/810649

= Hyperlinks Open in Internet Explorer Instead of in the Default Browser =

Article ID: 810649

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

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SYMPTOMS
When you click a link in any of the following Windows features, the link may open in Microsoft Internet Explorer instead of in your default browser.
 * Help
 * Accessibility Wizard
 * Magnifier
 * Narrator
 * On-Screen Keyboard
 * The Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel
 * Active Desktop



Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix Information
To resolve this problem, download the Critical Update: 810649. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Windows Update Web site:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

All Languages Except NEC Japanese
Download the 810649_W2K_SP4_X86_.exe package now.

Where  is the value that represents a specific language in the following table:

NEC Japanese
Download the 810649_W2K_SP4_nec98_JA.exe package now.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

 Date        Time   Version            Size    File name 22-Nov-2002 16:58  5.00.2195.6139    150,800  Accwiz.exe 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.00.2195.6157    301,328  Appwiz.cpl 26-Nov-2002 14:23  5.2.3644.0         10,752  Hh.exe 26-Nov-2002 14:23  5.2.3718.0        513,632  Hhctrl.ocx 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.2.3644.0         37,888  Hhsetup.dll 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.2.3644.0        143,872  Itircl.dll 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.2.3644.0        122,368  Itss.dll 22-Nov-2002 16:59  5.00.2195.6139     43,792  Magnify.exe 22-Nov-2002 16:58  5.00.2195.6139     24,848  Narrator.exe 22-Nov-2002 16:59  5.00.2195.6139    221,456  Osk.exe 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.00.3502.6139  1,099,536  Shdocvw.dll 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.00.3502.6144  2,354,448  Shell32.dll 10-Dec-2002 17:37  5.00.3502.6139    408,848  Urlmon.dll 10-Dec-2002 11:24  5.0.2195.6157     155,136  Sp3res.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
Administrators can download this update from the Windows Update Catalog to deploy to multiple computers. If you want to obtain this update to install later or install on more than one computer, search for this article ID number by using the Advanced Search Options feature in the Windows Update Catalog.

For additional information about how to download updates from the Windows Update Catalog, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

323166 HOW TO: Download Windows Updates and Drivers from the Windows Update Catalog on Windows XP

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with Only One Reboot

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbwin2ksp4fix kbsecurity kbshell kbwin2000sp3fix kbwin2000presp4fix kbwin2000presp3fix kbfix kbbug KB810649

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