How to get the address bar back after SP3 takes it away

One of the optional toolbars that you can enable on Windows XP (and Vista) is the 
address bar, which is handy for typing in a URL without first opening up the browser. 
You can add it to your taskbar by right clicking and selecting Toolbars | Address. 
Or at least, you could - prior to installing the latest service pack. However, if 
you've installed SP3, you might notice that you no longer have that option when you 
right click. Apparently the EU deems this to be a violation of their antitrust ruling. 
Well, I'm not in the EU and I want that option back. 
Luckily, there's a way to get it, but you'll need to replace the version of the browserui.dll 
file installed by SP3 with one from SP2. 

Copy it from an XP system that doesn't have SP3 and put it on the c: drive, then 
do the following: 

Restart the SP3 computer in Safe Mode (press F8 at bootup and select Safe Mode with 
Command Prompt option. 
At the command prompt, type this: xcopy c:browserui.dll c:WindowsSystem32 
Reboot the computer. 

Mark Kaelin shows this process with screenshots here: 
http://www.wxpnews.com/43MKTG/080513-Address-Bar

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