Want to play EQEMu?  Eqfix not working 100% for you?  Try our newest program made by Imaginator.  It can be downloaded (with simple instructions included on the page) from:
http://www.eqemu.net/?patcher
This wonderful program works miracles for your "1017" errors
 
Let us know how it works for you.
** Edit **
It appears that this will not work well with Windows 98 clients.  If this is not true, please inform us so we can take down this notice.