Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2

callipygian-showsyst writes "Microsoft has published the complete list of bugs fixed in Service Pack 2. They range from the obscure like: 'File Appears to Be Deleted Although You Do Not Have Permissions on the OS/2 Warp4-Based Server' to the serious-sounding: ' Stop error message on a blue screen when you transfer data to a USB device in Windows XP'"

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What I want to see...

[rarose]

is the list of bugs they've *introduced*.

Enough Paper ?

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean, this guy printed the list : http://www.microbizz.nl/buglist.jpg

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[Anonymous Coward]

What are you talking about? The one for Apple has a huge bite taken out it!

Re:Very long list

[NETHED]

827778 You receive a "There was an error updating the Registry" error message when you start Sound Recorder.

Thats a personal favorite of mine. What the hell does sound recorder need to update the registry for?

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[dave420]

Indeed. How are people supposed to take Linux seriously when a very large (and very vocal) linux-friendly community uses such childish imagery to describe their competitors. If you go on microsoft.com, they don't call linux "linsux" and have pictures of tux fucking a hooker.

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[Anonymous Coward]

pictures of tux fucking a hooker.

I totally need this for my desktop wallpaper.

805 bugs

[MDaniszewski]

Out of an amazing 805(?) bugs listed, this has to be my favorite.

Some programs do not work as expected when large files are opened

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[Megaweapon]

It's time this site starts to grow up.

..says the guy with the all caps, boldface sig.

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[maxwell demon]

Found on planetspace.de:

"Microsoft is not the Borg collective. The Borg collective has got proper networking."

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[nova20]

Of the list of slashdot topics, only Microsoft and the Windows icons are of a derogatory and belittling nature.

I think that the education icon is somewhat belittling... 2+2=5 ?

-nova20

What about usability?

[ciryon]

Are there any fixes in terms of usability or user interface?

Like the damn message that comes up VERY TIME I wake a windoze laptop from sleep: "Hi! You're connected to your wireless network again. The same network as always, but I just wanted to remind you. The signal strenght is excellent. Click me, and I'll disappear. But be sure that I'll return the next time you start or wake your computer!"

I wonder how many suicides are directly related to windows error and/or informational messages.

Ciryon

My Favourite

[billimad]

326971 - Operating system does not work

Re:Microsoft and Windows Topics Icons

[mobby_6kl]

>>pictures of tux fucking a hooker.
>I totally need this for my desktop wallpaper.

Well you may want to check this out. Not exactly tux fucking a hooker, but still
1) Tux is involved
2) Fucking is involved ;)

Angry Users Demand Return of "Backdoor" Feature

[tenzig_112]

It looks like SP2 also got rid of some useful PC remoting features [in default mode, anyway].

Here's an excerpt from a recent article on the debacle.

REDMOND, WA- Ever since the release of the long-delayed Service Pack 2 for Microsoft's Windows XP, users have noticed a few things missing from the popular OS. Rather than adding new features to Windows, angry customers say this new "upgrade" takes them away. Specifically, the new default configuration in SP2 inhibits the backdoor software that allowed users to access their personal data data, passwords, and credit card data from a remote computer.

"Just a few years ago, people paid through the nose for the convenience of remotely controlling their PC from home or office," explained long-time Windows user Guy Labelle. "I was thrilled to hear that XP shipped with this functionality built in, and it was a big reason I paid for the upgrade."

XP's original default installation included a popup engine, email generator, and a suite of "spyware" applications that allowed Microsoft technicians to run Scandisk and other maintenance utilities in the background, all of it now gone thanks to SP2.

"XP's WinBackdoor was so user-friendly, in fact, that I didn't have to do anything at all," said Labelle. "I'd just sit back and let other people control my PC for me."

Resolution

[boatboy]

Issue:
Error message on a blue screen when you transfer data to a USB device in Windows XP.
Resolution:
Error message now placed on gradient green screen when you transfer data to a USB device in Windows XP.