Last Words On Service Pack 2 542
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.
Performance decreases that exxxxtreme... (Score:5, Funny)
Last Words? (Score:5, Funny)
any time now... (Score:5, Funny)
Whoa! (Score:3, Funny)
*phew*
I think I must sit down to recover from the shock.
Re:It deserves scrutiny (Score:3, Funny)
Yup, in one way or another.
At least it shows the MS Quality Assurance team don't use Dell.
Re:Why I didn't bother... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm dual-booting 98SE and Gentoo Linux. '98 predates all the security holes, and Linux doesn't have any worth mentioning.
Re:any time now... (Score:5, Funny)
Classic, just classic. (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Hrmm... (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Last Words? (Score:5, Funny)
These Laws Need Names (Score:2, Funny)
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.
2.6ghz down to 300mhz (Score:3, Funny)
Security by obesity.
Re:Why I didn't bother... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It deserves scrutiny (Score:3, Funny)
12 years? 14? (Score:3, Funny)
YOU'RE A TROLL! Longhorn will be out next year.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/ [apple.com]
Oh, you meant Microsoft's version. Yeah, 12 or 14 is about right.
Re:It deserves scrutiny (Score:2, Funny)
That depends a good deal on what is meant by "affect."
KFG
Re:CPU Driver Problem? (Score:2, Funny)
Now that's sure to slow down worm spreading. Very clever, don't ya think ?
Re:Why I didn't bother... (Score:2, Funny)
To all moderators:
The correct moderation would be: +1 Funny
Re:Last Words? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Recommendations on speeding up XP (Score:3, 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.
Re:Slowed Down? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slowed Down? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Slowed Down? (Score:1, Funny)