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Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc

Posted by kdawson on from the shun-the-frumious-bandersnatch dept.

ozmanjusri writes "According to Information Week, within hours of its wide availability Windows XP SP3 had drawn hundreds of complaints from users who claim the update is wreaking havoc on their computers. One user said in a Microsoft newsgroup: 'I downloaded and installed [the SP3] package for IT Professionals and Developers on one of my computers. Now I can't get the computer to boot. I don't think Microsoft should have made this a critical update.' Other sites including IT Wire are also reporting problems, which include include random reboots or the inability to boot at all." Note that XP3 won't install on systems running beta IE8; and after a successful SP3 install users will no longer be able to downgrade from IE7 to IE6.

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  1. Re:Nudge Nudge Wink Wing by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Troll

    140,000,000 million copies have been sold. Some failure.

  2. Re:One problem machine out of many installs by Nirvelli · · Score: 0, Troll

    And if Microsoft dared to include something even close to what Time Machine does, Norton (with their Ghost program) along with plenty of other backup software companies would instantly file an anti-monopoly lawsuit.
    And you'd all agree with it.