Warning! Do NOT apply XP SP 3!

[Azselendor]

I waited 3 months on service pack 2

[Xrati]

This just might be Micro$oft's way of sabotaging XP so it will make Vista look better! Nothing worse than coming out with a new O$ that nobody wants...

[capnq]

Xrati said: This just might be Micro$oft's way of sabotaging XP so it will make Vista look better!

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

Spectarofdeath said: Don't want to start any kind of flame war or anything but like AgentZero I've noticed alot that anytime someone has a PC problem the first cause is M$ and the 2nd is user error.

Microsoft's security chief once stated at a developer's conference that "half of all crashes in Windows are caused not by Microsoft code, but third-party code". This was interpreted on Slashdot as Microsoft admitting that half of Windows' crashes were their fault.

[Xrati]

capnq, we all know about "Murphy's Laws!" My favorite is,

Nothing can be made foolproof, because fools are very ingenious!


Now for reality, business makes money by selling product. If everyone sits there with XP on their computer, Micro$oft won't make any money. If they come out with a new OS (say like Vi$ta) and nobody likes it, why not 'taint' your old product to make everyone think that your new one is better?

If you're a third party software producer and your software doesn't work on the SP3, then you should be the one to fix it! UNLESS the SP3 problem was something that was created by Micro$oft, then they should fix it.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!

[Fyron]

*shakes head*

The vast majority of Windows licenses come bundled with new PCs. They could care less about trying to convince people to upgrade current machines from XP to Vista. Even new machines sold with XP are still making MS as much money.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

How would you uninstall SP3?

[Captain Kwok]

You should be able to remove it via the Add/Remove programs option in the Control Panel.

[AgentZero]

Fyron said:
*shakes head*

The vast majority of Windows licenses come bundled with new PCs. They could care less about trying to convince people to upgrade current machines from XP to Vista. Even new machines sold with XP are still making MS as much money.

And since as of June, every Dell sold with an XP license will count as a Vista sale for Microsoft, they've even got the "Your old OS is selling better than your new OS" PR angle covered. Ingenious. Although I wouldn't be my usual pedantic self if I didn't point out the ambiguity of your second statement. If they could care less, then they do care, but how much? Do they care a great deal? Or do they care very little, but still have a little leeway in case they need to care less at some point in the future?

[Fyron]

They do have some leeway, since at some point they'll care more about higher rates of Vista adoption than just the income.