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Last Words On Service Pack 2
thejoelpatrol writes "So did Slashdotters call this one? Windows XP SP2 seems not to be so secure after all. A Register reporter goes in depth to find out just how safe a fresh install is. He provides a list of which dangerous ports are left open and which services are left on by default. I guess now we know why Microsoft's security timetable is 10 years." Reader ack154 writes "ZDNet is reporting that many Dell Inspiron users are reporting an extreme performance decrease since installing Windows XP SP2 - decreases as much as from 2.6ghz down to 300mhz. Dell claims no responsibility, claiming it is 'externally loaded software' and they don't support it. In the mean time there has been a fix posted on Dell's forums, which rolls back the processor driver." Finally, Marxist Hacker 42 writes "Amid complaints of too much XP Service Pack 2 coverage on ZD Net, David Berlind writes that Service Pack 2 deserved the scrutiny it got- and charges that it failed to live up to Gates' Trusted Computing Initiative." Finally, Microsoft warns that installing SP2 on a spyware-infested PC is a bad idea.
...deserve some extra 'X's.
Somehow, I doubt that these are the last words we'll see on the subject....
Well, just wait 'til Longhorn. It will be way better...in like 12 years, or maybe 14...
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These news sure struck like lightning from a clear sky!
*phew*
I think I must sit down to recover from the shock.
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
It is going to affect 90% + of all the computers in the world.
:-)
Yup, in one way or another.
At least it shows the MS Quality Assurance team don't use Dell.
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Why I didn't bother:
I'm dual-booting 98SE and Gentoo Linux. '98 predates all the security holes, and Linux doesn't have any worth mentioning.
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
FTA,
We look to ZDNet as a beacon of light in IT journalism.
(pauses)
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
All I can say to this person, is 'look out for the oncoming train...prolly complete with windows logo and named "longhorn".'
IT journalism, brought to you from the same folks of Military Intelligence.
Have you read the moderator guidelines? Well, have you, PUNK? (and I want a Karma: Gnarly option)
Finally, Microsoft warns that installing SP2 on a spyware-infested PC is a bad idea.
So basically, you don't want to install it on any computer running a Microsoft operating system that has been using a Microsoft browser or a Microsoft e-mail client.
Huh..I think I'm starting to see a pattern.
Please don't mod troll or funny. I'm serious.
I think it's about time that we come up with as a community name for this law:
All the Odd Star Trek movies and Odd Microsoft service packs suck.
In all seriousness, it's service pack TWO!! I didn't load it just because of that and I'm dead serious. One of the guys decided to load it and sure enough, he's reloading his system from scratch. It will take the release of service pack 3 before I consider moving from SP1 and the current crop of hotfixes.
Didn't anyone learn anything from the NT service pack 2 debacle? How about NT service pack 4?? Now I know you are going to say service pack 6a but we all know this is the first time Microsoft uses an "a" and it should have been SP7.
"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"
Security by obesity.
-- "Makes Little Debbie look like a pile of puke!" - Moe Szyslak
If 98SE has security holes, please tell me what they are.
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
At least it shows the MS Quality Assurance team don't use Dell.
..or, indeed, Windows XP!
YOU'RE A TROLL! Longhorn will be out next year.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/
Oh, you meant Microsoft's version. Yeah, 12 or 14 is about right.
. . .you've overestimated it's impact by a longshot.
That depends a good deal on what is meant by "affect."
KFG
Now that's sure to slow down worm spreading. Very clever, don't ya think ?
If 98SE has security holes, please tell me what they are.
To all moderators:
The correct moderation would be: +1 Funny
Attach very long power cord to computer.
Start computer
Gently shove computer, running and attached to long power cord off building.
Using the formula v = (g/c)(1-e^(-tc)) where the constant c is about 0.394 sec^-1, integrating and solving for initial conditions gives you x=[integral] vdt = (g/c)(t + (1/c)(e^(-tc) -1)), your Windows XP machine will be faster than it ever has been before the long power cord disconnects itself.
Gods don't kill people, people with gods kill people.
Thanks Bill.
Thanks Linus.
Same to you, Richard.