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Windows XP SP2 Still Rough Around the Edges
Megor1 writes "According to crn.com when they tried upgrading various computers to Windows XP SP2 RC2 3 out of 5 of the machines failed to come back up, and had to have both SP1 and SP2 removed via various hacks supplied by Microsoft. Sounds like it might take a lot longer for Microsoft to release SP2 if RC2 is any sign of how far they are along."
Neat! This is the best thing to happen to the internet in years.
...you'll wait for XP SP3.1.
Windows XP SP2... codename Longhorn =)
Actually the computers not turning back on is one of the new security features....
That's 40% and pretty decent for M$.
... Because it didn't turn on at all :)
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Yeah, I must be clicking INSTALL too hard. ;)
I don't see how they could know it was the service pack that caused the machine to fail. I just did a random test here in my office. I shut down everyone's computer, and 3 out of 5 failed to come back up again. This is normal operation, not something new introduced by the service pack.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
You can download RC3 here. The upgrade time is even shorter than SP2 if you do a "take over disk" method!
Besides, Microsoft's profits are up. Why should they care about the give-away freebies, if they can make more people buy stuff from them anyway?
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
The service pack is leaving your computer's no-execute bit set, preventing your computer from executing. To unset your computer's no-execute bit, bang your head repeatedly against your computer while saying: "Never install an MS service pack until about 6 months after its release and always have a full backup."
the biggest problem is that thay fail allready at step 1 : they really don't know what customers want. If they did, horrors such as clippy would never have existed.
When will I end this grieving ? When will my future begin ?
Essentially, version 1.0 is a best guess at what the customer wants. Version 2.0 is started even before the customer sees the 1.0 version. Finally, customer feedback is incorporated into the 3.0 version and things might actually start getting useful.
Damn, they're at over 2003 tries and still can't build a server not owned by a script kiddie worm overnight. . .
Can I get an eye poke?
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>3 out of 5 of the machines failed to come back up, and had to have both SP1 and SP2 removed via various hacks supplied by Microsoft.
Sounds like this puppy's ready to go gold.Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Valuable is the man who shits ram . . .
Can I get an eye poke?
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Micrsoft sees the worm attacks taking down systems and decided to do something about it, and thus XP SP2 was born.
Worms took down 60% of the systems they got installed on, and now too, so does XP SP2.
Protect yourself from the next round of worms due out in a few weeks, and install XP SP2 to take down your system before a Worm does. If your system is offline, it cannot be infected by a worm, you are protected 100%!
Microsoft also competes with spyware/adware companies by making XP SP2 hard to uninstall as well without some clever hacks, or the uninstall program from the creator of the software.
"We're just looking out for your best interests." an anonymous Microsoft employee is quoted as saying.
"Warning, slippery when sarcastic!"
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Yeah, SP4 has an uninstaller. It's called Fedora Core 2 Disk 1.
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That would make it Bullhorn
PRWIRE - Independent testing proves SP2 most secure ever.
Microsoft is proud to announce that in independent testing conducted by CRN labs, Windows XP SP2 proved most secure windows platform ever. In 3 out of 5 cases, windows machines proved resistant to all attempts to compromise them. In 2 of 5 cases Microsoft's RapidReboot technology prevented attempts to compromise.
I do most of my trolling these days IN JAPAN, but thanks muchly, bud! :D
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Clippy is gone now. Happy?
No, because the horrible memory of Clippy is forever etched into my memory, at least until someone invents a selective memory-erasing technique.
I installed SP2 RC2 and my wife left me.
Fucking softare...
My friends Deb and Ian saved me $189 too. And I don't even have to be 4 years out of date (hell even XP is ooooold). And I get all the software too.
My other car is first.
Yes, only integer men use linux.
Real men probably use BSD.
(Please, don't ask me what Complex men might use - I've not thought this through well enough to cope with that).
dude, I just overclocked it, set the bios to what some site on the internet said to(who really understands the BIOS anyways haha), and I've loaded every tweak tool there is, therefore XP is crap.
I even have NEON, so how can it be my system?
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No, because the horrible memory of Clippy is forever etched into my memory, at least until someone invents a selective memory-erasing technique.
:)
I'll go get my hammer..
bork bork bork!
I have to be the only person here to never have seen this clippy thing.
I must be blessed
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I love my Mac.
Hehehehaha hahahehe lolol... hahaha tehe.
Is there anyone who hasn't posted a joke along the lines of "Windows 3.1 still rough around the edges?"
What about that damn dog? The dog that shows up to 'help' me find files in XP.
I hate that dog. Why the hell should that dog know where my files are if I don't? Hell, he isn't even a bloodhound for Christ's sake. What is MS trying to say? Are they trying to say I am stupider than a cartoon dog?
AmigaOS 4, with Duke Nukem Forever installed.
I installed SP2 RC2 on my machine at work to test it with our latest application we're building. While I only had issues configuring my firewall to allow port 80 traffic, it did kill my Outlook. We are required to use Outlook so I don't have any choice on swapping over to Firebird or any other alternative, but anyway...now I only have a 10 minute check for email from our Exchange server. If I want to check for urgent emails I otherwise need to shutdown and restart Outlook over and over. It gets very not fun after 3 hours. I suppose I could remove SP2 for now, but who knows what kind of effect that would have on my workstation.
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