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EVE-Online Patch Makes XP Unbootable

Posted by kdawson on from the boot-hill dept.

Nobo writes "CCP's latest major patch to the EVE-Online client, Trinity, comes with an optional DX9-enhanced graphics patch that dramatically improves the visual quality of the in-game graphics through remade models, textures, and HDR. It also has an unfortunate bug: the incredibly stupid choice of boot.ini as a game configuration file, coupled with an errant extra backslash in the installer configuration. The result is that anyone who installs the enhanced graphics patch overwrites the windows XP c:\boot.ini file with the EVE client configuration file, bricking the machine on the next boot. Discussion in a couple of forums threads is becoming understandably heated."

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  1. Actually, it was just a secret plot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    To get the users seperated from their pcs for a while.

  2. Re:They both made errors. by PoetDemise · · Score: -1, Troll

    I blame mostly MS. I mean come on... they are gona let something remove the boot file? That file should be locked unless the system is trying to edit it... Oh MS why do you fail at life so bad? Power to linux! (mac are okay too.... I suppose.)

  3. Re:Bricking? by IndustrialComplex · · Score: -1, Troll

    Though I do thank you for replying to my comment that you disagreed with rather than some others who would simply mod me down due to a disagreement over semantics.

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    Out of modpoints but really liked a post? 1BDkF6TtmmeZ3yqXbz9yhdYVqRYnwFoXDj
  4. TROJAN ALERT - LINUX fails to protect boot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    God, I love it when Linux fucks up so bad. If limux can't keep its boot file from being deleted, what fucking secuirty is this?