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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."
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I for one hope SP2 is the second to last nail in the coffin for microsoft. We cant count on our government to break up the convicted monopoly, im hoping they will run themselves into the ground.
I think the best case scenario for EVERYONE involved but microsoft is for SP2 to have even more severe security vulnerabilities and instabilities than the current incarnation.
I generally can't stand script kiddies, and crackers, but I for one hope groups already have prototype exploits for SP2 waiting for release. Nobody should trust a windows system for anything remotely important, and I hope SOMETHING will open the non-slashdot communitys's eyes.
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What I find most fascinating about this is that we're talking about the latest Windows operating system in the year 2004, and Micros~1 is still naming their files with the ancient DOS 8+3 format:
Once in the folder, engineers had to rename "spuninst.txt" to "spuninst.bat" and execute the batch command "batch spuninst.bat."
Mod this funny if you like but I don't find it particularly funny that the software that most of the world is being forced to use is still crippled and poorly designed to such an amazing extent. Unbelievable.
And let's see, this is RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 (TWO) of their new ultra-wonderful service pack, and the following happens to your computer when you try to install it:
After that process finished, some interesting events occurred. The rollback process uninstalled every device that existed in the PC. Network cards, video cards and all system resources were uninstalled. The PC was able to recover all of the uninstalled items, except one, upon a reboot. The graphics card, the Matrox Millennium P650, couldn't be recovered. Engineers tried to reinstall the drivers but, oddly enough, the Matrox folder was erased from the system and unable to be recovered. The only way to correct the problem was to go to Matrox's Web site and download the drivers from the support page.
Again, unbelievable. Sixty billion dollars behind them and this is the best they can do. Why the world puts up with this, I'll never fathom.
Sorry dude, but on the rare occasions I still have to boot into my Win partition, I get regular blue screens on Windows XP caused by running certain APPLICATIONS.
App crashes --> System grinds to a halt --> bluescreen
Point 1 - Bluescreens are NOT a thing of the past
Bonus point - What kind of shoddy operating system makes it possible for a badly behaved app to bring *everything* crashing down?
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