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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. Finally by flewp · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now maybe I'll consider installing XP, since it won't be so damned bloated, and I can choose what I want.

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  2. They can't do that by mobets · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But XP needs Internet Explorer! It won't work without it.

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  3. Biting the hand that pirates it by donnacha · · Score: 3, Redundant


    From the Cnet article:

    Another change seeks to curb about 90 percent of Windows XP piracy. Microsoft introduced Product Activation with the operating system, which uses a numeric key to lock the software to the hardware. But code stolen from a large Microsoft customer allowed rampant illegal Windows XP copying. People using Windows XP with the stolen key will not be able to apply the service pack or any future updates available from Microsoft's Web site.

    "Basically we're freezing their computer where it is," Cullinan said. "We're not preventing them from using it, but obviously one of the benefits of having a license is keeping your PC updated."

    Not that any /.ers would use pirated software, but interesting nonetheless