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XP Service Pack Slows Programs
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."
I've got nothing
Blarf.
My, wasn't THAT a crappy post!
Yes.
You have to pay for Microsoft Product Support Services. From Knowledge Base Article 815411: "In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem." May be canceled. Or maybe not. So it's entirely up to Microsoft whether or not to charge you for the fix to a problem they admit having! Of all the nerve.
Avoid Service Pack 1, or better yet, avoid Windows.
Lame FUD attempt. The fix doesn't cost you anything. Phoning technical support may cost you money under some circumstances, but downloading hotfixes has always been and still is free.
But nice try though.
Simon
Coming soon - pyrogyra
You've obviously never worked with PSS. If you want this hotfix, they will give it to you for free. You call PSS, say "I'm calling a known issue, Q so-and-so." They email you the hotfix in WinZip format and the password to unzip it.
And you're obviously and MCSE.
WinZip format....when will you paper engineers ever learn?
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
You're using windows, and your isp is EH OH fsckin EL? what, are you *trying* to get banned from /. ?
Microsoft is slow to implement the fix for the fix?
Looks like they installed SP1 company-wide.
Bowie J. Poag
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How many dicks do the goo gobblers below eat per day?
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I'd Have to guess that the amount of cock they ingest is equal to the amount of venom and right wing lies that these mindless bots spew on Slashdot. They are extremely good at telling lies with a straight face and turning away from topics that they don't want to discuss. I am telling every good liberal on this site... THESE GUYS ARE MAJOR ASSHOLES. Troll them at all costs. I've already sacrificed five accounts to trolling these worthless sacks of shit. Now... get out there and troll beyotches!!!!!
Make sure you tell these faggots that Linux is good and Microsoft is shit. That usually gets them going. If it's not that, then tell them that republicans are stupid mother fuckers, and there is nothing "neo" about being a "con". That's exactly what the right is brothers and sisters!!! A massive CON on the people of this country. It's time to destroy the myth that conservatism abounds. There are many people on the fence. Let's help them down to the right way of thinking: liberal.
Liberal until the day I die!!!
Fuck all of you conservatives! (Wait two minutes)
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
Windows 2003 server? It will be much faster and easier to use than any Linux server, that is for sure. It will also be better documented, and more secure by default than the typical Red Hat release. Hell, it is even faster on the Desktop than Mankrake is. Don't knock it until you try it.
Thankyou, because you're obviously a fuckwit