Windows XP Service Pack 2 RC2 -It's About To Go Critical-

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It's about to go critical. Gordon get away from there...

BREAKING NEWS: ... this just in from our technology correspondents out of our NYC offices.

"Windows XP SP2 Still Rough Around the Edges" - and that's putting it lightly.

How does this sound to you guys? You install Windows XP Service Pack 2, expecting to take advantage of all the nifty new security features. After the customary "please restart your computer for the new settings to take effect" dialog box, you click "ok" and play the waiting game. Only this time, your windows boot procedure is rudely interrupted by -- GASP! -- a BSOD !! That's right folks, you've just become one of the 60% of victims who cannot use the new service pack! Why?? Who knows? Microsoft won't tell...

So what happens if you're a "victim"? Well, according to the kind folks at Microsoft, you must go through a lengthy procedure which ends up de-installing both Service Pack 1 and 2 from your system. Oh, and one more thing. It deinstalls all of your device drivers, your system resources, registry entries, and other things that make your computer ... well ... usable. So you can either go through the process that Microsoft prescribes, only to have to reformat anyways, or you can just skip to step 2 and reformat.. It's your choice...

Read here for all the juicy details:


http://www.crn.com/sections/breakin...id=VVPFIRZXAVGHYQSNDBESKHA?articleId=23905071


Don't forget: Department Of Homeland Security Says To Stop Using Internet Explorer!!!


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=74&e=3&u=/cmp/20040702/tc_cmp/22103407

For those having problems with Internet Explorer such as extreme popups and spyware, step into the ligh.

www.mozilla.org

Either get the latest version of "Firefox" or "Mozilla". You may want to try Firefox first.
 
When i installed XP SP2 RC2 installshield wouldn't work anymore so i literally could not install any games.

Had to get rid of it.
 
Mr-Fusion said:
When i installed XP SP2 RC2 installshield wouldn't work anymore so i literally could not install any games.

Had to get rid of it.
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How the hell could they release that, did they even test it at all...
 
It may have only been my computer though, i'm not sure. Either way i'll wait for the final pack to be released.
 
When I installed XP SP2 RC2 I wasn't able to connect to the internet. I just uninstalled it.
 
Its all part of Microsoft's grand plan to screw everyone over...
 
Then theres always Linux where you can actually use your computer for days without any lock-ups or any other problems. Not to mention popup blocking. No virus's, spyware, ETC and best of all NO BLUE SCREENS OF DEATH!!!WoOt!!! :thumbs:
 
Has lots of games:

ksokabon
ltris
tux racer

Just kidding, its getting Doom 3!!!
It has Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 a long with most other Quake and Unreal game. It has the Neverwinter Nights. Heres the best part. You can have two operating systems on your computer and when you start your computer you just select which one to load as if you have two seperate computers. They do not effect each other at all. You can install them on the same hard drive and format the drive to make it like two drives or you can actually use two drives. Then you can have Windows for Gaming and Linux for everything out. STILL not enough for you eh? Try Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ this is a bootable Linux CD which has internet, media player support, Open office, Gimp, games, ETC!!! It's a full Linux distro that you actually put into your drive you you boot into it in about 30 seconds. Even has full KDE and graphics and sound support. Another words you don't have to install Linux. You could be using the internet in Linux in less then 30 seconds. Sounds amazing? It is!!!
 
Man, I wanted SP2 to come out soon... it fixes my one big annoyance... ;(
 
Kschreck said:
Has lots of games:

ksokabon
ltris
tux racer

Just kidding, its getting Doom 3!!!
It has Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 a long with most other Quake and Unreal game. It has the Neverwinter Nights. Heres the best part. You can have two operating systems on your computer and when you start your computer you just select which one to load as if you have two seperate computers. They do not effect each other at all. You can install them on the same hard drive and format the drive to make it like two drives or you can actually use two drives. Then you can have Windows for Gaming and Linux for everything out. STILL not enough for you eh? Try Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ this is a bootable Linux CD which has internet, media player support, Open office, Gimp, games, ETC!!! It's a full Linux distro that you actually put into your drive you you boot into it in about 30 seconds. Even has full KDE and graphics and sound support. Another words you don't have to install Linux. You could be using the internet in Linux in less then 30 seconds. Sounds amazing? It is!!!
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Are you a salesman? ;)

BTW, does FireFox block spyware?

