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XP Service Pack Does the Impossible

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sworn-testimony-may-have-slight-inaccuracies dept.

Peyna writes "This article over at C|net discusses the upcoming Microsoft Windows XP service pack, which will contain the normal bug fixes, but more importantly, will make XP more modular, allowing you to override their default products. I assume this means Internet Explorer and possibly some other apps as well."

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  1. Now there's a shock..... by 8127972 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows is actually modular enough to allow people to add their own apps. I'm amazed!

    The next thing Microsoft will tell me is that the sky is blue.

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  2. Re:Hey!!! by donnacha · · Score: 3, Funny


    I'll bet they're holding lotteries in the Federal Pen right now to see who gets to be Bill Gate's boyfriend.

    Kinda useful, then, the way he rocks back and forth.

  3. Re:Finally by coryboehne · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to mention that it's build 2600 :)

    On a serious note, I wonder why they did'nt do this a long time ago (read windows 95, or first anti-trust lawsuit) it seems that it would have saved them a great deal of headaches.

  4. I can see it now.. by MongooseCN · · Score: 5, Funny
    Please select the default browser you would like to use:
    • Netscape

    Please press OK to continue.

    This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. No changes will be saved.

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    1. Re:I can see it now.. by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 4, Funny
      Please select the default browser you would like to use:

      Netscape

      Please press OK to continue.

      This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. No changes will be saved.


      No, it'll go:


      Please select the default browser you would like to use:

      Netscape
      Are you sure?

      Yes
      Are you really sure?

      Yes
      Microsoft products offer advanced features such as integration into the system. Wouldn't you rather use Internet Explorer instead of Netscape?

      Yes
      WARNING: Use of non-Microsoft products may lead to instability in your system. Are you sure?

      Yes
      Setting preferences.

      This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. No changes will be saved.

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  5. So, Who Leaked Their Activation Key? by donnacha · · Score: 4, Funny


    ...it won't work on a widely-warezed activation key, which as we recall escaped form a large friend of Microsoft beginning with D.

    So, who was that?

    Dell?

    1. Re:So, Who Leaked Their Activation Key? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny
      ...it won't work on a widely-warezed activation key, which as we recall escaped form a large friend of Microsoft beginning with D.

      Fool! Large friend of Microsoft? It's the Devil. THE DEVIL!

  6. Re:Biting the hand that pirates it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Offer me a stripped down OS that presents an API subset limited to DirectX, OGL and enough of the WinAPI to let me install and start a game, at a reasonable price ($30) without any idiotic licensing or activation crap, and I'll buy it.

    You just described the XBox.

  7. New XP Activation Key! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Y0USO-34R3A-P1R4T-1N6B45-T4RD5

  8. How modular? by archen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I uninstall Pinball in WinXP? I was going through my Win2k machine deleting junk the other day, and looked at my logs:

    "Pinball.exe has been restored to maintain system stability"

    Me: ehh.....

  9. The Reg have a good take on this by gagravarr · · Score: 3, Funny

    As ever, The Register have a good article on this. Has a bit more detail on how the modularisation will work

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