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Why is Microsoft Patching XP?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-wouldn't-believe-me-if-i-told-you dept.

akkarin noted a story about a new Service patch for XP. Dubbed SP2c, the new service patch contains no bug fixes or features. Instead, this exciting patch exists only to add new valid active product registration keys. Oops.

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  1. well... by silverkniveshotmail. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without a service pack it just doesn't feel like windows.

    1. Re:well... by that+IT+girl · · Score: 5, Funny

      Haha, good point! I like this because it's kind of like they're admitting that nobody likes Vista and that they're still going to have people wanting XP, despite the fact that you can't find a new computer loaded with it anymore. People are willing to go out of their way to get XP versus Vista.

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    2. Re:well... by Vulva+R.+Thompson,+P · · Score: 5, Funny

      Each Tuesday morning everyone in our office kneels, faces west and screams "Blessed Be Ballmer!" repeatedly. We know He's listening because sometimes the angels reward us with a little icon in our trays.

      We tried it once with the Ubuntu god but it just felt blasphemous and unclean.

    3. Re:well... by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

      You mean every second Tuesday of each month? Fourth Tuesdays are OK too, but they're not critical updates.

      Know ye not any better than to question which Tuesdays work and which don't? Ballmer works in mysterious ways, after all. Why, on several occasions, updates have even appeared on non-Tuesdays! Surely He has blessed us only to reward our dilligence in praying to Redmond 4.25 times each month?

      In any case, you come very near blasphemy, Brother, in asking too many questions about Tuesdays - That sort of thinking can lead the mind in dangerous directions. Why, next you might start to question whether The G*tes (Blessed be his name, which we may not write upon anything impermanent) meant to pass the mantle of his fold on to his nephew or his brother-in-law. Such things only lead to tears and Danish mockery, my friend, so stray not onto that path!

  2. NT4 called... by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and they're kinda nervous about their service release record being broken...

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  3. missing a few by Phil246 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What happened to A and B?
    Did they elope together and disappear into the mountains - and now C is their lovechild?

  4. Uninstall by sjaguar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how hard it will be to uninstall when it does not work.

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  5. Re:More incredible by SCHecklerX · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a good thing airplanes aren't designed that way. Solid steel and cement probably doesn't fly so good.

  6. Re:I'm so glad ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm glad I stayed with Windows 98 Second Edition so I don't have to deal with all these endless updates and patches.

  7. Re:you can patch in new keys? by sqrt(2) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The coolest MS activation hack I've seen is for vista. They emulate an OEM bios (usually asus) and install a key that allows the OS not to have to be activated via the internet (lest consumers have to deal with that after buying their new Vista machine). Works flawlessly, well from what I've heard it does. How would I know?

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  8. Re:More incredible by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Every single f****n programmer knows by now that if you plan for a certain maximum limit, you multiply that number by a factor of 10,000, then raise it to the fourth power and add a few billion just to be sure.

          Which explains why a mouse driver needs to be 500MB.

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  9. Re:So.... by geobeck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would it not be on the frontpage?

    Because it's along the lines of "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. Doctors report his condition as 'unchanged'."

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  10. Blasphemer! by nlinecomputers · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...The G*tes (Blessed be his name, which we may not write upon anything impermanent)


    And you dare to imply that Slashdot isn't permanent? Never have I witnessed a more true blasphemy.

    We are permanent. We are one. We are +5 Karmawhores and can afford to burn. You promote a false God. There is only one root.
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