Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc 742
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.
Nudge Nudge Wink Wing (Score:5, Funny)
So the solution is fairly obvious - if you can't improve Vista, you can make XP worse. That way, people know they're going to be dissatisfied with your product from the get-go, but at least they'll buy the latest one.
Just a quick thank-you (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nudge Nudge Wink Wing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember a bad Kathleen Turner movie (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry. I did not feel that was the message you were trying to put across at all.
Your message was clear and unambiguous. You're a fan-boy of murder for hire.
Re:One of the finest pieces of software ever made (Score:5, Funny)
Re:People mess with thier own machines.. (Score:3, Funny)
Finally they made XP secure (Score:4, Funny)
I'm glad MS figured out how to secure Windows totally.
Re:Lost TCP/IP on my install yesterday (Score:5, Funny)
-w
Re:Oh Yes It Will (Score:4, Funny)
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, Vista kinda sucks, but all Windows versions kinda suck.
I'm not sure I see how your post qualifies as less of a microsoft-bashing post than the one you were responding to. Why must you say such negative things about the products of a poor, defenseless, beleaguered little 800lb gorilla!?
Re:People mess with thier own machines.. (Score:3, Funny)
Slackware, I'm looking at you.
Re:Remember a bad Kathleen Turner movie (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nudge Nudge Wink Wing (Score:3, Funny)
omg (Score:3, Funny)
Fucking Microsoft.
*shakes fist*
Re:People mess with thier own machines.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:3, Funny)
Some people still swear at Windows 2000 to this day, so I don't doubt that there will be people who will swear at Windows XP several years from now anyway.
There....fixed those typos for ya.....
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:1, Funny)
I botched mine on Gentoo, and it was quite easily fixed.
First I used the installation CD to boot the system, then I started recompiling libc and probably it's dependencies. Three hours later I installed Debian. Problem solved!
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:2, Funny)
The difference is that Vista really does suck.
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Re:Nudge Nudge Wink Wing (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:5, Funny)
new plan (Score:3, Funny)
Brilliant (Score:2, Funny)
Can't make Vista better ? No problem. Lets just screw Windows XP.
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:3, Funny)
I am, however, an asshole and I do have a big mouth after about 3 whisky and cokes so you were half right.
Re:One problem machine out of many installs (Score:3, Funny)
Dear participants of the SP3 public beta, (Score:3, Funny)
Signed, the participants of the SP2 public beta.