Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc

Syxx_Killer · 05-09-08, 02:12 PM

Can't say that I'm surprised. I'm not going to be installing it.

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?...58229&from=rss

bert8for3 · 05-09-08, 02:15 PM

Likewise on suprise-meter from 0-10 .... -38

AVGWarhawk · 05-09-08, 02:25 PM

No issue here. I downloaded on my work computer and home computer. Both work just fine. The article says 100's. Not bad really. One claims his machine was screwed before he loaded it up hoping it would fix his problem.

MothBalls · 05-09-08, 03:38 PM

Add me on the complaint side. (side note, all my copies of windows are legal copies)

Auto-update did one of my PC's with a raid array. Wouldn't boot after the upgrade. Popped in a boot disk and looked, all data from both drives 100% gone. Nothing, nada, zip. Luckily I'm one of those people that actually have a backup. So I disabled my raid, just used one drive, did a restore. Updated to SP3. All was fine. Turned my hardware level raid back on, rebooted and *poof. No data.

On another machine it somehow invalidated my (legal) license on my Adobe CS3 (Master Edition). None of it works, tells me to call an admin.

So here's my final solution. I'm going to install Linux, Open Office, a "standards compliant" browser unlike the POS that comes with XP, become happier and move on. For my other work PC, I'm going to buy a MAC.

From here on out I'll have only one Windows machine, for games. I'll never purchase another MS product again, ever.

Letum · 05-09-08, 03:43 PM

Ive noticed a few servers down recently....

Officerpuppy · 05-09-08, 03:53 PM

I upgraded my PC last night, haven't run into any problems yet thankfully

05-09-08, 02:12 PM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc Can't say that I'm surprised. I'm not going to be installing it. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?...58229&from=rss

05-09-08, 02:15 PM	#2
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Likewise on suprise-meter from 0-10 .... -38 __________________

05-09-08, 02:25 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	No issue here. I downloaded on my work computer and home computer. Both work just fine. The article says 100's. Not bad really. One claims his machine was screwed before he loaded it up hoping it would fix his problem. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-09-08, 03:43 PM	#5
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Ive noticed a few servers down recently.... __________________

05-09-08, 03:38 PM	#4
MothBalls Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Add me on the complaint side. (side note, all my copies of windows are legal copies) Auto-update did one of my PC's with a raid array. Wouldn't boot after the upgrade. Popped in a boot disk and looked, all data from both drives 100% gone. Nothing, nada, zip. Luckily I'm one of those people that actually have a backup. So I disabled my raid, just used one drive, did a restore. Updated to SP3. All was fine. Turned my hardware level raid back on, rebooted and *poof. No data. On another machine it somehow invalidated my (legal) license on my Adobe CS3 (Master Edition). None of it works, tells me to call an admin. So here's my final solution. I'm going to install Linux, Open Office, a "standards compliant" browser unlike the POS that comes with XP, become happier and move on. For my other work PC, I'm going to buy a MAC. From here on out I'll have only one Windows machine, for games. I'll never purchase another MS product again, ever.

05-09-08, 03:53 PM	#6
Officerpuppy Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I upgraded my PC last night, haven't run into any problems yet thankfully