Question for John Langhans [MSFT] animated GIF in 2003

Hello. I just read a post you wrote on 4-14-2004 in the
microsoft.public.powerpoint newsgroup. It said (in part):

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Due to a bug in GDI+ (which returns the wrong number for
how many times a animated GIF should repeat) animated
GIF's loop one fewer times during PowerPoint 2003 slide
show than the settings specified within the GIF file.

Because of this, GIF's set to play once (not repeat)
actually don't play at all (only show the first frame of
the animatedd GIF), GIF's set to play twice (repeat once)
only play once (don't repeat), and so on and so on.

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Does this apply to all users running PPT 2003?

I've tried sending my PPT 2002 file to someone running
2003, and it won't play the animated GIF - which is set
to play one time only. I'm hoping this is my problem, and
that I can solve it by setting the GIF to play two times.

Thank you for any help you can give.