Super Important Windows Patch

[t0rek]

This is a super big flaw for all Windows XP users... we all must install this patch right now!!!!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=905b4d10-9cde-4d32-b576-c942d1375ceb

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[Stezo2k]

I highly doubt i'll be playing this movie ;)

[-Shadow-]

I know that patch , it saved my life ! :D

[Davemc]

It's been out years. I remember Windows Update trying to force it down my throat. Wonder if it is included in SP2? :O

[ScottJC]

Snow white and the seven dwarfs is really important? lol.

I have a better reason to be annoyed, why every time this thread loads does firefox ask me to allow a certificate?! no where else does it happen... *clicks do not accept ;)*

[xamenus]

I think the problem may be in -Shadow-'s signature. :( http://emutalk.net/member.php?userid=11617

[ScottJC]

i would never use windows media player to play dvds, its powerdvd or nothing ;)

[t0rek]

I highly doubt i'll be playing this movie ;)

Of course I know... This was just a joke!

[ScottJC]

This might've worked as a joke a few years back but not very effective now, though i did think it was kinda funny :)

[Stezo2k]

Of course I know... This was just a joke!

i guessed that ;) not a very funny one though :P

[AlphaWolf]

I think this was a general bug that could possibly have affected more DVDs than just this one.

I remember there was a patch for windows that fixed an issue with ATI cards causing the system to crash sometimes when a screensaver came up while doing certain things. This same patch ended up also fixing some kind of issue that GTA had with my nvidia card, and microsoft didn't even mention it in the patch.

This patch wasn't part of windows update, but it was on the microsoft website and I think they included it with SP1.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Snow white and the seven dwarfs is really important? lol.

I have a better reason to be annoyed, why every time this thread loads does firefox ask me to allow a certificate?! no where else does it happen... *clicks do not accept ;)* LOL. That's retarded.

Also, I noticed that the web site won't even let me download it, even when I want to, without probably literally forcing people to have Microsoft scan peoples' product keys!!! Another reason why people want to stay with Windows 2000 or earlier :(. Note that the feature I just was talking about appears to be recent. Now, if Microsoft decides to go product key blacklisting happy, even if people try hard to get a non-pirated copy of Windows, may not even be able to download any update files anymore!!! I now wonder if someone who has been able to update his or her copy of Windows, even an OEM copy of Windows won't be able to update Windows anymore, because of Microsoft deciding to blacklist more product keys!!! :ermm: :angry: :ranting:

[ScottJC]

My version of XP is legal so i'm not bothered if they scan my key.

[Trotterwatch]

LOL. That's retarded.

Also, I noticed that the web site won't even let me download it, even when I want to, without probably literally forcing people to have Microsoft scan peoples' product keys!!! Another reason why people want to stay with Windows 2000 or earlier :(. Note that the feature I just was talking about appears to be recent. Now, if Microsoft decides to go product key blacklisting happy, even if people try hard to get a non-pirated copy of Windows, may not even be able to download any update files anymore!!! I now wonder if someone who has been able to update his or her copy of Windows, even an OEM copy of Windows won't be able to update Windows anymore, because of Microsoft deciding to blacklist more product keys!!! :ermm: :angry: :ranting:
Buy a legit version then.... you seriously can't have the rank audacity to complain about Microsoft blocking known pirate keys. If they really are blocking real OEM keys then complain to the OEM and get a new copy.

And yep, I'm writing this message using a legit copy of XP ;) So I win.

[-Shadow-]

LOL. That's retarded.

Also, I noticed that the web site won't even let me download it, even when I want to, without probably literally forcing people to have Microsoft scan peoples' product keys!!! Another reason why people want to stay with Windows 2000 or earlier :(. Note that the feature I just was talking about appears to be recent. Now, if Microsoft decides to go product key blacklisting happy, even if people try hard to get a non-pirated copy of Windows, may not even be able to download any update files anymore!!! I now wonder if someone who has been able to update his or her copy of Windows, even an OEM copy of Windows won't be able to update Windows anymore, because of Microsoft deciding to blacklist more product keys!!! :ermm: :angry: :ranting:

Eeeek ? Microsoft Windows update prompts the CD key ? I didn't even notice that , then my key must be legit , but how? :o :whistling:

[Eagle]

You guys laugh at this but it actually fixes the copyguard error on the original Spider-Man movie when played in a DVD-Rom as well.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Buy a legit version then.... you seriously can't have the rank audacity to complain about Microsoft blocking known pirate keys. If they really are blocking real OEM keys then complain to the OEM and get a new copy.

And yep, I'm writing this message using a legit copy of XP ;) So I win.

I was also talking about 100% legit copies of Windows being afected, too.

For example, I have been seeing horror stories about then Microsoft not liking the product key of a copy of Windows they purchased a while ago.

[Trotterwatch]

In that case, they should complain to the retailer, from which they will then obtain a new key with minimal hassle I'm sure.

I really don't see how Microsoft should have to create patches or use bandwith for pirate copies.... let the pirates use their own means for obtaining it.. otherwise it'd be somewhat akin to ID making an FTP for people to download warez'd copies of Doom3 from.

