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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fury on October 03, 2006, 06:00:34 am
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On October 10, 2006, Microsoft will end all public assisted support for Windows XP Service Pack1 (SP1). After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support options or security updates for this retired service pack under the policies defined by the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx
Good riddance. :ha:
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But I don't wanna upgrade to SP2. :(
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Alright then just wait for SP3...
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ugh, i didnt want to go to SP2 either.
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Then don't.
The majority of the support for earlier versions consists of patches to fix problems and issues with the code. If you're then going to turn around and say that you have no intention of installing those patches I'm left wondering why you'd care whether MS support you or not.
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What did SP1 have over SP2? Just curious.
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little less of a memory hog, it seems
and it didnt have all the **** that microsoft threw in there to make sure ppl werent pirating, which is just a pain in the ass to deal with even if you arent pirating.
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little less of a memory hog, it seems
and it didnt have all the **** that microsoft threw in there to make sure ppl werent pirating, which is just a pain in the ass to deal with even if you arent pirating.
Oh...
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That wasn't in SP2. That was in one of the upgrades following SP2.
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<<< SP2 pre piracy :)
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Yeah same here. All I got from SP2 are the parameters that deactivate all the instant internet virus loopholes.
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SP2 offers a lot of good things to XP that weren't even built-in to the OS when it went Gold. Yes, they "hardened" (more like broke) the TCP/IP stack in favor of security over ease of use and flexibility, but Wireless networking is so much better under SP2. That, and a lot of RPC problems get fixed under SP2, which is good because damn near everything relies on RPC. There's tons under the surface, a lot more benefits than all of the nay-sayers and anti-microsoft people say about SP2.
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Only reason I ever upgraded to SP2 was to get Neverwinter Nigths working (it wouldn't run without it). Ofcourse I could have downgraded back to W2K, but then a friend made me install SP2. Propably should've stayed with the W2K.
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On October 11, 2006, Microsoft will end all public assisted support for Windows XP Service Pack2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support options or security updates for this retired service pack under the policies defined by the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx
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Just kidding :D
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And hoestly, all that anti-pirating stuff that they added after SP2 can be removed with a simple downloadable program. (I'm reffering to the "Windows Genuine Advantage" crap).
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But I don't wanna upgrade to SP2. :(
You don't really have to...have you ever called Microsoft support? :)
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i can tell you this about windows genuine advantage. it doesnt work :D
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I've still got WGA sitting in my 'upgrades available' popup window where it has resided for the past month or two, should I install it?
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I'm hoping that Linux has its act together by the time Vista becomes the 'minimum requirement.'
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It'd better... I'm not buying Windoze after getting used to Ubuntu if I can help it
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Hasn't WGA been suppressed is a recent upgrade? On of the machines at work started complaining that it wasn't 'genuine' Windows a few weeks back (I'm guessing something's corrupted; we seem to get that a lot), then stopped after the latest updates.
Apart from that, I've never had any problems with SP2. In fact, it solved quite a few.
For those of you *****ing about the hardened TCP stack breaking stuff, that's the fault of the apps that use it. If they're relying on certain nonstandard behaviour that SP2 suppressed, they're badly written.
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Exactly. I'm pretty strongly in the anti-MS camp really but I think it's pointless to whine about SP2 or about the lack of support for SP1.
If you don't want to upgrade and are happy with your OS the way it is why the **** do you care if they stop supporting you?
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If you don't want to upgrade and are happy with your OS the way it is why the **** do you care if they stop supporting you?
Because it's undoubtedly one of those cases that 'you don't want it until you've lost it'.
Seriously, I guaran-****ing-tee that my copy of XP will implode the day after support is pulled.
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And? What will happen then?
MS will provide a patch for the problem which you'll refuse to install anyway.
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I never said I didn't install patches. In fact, I try my best to keep up-to-date with patches and security updates. It's just that I shy-away from SP2 because i've heard it can adversely effect gaming, which is pretty much all I do on this damn thing.
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the only problem with the genuine advantage is when i "purchased" a copy of windows XP SP1 off of soft4download. I didnt know i was actualy buying a pirated program so i am still pretty pissed about it. now this little icon always comes up saying that it wont get any updates until i install genuine software..
screw MS.
Where can i get this program to take all the genuine crap out?
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Ummm here? :)
http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
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Internet Exploder > Tools > Manage Add-ons... > Show: Add-ons that have been used by IE > Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool > Disable. :D
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Yeah that hasn't worked for a long time now.