3) Install Service Pack 3 (download locations from here: (note that XP sp2 boot CD is mandatory for SATA disks) During the install turn OFF automatic updates. I still don't know if 64 bit works or not, but at least that explains why my keys were gone.
These keys do not exist in Windows 7 Professional, though they do exist in Windows XP Pro SP3 with the updates.Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Use-after-free vulnerability in mstime.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the TIME2 behavior, the CTimeAction object.