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Microsoft Lists SP2 Incompatibilities
thejuggler writes "ZDNET has a story about how the new XP SP2 causes conflicts with over 50 applications and causes problems with others including some of Microsoft's own products. The 'glitch' as they are calling it seems to be that the Windows firewall system is turned on by default and blocks unsolicited connections to your computer. You have to unblock certain ports as your applications require to make the apps work again. They are calling this a glitch, but I thought we wanted everything blocked by default so we would have to choose what was unblocked?" The BBC has a story as well.
Windows XP
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I think it would be quicker if Microsoft would just list Microsoft XP Service Pack 2's compatabilities. This list would be shorter and that is the truth.
They're forgetting about all the worms, trojans, and viruses that are going to need to be rewritten to exploit new backdoors in the OS.
:(
Those poor hackers...
"Star Trek StarFleet Command III"
lol.
microsoft corp of redmond,wa has filed an antitrust injunction against microsoft corp, also of redmond,wa for deploying 'service pack 2' - a cumulitive update for windows xp users, which has been shown to be incompatible with microsoft's visual studio and outlook.
for those of you that installed it, like I did, do you feel serviced or packed. Thanks Bill.
BTW, at least it uninstalls clean. I think.
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The company I work for issued a statement telling the employees NOT to "upgrade" their computers because of the incompatibilities.
I'm sure there's going to be at least a dozen knuckleheads out of 3000+ who do DL the update. Those are the same one's who call the Help Desk saying, "Hello, I think I just got a virus. (pause) Yeah, I received an email that had an attachment that I didn't recognize so I double-clicked it to find out what it was. (pause) Ok, I'll shut it down and wait for a tech. Thanks. (click)" Unfortunately, that is an actual conversation I heard over the cube wall...
I'm so glad I work on the UNIX side of IT!
It seems that it's just making a list from the "Error Reporting" service.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
It looks like the default SP2 firewall also blocks packets and signals going to the TV out port to me :)
Laptops.
(Here are some more words: like you, I use a hardware firewall for my home/office, but when I'm at the coffeeshop with my laptop, it's kinda hard to lug all that routing gear around.)
(And here are even more words for you: concrete, bouncy, superfluous, carrot, foobly, upwards. Not sure about foobly, though.)
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
who needs people who can speak English when the web has plenty of free translation sites?
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Probably for the same reason that when I ran Doom 3 the spooler service suddenly popped up requesting access to my network. Suffice to say, I went WTF?? :)
In related news, Microsoft is preventing people from downloading it through BitTorrent using the DMCA.
"Parent poster embarasses himself and does not understand that "admin" != "root" on a macintosh.'
Anonymous Coward wins. Fatality.
"Derp de derp."
And this is exactly why things like the Euro Computer Driving Licence are gaining ground - they tell a prospective employer that you have a certain minimum level of computer literacy and are less likely to balls everything up.
We have people here who work on computers for 8 hrs a day who I swear haven't ever touched a computer before. Despite my pleading with the HR department they still don't bother checking people's computer literacy before hiring them and it shows in the fault logs, badly. I swear - if I get one more case of "NotSwitchedOnitis" this week I'm gonna throw someone out a window. I just wait for the day when a user mistakes "Feed Jam" for an instruction...
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'
My mother used to work for a small computer store, and would take basic tech support calls. Your day came in 1993.
I wish I could write clever and witty sigs.
Given that most printers actually display the message 'Paper Jam' does that mean that there's a user out there somewhere actually boiling up sheets of paper with sugar and pectin?
idiot...you lose again. Gee, this is easy ;)
MAN, I'm sooooooo mad! I just installed SP2 on my Powerbook G4 and it screwed things up REALLY bad. That Bill Gates has some splaining to do!!!
Somebody should amend Godwin's law to include calling somebody a shill.
/lame joke
You can't just change a law, on a whim, without the consent of the people! What are you, a fucking Nazi?
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Why is this so difficult to get into other peoples heads?
Your daughter is an exceptional case, having obviously inherited her parents' genius.
The average cable modem user is far below the intelligence of a normal seven-year-old girl.
Be proud of your daughter!
"Why Subscribe?" Good question...
I think this is what is commonly reffered to as the dark side of the force.