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Soda
Citizen
Username: Soda
Post Number: 1744
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 5:49 pm: |     |
The list of software that will behave differently or just plain not work at all once the Big Update is installed goes on&on. Does anybody have thoughts on whether (best case) it's an important and worthwhile update, or if (worst case) it should be avoided like the plague? |
monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 167
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 10:50 pm: | |
It's already been exploited, http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1637609,00.asp
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Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 2365
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 8:54 am: | |
I'm a Mac user, so my XP experience is limited, but I think the thread title captures the conundrum pretty well. |
TanRu
Citizen
Username: Tanru
Post Number: 3
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 9:58 am: | |
:: casually cancels download of SP 2 :: |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 213
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 3:05 am: | |
I downloaded sp2 and hated it! My computer was just going in to be repaired, and they winped the hdd anyway, so whatever.
Monster, what did the article say? I couldn't get to it.
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monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 272
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 4:57 pm: | |
flugermongers, While I can't remember exactly what it said, try this link and choose from one of the articles listed, http://www.eweek.com/search_results/0%2C2426%2C%2C00.asp?qry=service+pack+2+expl oits&filterapp=&site=7
It might have been this one, http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1637596,00.asp
it was published on the same day I made the post. |
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