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Windows XP SP2 Impressions
A roundup of concerns and problems with Windows XP SP2 from the early adopters: Many, many users are reporting problems with SP2 limiting outbound TCP/IP connections. This appears to be nailing anyone who makes heavy network use of their machine, including especially users running P2P applications. A Microsoft blog rounds up some reports, as does SANS. Microsoft has objected to people helping them distribute SP2.
Wonder how many new "bugs" and other nasties await in SP2.......
It's either on the beat or off the beat, it's that easy.
I moderate therefore I rule!
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Yet another reason to BUY A FUCKING MAC. Jay-zus.
sulli
RTFJ.
This is just another shining example of how Microsoft shoots themselves in the foot on every rollout. My college isn't even deploying SP2 on their new faculty/staff desktop builds.
>>I'm already NAT'd and have limited ports of entry anyway.
linksys or similar eh?
and you think that this is a solution?
"That's mean, I don't like, they're making fun of software I use, mommy make them stop!"
It's fucking SOFTWARE, okay? Try not to get your panties in a bunch over a damn icon.
feh. stuff.
Micro$oft is still evil! Debian fixed everythin 12 years ago! Mozilla cannot have security bugs!
OSS r00lz!
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
if sp2 presents such limitations, just imagine what this xp lite edition is like. "No son you can do http, pop3, and p2p all at once".
You need people like me so you can point your fuckin fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." So what that make you? Good?
sounds like daddy's little girl got her panties in a bunch. since the windows icon is broken, the linux icon should be a fat, pale pimply middle aged man living in his mom's basement.
OMG!!!11@!! He misspleelld "category", LOLZSZ!!11!!! His entrire p0st must be teh sux0r!!ONE!!!11
Don't be so pedantic.
I don't understand - can someone explain how this transparent microsoft cheerleading troll gets modded as insightful?
He's simply parroting the party line as always, singing the praises of microsoft, right on cue, along with a slam at the imaginary "slashdot crowd" (of which he himself is a prime example), and of course the obligitory anti-linux slam - did you expect something different from this guy?
I hate windows updates -- they only make things worse.
I installed the latest IE6 service pack on my W2K laptop, only to discover that all IE functions have now been disabled. Not only browsing the internet, but also desktop backgrounds, file system previews, and more importantly, all software that even uses IE somehow, etc. Luckily I had installed firefox so I'm not totally up the creek yet.
The culprit -- "cannot find in path xyz, urlmon.dll..."
I haven't been able to fix this yet -- any good samaritan able to lend me some advice??
thanks.
"Microsoft can't do anything write.
.... You obviously are new here.
STFU
Dumbass."
That would be "Microsoft can't do anything RIGHT." Truth be told I bet the can spell ok.
Dumbass
Of course they can spell ok! They have clippy the spell checker!
That's not puke yellow. It's called tubgirl yellow.
that's definitely a sign of a troll.
>>I've never borked a windows box installing a service pack
any good MS admin has borked it hundreds of times.
of course an MS admin will have installed services packs more times then there are grains of sand
your statement only proves that you haven't done much REAL windows admin duties, and also that you are a pretty crappy *nix user.
emerge -uD world...indeed.
Absolutely. On their own computers. Why should they be blocking MY tools on MY computers?
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Get a life, you M$ back door sniffer. It's perfect as it is.
I guess its time to stop surfing Slashdot and get back to coding for M$
Don't be fooled by the 3-digit UID he bought, either.
If you were so moronic as to actually install Windows XP, why are you even bothering to come to Slashdot? It says news for nerds, not news for marketing wannabees and pyramid scheme me-too suckers.
how many windows users are on this site? I thought this site was for geeks, not 40 year old windows using fags who are too old to learn anything new
Does anyone have an idea of what still works ? Cygwin ? Opera ? Mozilla ? SharpReader ? ReGet ? WinAmp ? mplayerc ? vlc ? What ?
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