MS admits XP SP1 sucks hard

[Mercutio]

Got your attention, didn't I?

Read all about it here.

Story has been on /. since last night but other sites don't seem to be pick it up, so here you go.

 

[blakerwry]

lol, didnt you know every bug fix or patch from MS slows things down... it's just the ass backwards way they fix things in their bloat ware...

It has been this way, afaik, since winNT4.

 

[zx]

A fix to fix a fix. WOW!

 

[honold]

HAHAHAH M$ SHOULD USE LUNIX OPEN SORES THEY LOCK UP

 

[Buck]

Although this is a possibility (remember, it depends on the software that you are running), SP1 fixes a lot of issues related to USB 2.0, 1394, and as I mentioned in another thread, 48-bit LBA support, amongst other things.

 

[SteveC]

It seems that Nero loads much faster on my system, after applying the patch. When putting in a blank CD, and clicking on "Create New CD Using Nero" from the pop-up menu, it used to take a long time to load (20-30 seconds?), but now it's less than 5 seconds.

 

[blakerwry]

lol, did somebody change the name of this thread from "MS admits XP SP1 sucks" to "MS admits XP SP1 sucks hard" ?

 

[Mercutio]

Nope. In fact I had a fairly long internal debate about what, exactly, it should suck hard. In the end, I decided to leave it to our various imaginations.

 

[Bozo]

Does anyone know where I can download the 'FIX' for the hard sucking?

Thanks,

Bozo

 

[blakerwry]

Does anyone know where I can download the 'FIX' for the hard sucking?

Thanks,

Bozo

it's included in wondows...

just drop to the command line and type: format c: /U

 

[Mercutio]

I've got it, if you can't find it anyplace else.

I believe I saw a number of mirrors for the fix with the associated slashdot article (I mean, a LOT of mirrors, probably close to 20, spread out among the comments).