On Wednesday 23 March 2005 03:47, John R Pierce wrote:
>
> thats HORRIBLE advice, there's absolutely NOTHING wrong with SP2 if your
> software is legitimate and you're not running some other buggy stuff that
> breaks under SP2.
Umm, I agree it's "horrible advice", on grounds of security at any rate. SP2
isn't perfect but it's a major step forward. (If they'd taken the trouble to
make the firewall work properly it would be a lot better!)
Mind you, the _operating system_ shouldn't be broken by illegitimate software
or other "buggy stuff". Having applications which are stolen or broken not
run is one thing, interfering with the operation of legal software is another.
>
> the primary reason for SP2 problems are pirated license keys ('DeViLsOwN'
> 'corporate' stuff, etc).
Ha, legal linux installations are cheaper than pirated copies of windoze...
>
> I have been running prime95 24/7 on a variety of XP machines, before and
> after SP2, and have had no problems with it. *EVERY* time I've had a
> prime95 related problem, its been flakey hardware.
I don't have much experience of XP but in my honest opinion this would be the
experience of the vast majority of us.
Regards
Brian Beesley
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