Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

XP Service Pack Slows Programs

Posted by michael on from the strange-definition-of-fix dept.

AEton writes "Vnunet and others are reporting that Windows XP's Service Pack 1 has introduced a flaw into the operating system. Changes to memory handling code result in programs which often allocate memory (which is many of them) can take up to ten times longer than normal to start. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem in Q815411, and while a patch is available by request from Microsoft Product Services, it will not be widely released until Service Pack 2."

4 of 457 comments (clear)

  1. Here's a thought... by hacker · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Has anyone considered that this was intentional, and that they have some (ahem) "fixes" that they'd like you to install, which will be shipped in SP2? How about, oh, more DRM? Back doors? Spyware hooks?

    I for one, don't trust Microsoft's tactics these days. This comes days after the announcement that they aren't going to fix the bug in NT4.0.

    This all smells like a ploy to try to get everyone to use XP, and then from there, to get SP2 installed. I can only wonder what goodies this brings, besides the "fix" that it purportedly addresses.

    Yet even more reason to consider the more feature-rich, secure alternatives such as FreeBSD or Linux. Move now, your data may not be able to move later on if this keeps up.

  2. Times are a-changin' by haggar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I dunno.. first the NT vulnerability and the fact that it's too broken by design to be fixed, and now this.
    From a company with such a brilliant track record in OS and patch quality, I am truly surprised.

    --
    Sigged!
  3. Damnit man... by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...so now my programs that take a tenth of a second to start will take a whole second?

    My god I don't know if I can handle such a waste of my productivity!

    THANKS MICROSOFT!

    --

    "Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"

    Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
  4. You call this "News"??? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is "News" in the same sense as the last suicide bombing in a string of about one per week for the last 2 years.

    You could write a generic newspaper like this and it would be valid for any day of the week, any week of the year.

    "Unrest in the Middle East"
    "Democrats criticize tax cut proposal"
    "Republicans push bill to outlaw abortion"
    "New Bug found in Microsoft Windows"
    "Search for kidnapped child continues"
    "Woman murdered in inner city"
    etc...

    It happens every day, so I wouldn't really call it "news".

    --
    Repeal the DMCA!