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Windows XP contains massive security hole
The Inquirer ^
| Wednesday 11 September 2002, 11:50
| Paul Hales
Posted on 09/11/2002 1:40:24 PM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:40:25 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
What in heck is wrong with Microsoft? Why are there products so vulnerable to security breaches?
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:41:39 PM PDT
by
paulklenk
To: HAL9000
dont worry all you microsoft xp users just send me your social security number with your name and I will get back to you with a fix for your problem
To: HAL9000
LOW QUALITY CRAP
LOL! I downloaded SP1 for XP pro, and now my computer reboots whenever it want's to. It's done it 3 times today so far.
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:44:49 PM PDT
by
Pern
To: HAL9000
![](http://homepage.mac.com/mlob2/.cv/mlob2/Sites/.Pictures/big%27ol.jpg-thumb_205_273.jpg) |
What a surprise, a Microsoft product with security flaws! < /sarcasm> |
To: Pern
Gee, my new copy of OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) is running just fine. Installed clean as a whistle, has some fun new features, no need to reboot yet.
Yes, I switched, and I'm a much happier computer user now.
To: redsoxallthewayintwothousand2
dont worry all you microsoft xp users just send me your social security number with your name and I will get back to you with a fix for your problem Don't you also need my mother's maiden name...to generate by new security key?
To: Billy_bob_bob
Jag is COOL!
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:50:49 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
To: All
wow imagine that...
--erik
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:52:51 PM PDT
by
erikm88
To: HAL9000
I downloaded SP-1 the other night. I couldn't delete any files or folders via the "right click". Found out that I had to set the folders or files for sharing. This is dumb as hell, I'm the owner and only user.
To: HAL9000
This always reminds about Asimov's Foundation trilogy. The big fat bloated empire with all the resources in the galaxy, building enormous and inefficient spaceships, versus resource constrained Terminous, a planet that was driven to build more and more efficient technology and brainpower. How much longer before the PC OS won't fit on one CD?? And then there is DLL hell and registry bloat too. Just depressing.
...I know, I know, but I've never seen a mac in any (about 20-30) corporate finance/accounting settings since an old Classic was used as a foot rest back in 1993. I'll change when they change, I gotta eat.
To: HAL9000
indexing
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:55:04 PM PDT
by
meadsjn
To: HAL9000
...Microsoft urges Windows XP users to download the Service Pack and install it as quickly as possible. You can find that here . It's a large file, though... Only took my system 2.5 hours to download and install on a 10 MB net connection.
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:58:10 PM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: Pern
By default XP is set to restart anytime you would have gotten a BSOD in a previous version of Windows. Stupid design decision.
If you can stay running long enough, you can change the behavior by right clicking My Computer, Advanced, Startup and Recovery Settings, and uncheck Automatically Restart.
It doesn't resolve the error condition, but at least you get a chance to figure out what's causing the error condition.
Heres the release notes ("errata" list) for SP1-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q324722
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posted on
09/11/2002 1:59:28 PM PDT
by
Slainte
To: HAL9000
GRC.com is a site you should book mark and check from time to time.
For those of you running Windows 9x (Windows 95/98) he has a very good trick to significantly increase you on line security.
GRC Link Here to Windows 9x security fix
Excerpt from the site on this subject (95/98 security):
Network Bondage
Discipline your network bindings in the privacy of your own home.
Microsoft's networking technology is only required for sharing files and printer services with other Microsoft-based PC's. It is not needed for connecting to the Internet or for using any Internet services. Using it in wide area networking (WAN - like the Internet) situations, dramatically lowers your security by divulging information about you and your computer, exposing Microsoft's weak password protection system to password crackers over the Internet, bringing your machine to the attention of Internet scanners and intruders and making you a target for attack.
When going through the process, if you do, print out the instructions, read through them once. Don't be intimidated. It is very step by step. Then have the instructions next to you as you work through the changes.
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posted on
09/11/2002 2:02:44 PM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: Pern
That's not a flaw, it's a feature (smirk)
To: HAL9000
A massive security hole in Windows XP? Didn't Bill Gates say that Windows XP was the most secure OS ever? Wasn't their a memo passed to all Microsoft staff saying security was job #1? None of this makes since. Maybe Bush2000 can explain it. He seems to know all of the Microsoft marketing excuses.
Guess its time to switch or sort of switch.
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posted on
09/11/2002 2:08:03 PM PDT
by
toupsie
To: Billy_bob_bob
Gee, my new copy of OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) is running just fine. Installed clean as a whistle, has some fun new features, no need to reboot yet. Yes, I switched, and I'm a much happier computer user now. Good for you! I installed Jaguar on my work Mac and haven't shut it down or rebooted it since. Sixteen days, 6 hours and 53 minutes of uptime so far and I run all kinds of alpha and beta quality software for work. Flawless performance. As a bonus, Apple gave me a cool program yesterday called, iCal. A really nice calendar application--for free!
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posted on
09/11/2002 2:11:47 PM PDT
by
toupsie
To: SGCOS
Only took my system 2.5 hours to download and install on a 10 MB net connection. Too bad that was 2.4 hours more than the hacker needed to steal data off your hard drive! :P
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posted on
09/11/2002 2:13:16 PM PDT
by
toupsie
To: SGCOS
If you download the service pack, does that completely take care of the security problem?
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