[RJARRRPCGP]

In that case, they should complain to the retailer, from which they will then obtain a new key with minimal hassle I'm sure.

I really don't see how Microsoft should have to create patches or use bandwith for pirate copies.... let the pirates use their own means for obtaining it.. otherwise it'd be somewhat akin to ID making an FTP for people to download warez'd copies of Doom3 from.

No wonder I don't like Windows XP, because of most of the horror stories related to activation. Most horror stories I saw were about basically being forced to by another license, because Micro$oft refused to activate thier copy of Windows they purchased.

[Trotterwatch]

That's bullshit (or should that be bull$hit?) ;) It didn't happen. And if it did, then IMO those people are absoloute IDIOTS.

[RJARRRPCGP]

BTW, I have been seeing horror stories about Windows XP SP2. It seems that Microsoft just caused more compatibility problems. First off, Sygate Personal Firewall with Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP1 probably is better than Windows Firewall, in Windows XP SP2. It sucks that Microsoft decided to put a limit on max half-open connections, a measly 10 connection limit, which you can't change without literally hacking tcpip.sys. I dunno if that limit affects HTTP servers.

BTW, I did hear directly from one person I knew back in 2002, saying that a person he knows ended up having someone install Windows 2000, because after probably some minor hardware changes, at least not a whole system, AFAIK, ended up getting told that the person was required to purchase another license!!! Windows XP displayed a message about it not liking the license.

That was probably with a laptop PC.

[Trotterwatch]

BTW, I have been seeing horror stories about Windows XP SP2. It seems that Microsoft just caused more compatibility problems. First off, Sygate Personal Firewall with Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP1 probably is better than Windows Firewall, in Windows XP SP2. It sucks that Microsoft decided to put a limit on max half-open connections, a measly 10 connection limit, which you can't change without literally hacking tcpip.sys. I dunno if that limit affects HTTP servers.

Whilst I do think that 10 connections was too low a limit, I can see their reasons for doing so. It's not something I would castigate them for to be honest. As for breaking compat with programs, AFAIK a lot was done for security reasons. Either Microsoft fixed the probs, or they just left them to exist.

As for the licence thing - to be honest 1 person doesn't count as horror stories, more like a horror 'story' ;) And now you mention it as being a 2K problem, when AFAIK 2K didn't even have this activation system.

At the end of the day, this person was running a pirate copy no doubt and was caught with his pants down so to speak.

[ScottJC]

RJARRRPCGP reads way too many horror stories, the only way to be sure is to try it yourself, and if you have a perfectly legal copy of XP you have nothing to worry about, if you don't then, guess you deserve everything you get then, plus nobody is fecking forcing you to install SP2.

[-Shadow-]

BTW, I did hear directly from one person I knew back in 2002, saying that a person he knows ended up having someone install Windows 2000, because after probably some minor hardware changes, at least not a whole system, AFAIK, ended up getting told that the person was required to purchase another license!!! Windows XP displayed a message about it not liking the license.

You believe everything , aren't you ? If Windows XP doesn't like the license , he should crack it away , instead of wasting money for a new license .

I think you understood your friend a little bit wrong , i never heard any story of that kind anyways . If you legally bought it , it's unlikely that it refuses the license !

[zAlbee]

unlike SP1, SP2 does not check for pirated XP keys, so there should be NO reason for anyone to not install SP2. looks like MS wants everyone to fix their security holes. and a good idea too.

[RJARRRPCGP]

At the end of the day, this person was running a pirate copy no doubt and was caught with his pants down so to speak.

LOL. That was with an OEM copy, because it was a laptop, AFAIK.

[RJARRRPCGP]

You believe everything , aren't you ? If Windows XP doesn't like the license , he should crack it away , instead of wasting money for a new license .

I think you understood your friend a little bit wrong , i never heard any story of that kind anyways . If you legally bought it , it's unlikely that it refuses the license !

That wasn't my friend, that was a person that was with me one day and it sounded like Microsoft denied an activation request.

[Trotterwatch]

RJARRRPCGP W2K didn't have activation, hence your friend has told you a pile of shit.

[RJARRRPCGP]

RJARRRPCGP W2K didn't have activation, hence your friend has told you a pile of shit.
I was talking about Windows XP. LOL

The person asked to have Windows XP removed and Windows 2000 installed instead after an activation request was denied.

[Trotterwatch]

Ah well, it's still complete and utter bullshit whichever way you slice or dice it ;)

If it was a legit OEM copy (and Devils Own isn't legit....) then it would have been simple for anyone with ANY semblance of intelligence to get a new key.

[Davemc]

Buy XP Pro then, Home is shit.

[-Shadow-]

That wasn't my friend, that was a person that was with me one day and it sounded like Microsoft denied an activation request.

He hung at the activation request ?! Why he didn't get a cracked version of it and used the legit key on it ?

[Trotterwatch]

Or why didn't he phone Microsoft customer support who contrary to popular belief are actually very good, at would have sorted it out lickety split. Of course they ain't that favourable to pirated versions ;)