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So a newsgroup for people to get tech support about problems, is a good way
to get the big picture? (Rhetorical question) -- Paul Cyr ----- The Debate Continues... www.xvsxp.com Protect Yourself and Others in 6 Simple Steps... http://davechalkconnected.ipbhost.co...showtopic=1802 ----- "AnnonUser" wrote in message ... P.Cyr wrote: I'm not talking about the references you need, I'm talking about the references I need, and anyone else needs, to take your word that SP2 is garbage. Same answer. Just read this board and everything M$ has about it. I don't even really see the point to your question. If we're both looking at the same newsgroup posts, and I cite them as backup, then how is that MY source as opposed to the source I'm citing so you can see what I'm basing my claim on? |
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BSOD's pretty much became a thing of the past for most of us with the
release of Windows XP, and although I have had some since ungrading they are infrequent and to the best of my knowledge never due to Microsoft. Oftentimes they _are_ because of badly coded third-party software or hardware problems. Anyway Paul this disagreement is just going to roll on and on. Best not to repeatedly respond to people who fail to substantiate claims and can't even abbreviate the word anonymous. Nik |
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"Nik Blackwell" wrote in message ... BSOD's pretty much became a thing of the past for most of us with the release of Windows XP, and although I have had some since ungrading they are infrequent and to the best of my knowledge never due to Microsoft. Oftentimes they _are_ because of badly coded third-party software or hardware problems. Anyway Paul this disagreement is just going to roll on and on. Best not to repeatedly respond to people who fail to substantiate claims and can't even abbreviate the word anonymous. I've been running Windows NT (XP is NT version 6.0) since the version 3.1 pre-release (1993 or so), and to you I say what a load of horse hockey. NT is a protected operating system. One of the great things about a protected operating system is that it protects itself from 3rd party stupid programmers tricks. Windows 3.x and Windows 9x were not protected OS, and what you say is very true of them. NT 3.1 was near bullet proof, but NT has been getting worse and worse as is becomes so complex with a gazillion "features". XP SP1 was an improvement over Windows 2000, but it looks to me like Service Pack II is a bug filled disaster. |
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Check your version number! Windows XP _is_ version 5.1, call up the System
properties page or type "ver" at the command prompt. I've been running SP2 for weeks now without a hitch. Sure if people use Automatic/Windows Update for SP2 they might well have problems, but many of them might have been there in the first instance. Many companies are treating SP2 almost as a full OS upgrade, which is a bit of an overreaction. But when you consider, that SP1 was mainly a bunch of fixes, and stock programs such as DirectX, Windows Media Player, etc., weren't changed, you've really got to see that the first release of XP and SP2 are almost as different as XP was to 2000. So what is essentially not that different from installing a new OS _over_ an old one, which is always problematic, is always going to cause more headache than when you perform a clean install. Nik "Morty McSnerd" wrote in message ... "Nik Blackwell" wrote in message ... BSOD's pretty much became a thing of the past for most of us with the release of Windows XP, and although I have had some since ungrading they are infrequent and to the best of my knowledge never due to Microsoft. Oftentimes they _are_ because of badly coded third-party software or hardware problems. Anyway Paul this disagreement is just going to roll on and on. Best not to repeatedly respond to people who fail to substantiate claims and can't even abbreviate the word anonymous. I've been running Windows NT (XP is NT version 6.0) since the version 3.1 pre-release (1993 or so), and to you I say what a load of horse hockey. NT is a protected operating system. One of the great things about a protected operating system is that it protects itself from 3rd party stupid programmers tricks. Windows 3.x and Windows 9x were not protected OS, and what you say is very true of them. NT 3.1 was near bullet proof, but NT has been getting worse and worse as is becomes so complex with a gazillion "features". XP SP1 was an improvement over Windows 2000, but it looks to me like Service Pack II is a bug filled disaster. |
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Nik Blackwell wrote:
BSOD's pretty much became a thing of the past for most of us with the release of Windows XP, and although I have had some since ungrading they are infrequent and to the best of my knowledge never due to Microsoft. Oftentimes they _are_ because of badly coded third-party software or hardware problems. Anyway Paul this disagreement is just going to roll on and on. Best not to repeatedly respond to people who fail to substantiate claims and can't even abbreviate the word anonymous. Nik I did that, you moron, so I can easily search for my posts. |
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Don't call me a moron you fool! How is it moronic to not know that you're
hiding behind a misspelt abbreviation for a reason? On what undisputable evidence was I to base that judgement? Why not use a name (real or otherwise) like most of the other posters here, who aren't using Microsoft's own site, to post messages. Nik "AnnonUser" wrote in message ... Nik Blackwell wrote: BSOD's pretty much became a thing of the past for most of us with the release of Windows XP, and although I have had some since ungrading they are infrequent and to the best of my knowledge never due to Microsoft. Oftentimes they _are_ because of badly coded third-party software or hardware problems. Anyway Paul this disagreement is just going to roll on and on. Best not to repeatedly respond to people who fail to substantiate claims and can't even abbreviate the word anonymous. Nik I did that, you moron, so I can easily search for my posts. |
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