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Microsoft not pulling XP SP3 again (so far) | |
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| Time: 16:41 EST/21:41 GMT | News Source: | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft isn’t halting Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 distribution — so far, at least — in spite of endless-reboot problems reported by AMD-based PC customers, a company spokeswoman said on May 9. Reports of the reboot problem are cropping up on Microsoft forums and other sites across the Web. Microsoft resumed Windows Update delivery of XP SP3 this week, after temporarily halting its distribution due to an incompatibility involving SP3 and Microsoft’s Retail Management System (RMS). |
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| #1 By 13759 (67.190.66.88) at Monday, May 12, 2008 11:02:28 AM |
| I'm beginning to wonder if Microsoft can do anything right anymore. |
| #2 By 143 (74.129.194.180) at Monday, May 12, 2008 11:16:05 AM |
| It does make you wounder who's running the shop at Microsoft. |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Monday, May 12, 2008 02:24:26 PM |
| What I don't understand is how a product can seemingly take years in beta, and then it's released only to trigger a major show-stopping bug. |
| #4 By 88850 (221.128.201.248) at Monday, May 12, 2008 03:46:13 PM |
| But according to the earlier articles posted (http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/XP-SP3-cripples-some-PCs-with-endless-reboots_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/XP-SP3-cripples-some-PCs-with-endless-reboots_1.html), the rebooting is caused by 1. HP who uses the Intel driver on AMD systems in their XP images. 2. Possibly, due to a specific ASUS motherboard. Keep in mind that, XP (75%) runs nearly on the world's 3/4 PCs, so not hitting an issue like this would be an over accomplishment. Even if the service pack has been in beta for months, several user don't install beta stuff, so it might not have got reported. It's just that in the dark ages before Web 2.0, when these things happened, the media didn't sensationalize them, now it does. |
