Author Topic: Now they warn us (Read 2374 times)

Titan · « **on:** February 10, 2004, 07:07:38 PM »

Microsoft issues a critical warning to 2000, XP, NT users. I\'ve never been so glad to own 98 SE

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040210/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_dc_4

« **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:09:58 PM »

****ing Microsoft... getting tired of all these bugs.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:25:08 PM »

Oh cry me a river.

(1) Lord knows Windows 98 never had any problems. :rolleyes: I\'m sorry - but 2K / NT / XP are way more stable than 98 ever dreamed of being. Not to mention, a lot of these bugs can be fixed if people would simply use "WINDOWS UPDATE". Instead, the average user sits around, clicks "CANCEL" when Windows Update beckons and then, when they get infected / exploited, they whine and bitch about MS and exploits. Come on, be responsible. A computer is like a car, take care of it, change the oil , apply patches. You get the drift.

(2) You think you can do better, Vivi? I\'m sure MS would love to hire you, Mr. Perfect . Be realistic, when you have source code this large and so many components working together, there is no way to make it invunerable. It\'s going to happen. Now take in account a large user base, equals a larger target for "hackers" .

(3) Bitch and moan, bitch and moan. That\'s all you people do. Don\'t like it? Get another OS. There is Linux, OS X, and other options. You are not limited becuase MS makes you use Windows. You are limited because you are lazy.

« **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:26:08 PM »

Seriously, everytime I download one of their updates my computer gets more jacked up. It fixes one thing just to break another.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:29:01 PM »

Never thought I\'d do this, but..

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Originally posted by SwifDi
Seriously, everytime I download one of their updates my computer gets more jacked up. It fixes one thing just to break another.

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(3) Bitch and moan, bitch and moan. That\'s all you people do. Don\'t like it? Get another OS. There is Linux, OS X, and other options. You are not limited becuase MS makes you use Windows. You are limited because you are lazy.

« **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:33:36 PM »

We\'re limited because most software is made for just Windows or Mac

SirMystiq · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:52:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Oh cry me a river.

(1) Lord knows Windows 98 never had any problems. :rolleyes: I\'m sorry - but 2K / NT / XP are way more stable than 98 ever dreamed of being. Not to mention, a lot of these bugs can be fixed if people would simply use "WINDOWS UPDATE". Instead, the average user sits around, clicks "CANCEL" when Windows Update beckons and then, when they get infected / exploited, they whine and bitch about MS and exploits. Come on, be responsible. A computer is like a car, take care of it, change the oil , apply patches. You get the drift.

(2) You think you can do better, Vivi? I\'m sure MS would love to hire you, Mr. Perfect . Be realistic, when you have source code this large and so many components working together, there is no way to make it invunerable. It\'s going to happen. Now take in account a large user base, equals a larger target for "hackers" .

(3) Bitch and moan, bitch and moan. That\'s all you people do. Don\'t like it? Get another OS. There is Linux, OS X, and other options. You are not limited becuase MS makes you use Windows. You are limited because you are lazy.

WoRd.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:53:37 PM »

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Originally posted by ViVi
We\'re limited because most software is made for just Windows or Mac

You\'re limited, because you\'re stupid and lazy... First off, you said it yourself, software is made for the Apple Operating System (OS X) - so what is your excuse for not going to it? Second, there is plenty of great software for Linux and guess what? It\'s free, it just requires you to use your brain, something I know you\'re not use to doing.

Yes, the software is not what you\'re use to, but it is there. You just refuse to move to another OS, because then you wouldn\'t have the right to bitch and moan.

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:54:57 PM »

how many people have had this problem?

waits....

i doubt many, a flaw yea.. Used on the standard everyday user? doubt it.

« **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2004, 08:48:31 PM »

Man LIC what have I done recently to piss you off so bad lol

« **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2004, 08:59:07 PM »

L-I-C is just a cranky, bitter old fart...

But, in your case, we\'d have to dig through all the secret archives to answer your question...

« **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2004, 10:26:57 PM »

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LIC:

You\'re limited, because you\'re stupid and lazy...

You whine and complain, try to post something intelligent, but you\'re too damn stupid to actually accomplish it. The list goes on and on. You are a dumber version of (E).

Damn, LIC, as a forum moderator, you need to read the rules regarding personal insults, attacks, and flames. You represent the authority on the board for this section.
Note of importance: he\'s "complaining" about the topic. Your insulting him directly.
Rememberi that you\'re not supposed to "flame back" even if you think he\'s done something in other threads.

As for the topic at hand. No big surprise, they\'re constantly finding these and eradicating them. There are dozens of these "critical" fixes if you install from an early base XP or 2000 version. 99% of the time, no one is affected, because they don\'t announce it until they have a fix, and it will take even the best hackers a while to figure out a worthwhile way to exploit the holes.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2004, 10:36:39 PM »

If you think for one second, I am goin\' to be polite to a racist person who has made jokes about people with cancer, then you are sorely mistaken.

I thank you for the moral patrol, but I give respect when it\'s deserved. I refuse to give it to (E) and Vivi. Both of them go out of their way to cause problems on this board .

Also, the rules went out on this forum along time ago, you should know this. When is the last time you saw anyone uphold them? The only rule that really still maintains is the no Warez / porn rule..

With this said, I will admit I went overboard with my insult to Vivi, so I deleted my above mentioned post.
Are we all happy?
Good.

« **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2004, 10:39:01 PM »

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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip

(3) Bitch and moan, bitch and moan. That\'s all you people do. Don\'t like it? Get another OS. There is Linux, OS X, and other options. You are not limited becuase MS makes you use Windows. You are limited because you are lazy.

No, no, no... Windows is great, I have no problem with it... My gripe is with their stupid updates that seem to be so buggy. My computer worked best without them. From now on I only get the necessary updates like that Blaster worm one.... The rest just dick things up.

« **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2004, 10:40:25 PM »

When people of good concience begin to look the other way for rule infractions, the system breaks down. Maybe that\'s whey this particular section of the board is so "trashy" at times.

In any event, the answer is not to flame them in the board, but to use your mod powers and get rid of their inflamatory posts when you\'ve determined they\'ve overstepped the rules/boundaries of the board.

s\'cool that you deleted the flame though. Don\'t go down to their level.

On topic again:
That\'s a good rule of thumb swifdi. If it doesn\'t look absolutely critical, just don\'t install it. It seems like half the time two or three different updates try to fix the same areas and just mess each other up if you try to do it at once. It takes forever (the first time), but I find that installing less than 3 minor (but still critical updates) or 1 major update at a time keeps a lot of bad stuff from happening.

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Author Topic: Now they warn us (Read 2374 times)