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Microsoft Releases SP4 for Windows 2000
Snake_Plisken writes "I checked Windows Update today on a lark and found that Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 has been released." You can read a short CNet article discussing the media player patches as well as one more about
the fixes in SP4.
OMG where has slashdot come to?
Instead of publishing every minor version release of linux, it also started publishing a story for every patch from microsoft.
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Karma 50, and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.
Do MS programmers get extra options if they release products with buffer overflows? It seems like every third security flaw is caused by buffer overflows.
...is the one that gave Microsoft access to the system with power to add/remove software.
Bill Gates labelled this bug a "critial" security hole and asserted that its closing demostrates Microsofts commitment to secure computing.
"We want to ensure the public that we mean it when we call Windows the safest operating system in the world. And to continue to support this assertion, we began work today on Service Pack Five that will fix the security holes introduced with Service Pack Four," Gates said in an interview with the New York Times this morning.
It doesn't hurt to be nice.
Not to rain on your parade or anything, but i used it today for a couple hours, and had three crashes in that time.
FRA: STFU GTFO
The difference my friend is that GNU/Linux updates usually don't...
1. Require a reboot.
2. Hose your system (read: BSOD)
3. Come with EULAs.
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MS Windows 2000 and run it on a 64 bit processor?
I guess you'll have to pull your head out of your ass before you start posting comments.
1. Please show me service pack, hotfix, o security update that does not require a reboot.
2. If you installed _every_ update (IE, rollups, patches, hot fixes, SPs) that Microsoft puts out (so that you can be 100% updated and not to blame for internet worms and viruses) you would see a lot of BSODs.
3. The GPL would never include the right to search and seize your computer equipment at will.
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