OK. Enough Is Enough

Why oh why oh why, haven't Microsoft fixed the bug in Windows XP that results in stupidly long delays (like 10-20 seconds) in bringing up image previews when you double click an image file like a JPEG through the default image viewer Windows Picture And Fax Viewer app from Windows Exporer.

And why have I (and it seems like the rest of the Windows XP using world) tolerated this for more than two years before even thinking about raising it?

Apathy, on both counts.