Microsoft finds more glitches in XP and IE -Fifth security advisory this year

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[Oldeconomybuyer]

FWIW, I'm happy with XP.

[jackbill]

FWIW, I'm happy with XP.

Me too, but the "fix" for this latest took an abnormally long time to download and install. And I'm on cable Internet. Must have been a whopper.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Oldeconomybuyer]

I got a "notice" the first thing this morning that the security update was available, and the download only took a few seconds. I'm on a cable modem too...

[chance33_98]

FWIW, I'm happy with XP.

So's my wife, I am happy with 2000 server, solaris, and red hat. Wasn't bashing MS by posting, just an FYI to those who don't follow the security patches and such. I subscribe to a series of security lists myself.

[JoJo Gunn]

XP was designed to have gaping holes, since it's a Big Brother app. You people will be in orgasmic glee when Palladium rolls around.

[ccmay]

My hospital network was down today for six hours because Windows is such a steaming pile of crap. Yes, even the Windows 2000/XP server systems which are supposed to be more stable than the old DOS-based windows.

On the other hand, we have a Unix workstation that has run for four years without one single crash.

Windows is a toy operating system for soccer moms and kids. It should never be used for mission critical applications. I'll never use the $h!t again unless I have no choice.

-ccm

[Cold Heat]

I got the update today and my puter is actually working better!

It boots faster, and loads even better.

[chance33_98]

I manage about 400 servers (and growing almost daily). We use solaris, hp-ux, windows 2000 server, and NT 4 (and soon Redhat). I rarely have to work on the Solaris machines and usually the problem centers around Oracle, the most common problem though relates to when someone changed something on the system months ago and there was reboot - had quite a few systems where I had to go in and figure out what changed.

We routinely have problems with windows machines, mainly lock ups. The OS on the unix side is more stable, but windows does have a place in the enterprise and our windows servers outnumber the solaris 2-1. Most the problems too are on older systems and seem to be the same ones over and over (usually traced to a hardware fault).

I use all of the above at home, except hp-ux which I will probably be setting up shortly. I like a diversity in platforms.

It is worth noting that third party software often contributes to problems, a case in point is Gnome on Solaris. I have had multiple problems with it and have since discontinued using it (except on my redhat box where it works well).

[PatrioticAmerican]

No problem. Hit "Windows Update", and three security patches were all loaded and installed automatically. Nice.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"My hospital network was down today for six hours because Windows is such a steaming pile of crap."

What was the cause of the outage?

[angcat]

Where did you get the fix. I have XP version 6.0 cable run. I hate it it is always shutting me down something about a dll error all the time. How can I get the fix for the latest problem.

[zeugma]

What kind of issues are you having with Gnome on Solaris? I just installed the latest today. (First time I've ever had to reboot to load a software package on my Solaris box).

Can't say I'm a really big fan of Gnome, but anything is better than CDE. I've thought about putting KDE on that system, but just never have gotten around to it.

[chance33_98]

CDE Blows too. The Gnome problems are mainly slow, bulky, would not do file associtations even when I told it to, and recently it just crashed and burned. I am willing to try the new version, but most stuff I do is command line, and I usually write PERL scripts to do most my work.

[ccmay]

What was the cause of the outage?

They are not certain but there is some kind of .NET authentication server that went down. No one could log in to their systems. Then like magic it began to work again. I sure hope they figure it out before it happens again.

-ccm

[jackbill]

Where did you get the fix. I have XP version 6.0 cable run.

Apparently Bill Gates has control of my computer. Every once in a while I get this little thingy that pops up and tells me that my XP needs another fix and it asks me if I want to download it. I submit.

[null and void]

Microsoft finds more glitches in XP and IE -Fifth security advisory this year

Well, the year is young...

[null and void]

Windows is a toy operating system for soccer moms and kids. It should never be used for mission critical applications.

Simply not true. The Navy uses Windows NT on their ships...

[null and void]

my XP needs another fix

AHA! It's addicted...