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From what thine is this? It says "There IS a bug ... NOW patched" Should make no sense anyway but I see no time attached to this.

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The cited MS KB has been archived starting November 9, 2004:

https://web.archive.org/web/20041109020858/http://support.mi...

It is dated August 2004 (it is revision 3.2) but the patch (for Windows 98) has a date:

Release Date: Jun-04-1999

There's a CNN article about it from 1999 too: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/05/win98bugfix.idg/

I underlying "bug" [GetTickCount()] is still a danger/pot hole that you need to watch out for. I think it is timeless, especially for those who don't have scars from encountering it before.

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