Microsoft Pulls Broken XP Update

Cally writes "Yahoo! reports that Microsoft have pulled a Windows XP update from the Windows Update servers after it killed network access for some users of the claimed 600,000 who installed it. (Does this mean only 600,000 XP users trust Windows Update?) The story hints that the problem was something to do with VPN or IPSec drivers clashing with Symantec software - however I haven't found anything about this on the Microsoft KnowledgeBase (the link Yahoo provide goes to the generic support home page.) Anyone got more info?"

Comments

Re:Old news

[Matrix272]

Hey, at least when the network crashes down around you, it's still YOUR network. If you neglect to install a critical update when it's new, it might be someone ELSE'S network by the time you get around to looking at it.

So this "update" killed the Internet . . .

[privacyt]

for people who are least likely able to fix it themselves. What a mighty POS is Micro$oft Windoze XP.

Re:It wasn't just Symantec

[Timesprout]

apparently was incompatible with popular security software from other companies, such as Symantec Corp.

hmm popular security software like McAfee I wonder.

Maybe the reason you had to reinstall is because you cant read or just dont understand whats on your system.

Yep

[parc]

I've had good experiences with M$ support, although never by phone. I've had three occurrances of needed support, and all three were handled quickly (within a day).

Re:Time to think about Mac again?

[mortuusangelus]

and moving to an apple is going to make things better.. how?
oh yah, using all the MS built apps for it. Yup, that'll solve all those problems.
Who the hell do you think has been keeping Apple around all these years, when it should've gone bankrupt in '90, when people realized that closed-source/component computers suck? $8000 for a machine that is 5x slower then a PC that costs $2000 AND is a bitch to do any real upgrades on. (None of this, ooh I bought a USB harddrive.. idiot)

Re:Time to think about Mac again?

[Anonymous Coward]

You ignorant fuck... :) .. I wish I wasn't in a hurry to the cinema or I would have elaborated that first sentence.. o let's leave it at that..

Re:Now, now.

[Anonymous Coward]

Furthermore, do you have any idea what it takes to get an MCSE? It's one hell of a heavyweight certification that entails lots of knowledge as well as the skill with which to apply it.

+1 Funny!

There are way more paper MCSEs out there then there are real MCSEs. They're giving them away now. I got an MCSE in a box of cereal yesterday. I wish I would have gotten the hot wheels car though.

Heavyweight certificate. That's priceless.

Here's some more information for ya..

[slashbrent]

Hey, what the hell. I got Karma to burn.

Until the gross monopoly that is the Micro$oft corporation is dealt with (e.g.: broken up, blown up, whatever) the following condition will apply:

Due to the complete and total lack of ANY compelling force - market, goverment, consumer, or otherwise - Micro$oft will continue to make the worst possible operating system widely available.

No trolling buddy! That's the way it is.

Remember AT&T before it was broken up? (although it is a little oversimplified) we used to pay like $0.40-0.50/minute for LD! Suprised? Why would you be. They had a monololy on long distance. We (the US) passed the Sherman Anti-trust Act in the early 20th century precisely because of Standard Oil and other companies that would just ride roughshod over any and all competition.. and then they would gouge the hell out of all their customers. Sound familiar.

Here's a question - how many of you guys would switch your 2000 presidential vote to Gore knowing now that Bush completely let off M$ - after they were CONVICTED (twice!) in Federal Court? Huh? I cant hear you? Can you speak up??

But, i digress.

How long exactly did it take the OSS community to create a complete kernel, operating system, user interface, and office suite? A few years?? HELLO!!! Micro$hit spends BILLIONS on R&D and they cant even make something as stable as Mac OS X or a fuc*ing splash screen thats more than 256 colors?? After nearly 20 years?

Groan..

The plain truth is M$ has no motivation at all to create standards for or share their OS's inner workings. IE will always start twice as fast as Mozilla because BillG will create special/hidden hooks/methods to use to gain an edge - and the same goes for Symantec. One day Bill is come looking for the anti-virus market (oh the irony!!!) and Lord knows M$ cannot make a product that competes with anyone, so they'll use their underhanded and secret tactics against Symantec (Symantec developer: How come their software can do all this stuff? I dont see that in their docs, and when i call to ask my "rep" they say "see ya".)

The only real question of interest now is: What is going to happen to M$ down the road? Will OSS and change in general finally topple them , or will we actually be living in the T3 future sometime soon? Will BillG become in effect the next Castro or Saddam because he holds the reins to the gold/oil/land of the modern age??