EDIT: If it does, I should install it on my aunt's computer...
 
Well, thanks for the heads up. Sounds like more world domination plans are brewing at microsoft.
 
Nevermind, FireFox is teh roolzzzz!!!

*is using it now, deletes IE shortcut*
 
And this is just another thing to add to my list of "why I hate Microsoft". You would think a company with as much money as they have could use it to actually ensure their software is as amazing as it could be.

GO LINUX!
 
The Mullinator said:
And this is just another thing to add to my list of "why I hate Microsoft". You would think a company with as much money as they have could use it to actually ensure their software is as amazing as it could be.

GO LINUX!
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Read: EA...
 
It's nice to see at lease one person who agrees with me that Microsoft is an evil greedy company who doesn't care about the customer. Oh and Mullinator, A memo was released that came from Microsoft and was shipped to HP telling of their plans to sue Open Source with their patents they have been gathering lately. If you live in the US you will know that our Government will favor to Microsoft. Anyways I post EVERY bit of Anti Microsoft news and information at www.zogdog.com the forums I got to. You should stop buy.
 
OMG!I wish apple would release os x for the x86 platform.That would make microsoft think twice about what there doing...
 
Kschreck said:
It's nice to see at lease one person who agrees with me that Microsoft is an evil greedy company who doesn't care about the customer. Oh and Mullinator, A memo was released that came from Microsoft and was shipped to HP telling of their plans to sue Open Source with their patents they have been gathering lately. If you live in the US you will know that our Government will favor to Microsoft. Anyways I post EVERY bit of Anti Microsoft news and information at www.zogdog.com the forums I got to. You should stop buy.
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Yes I have heard about this, its pretty scary to think about.

Oh, maybe they hope to sue apple computers for using the symbol of an apple while they are trying to wipe out open source as well?
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/04/05/05/226214.shtml?tid=107&tid=109&tid=133&tid=186&tid=187
 
/me smacks Microsoft with several blunt objects.
btw, i heard a rumor that they fired an employee who posted pictures of Apple computers at their loading dock in the internet.
 
Yup heard of that one too, although really I am kind of happy that Microsoft did that. I hadn't heard of Lindows before, but then Microsoft decided to sue it because its name was too close to windows and therefor might "confuse" customers and I realized that this little company existed.

So really Microsoft has given free publicity to its enemies and at the same time let more people realize that it really is a bully of a company.
 
Dr. Freeman said:
* Dr. Freeman holds hands with Shuzer


yay :)
happy campers :E :LOL:
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/me dances around with Freeman

..this got creepy really quickly :x
 
Shuzer, just wondering, how come you always or at lease almost always post in 3rd person?
 
Kschreck said:
Shuzer, just wondering, how come you always or at lease almost always post in 3rd person?
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Shhhh, we don't bring up things like that.

At least not in front of him. ;)
 
* Z|insane wonders what the hell Kschreck is going on about.
BACK OFF MAN.. STEP AWAY FROM THE SHUZER!
 
/me eats raw chicken whilst streaking around a hospital, covered in peanut butter and humming YMCA.
 
Sedako said:
* Sedako eats raw chicken whilst streaking around a hospital, covered in peanut butter and humming YMCA.
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/me thought he was the only one who does that.

So this is what its like.....when doves cry

/me hugs Sedako
 
I don't hate Microsoft with a passion, and I never have. Let me just get that out now.
I really, really want to like Linux. I have Slackware; I mess around with it all of the time, but support wise...wow, just wow; it's horrible. I wanted to do some work with OpenGl in Linux, but sadly ATi had such utterly terrible driver support that I could hardly run a screensaver, let alone a demo I wrote, or a game. Those awful drivers alone turned my 9700 Pro into a weak, blubbering shadow of it's Windows self. I've never in my life had such a difficult time setting up a simple driver either; it was hell and it really should not have been. That's not the fault of Linux of course, that's just ATI. I like Linux, and I strongly prefer it to Windows. If it weren't for the current state of affairs with graphics hardware and games on Linux, I would have ditched Windows a long time ago becuase of the sorts of problems Microsoft always runs into (like the whole SP2 issue), and their business tactics, which (in some cases) I strongly disagree with.
 
Kschreck said:
Shuzer, just wondering, how come you always or at lease almost always post in 3rd person?
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Type /me dances
/me dances

TADA! :)
 
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