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____/ SomeBloke on Friday 09 May 2008 15:22 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain
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>> | Within hours of its release, Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
>> | began drawing hundreds of complaints from users who claim the update is
>> | wreaking havoc on their PCs.
>> |
>> | The problems with XP SP3, according to posters on Microsoft's Windows XP
>> | message board, range from spontaneous reboots to outright system crashes
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600950
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>> Vista Blues Weakens Microsoft's Influence On Software Market
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>> | That was evident in how Microsoft's client division third-quarter sales,
>> | which includes the XP and Vista operating system, fell 24% compared with
>> | the year earlier period. Although the decline was expected because of a
>> | one-off revenue gain of around $1.6 billion in the year-earlier quarter,
>> | client revenues were lower than analysts expected.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200805071423DOWJONESDJONLINE000951_FORTUNE5.htm
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>> Recent:
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>> Windows XP SP3: Beware the service pack!
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>> | The first thing that happened after installing Vista SP1 is that it
>> | broke my HP printer driver. That wasn't too bad, I fixed that quite
>> | easily by uninstalling the driver and doing a clean reinstallation.
>> | However, the fact that a service pack upgrade caused an instability in a
>> | previously working standard software installation is a concern.
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>> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18109/1023/
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>> Windows XP SP3 still officially AWOL, but can be found on BitTorrent,
>> Microsoft servers
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>> | On Tuesday, in a low-key announcement on a support newsgroup, Microsoft
>> | said
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> | it would delay the release of XP SP3 because of data corruption issues
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> | between the updated operating system and its retail point-of-sale
>> | software.
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=intellectual_property_and_drm&articleId=9082098&taxonomyId=144&intsrc=kc_top
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>> XP change corrupts data, hamstrings SP3 rollout
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>> | A Microsoft spokeswoman on Wednesday acknowledged that the same problems
>> | affected Dynamics RMS users running XP SP3.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9081438&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top
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> <snip>
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> I recall the 'release' of XP SP2 and the havoc that caused on systems. The
> system crash reports got so bad that at the company I worked at we refused
> to install it until MS sorted the mess out. It only took about 6 months or
> so. Quick work for Microsoft!
So, the upgrade to the latest and greatest O/S from Microsoft (circa 2001) is
due out in late 2008/early 2009. Most people keep sending that Vista mess
down the bit bucket anyway.
Does anyone really believe that Windows has a future? Bullying tactics will not
buy Microsoft time. They'll have the company fines severely. 4 simultaneous
antitrust probes seem likely shortly (next week).
- --
~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | What is all that lipstick in XP's close button?
http://Schestowitz.com | GNU is Not UNIX | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
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