[gotissues68]

SP1 for XP is finally out I'm trying to get it right now ... too bad so is everyone and their mom 16kb on a 1MB DSL line *cries*

 

[TheTechIsIn]

I'm personally gonna sit back and watch the people that do get it for a while to see if theres anything freaky with it or not.

I'll let the early downloaders be my beta team

 

[Doonz]

If you have XP INSTALL SPK1 asap....there is a flaw that allows for the deletion of non-system file in no patched XP machines

installed at home ...and am sitting...:upset: and sitting while it downloads at work....SET a few HOURS aside for the install...it takes awhile

dont see much change...start - run- winver will verify the install build and sevice pack

there is a fourth tab in add remove programs...but my email program appears to be the only one i can change

and as far as the fix for product activation...The fix for the fix that will alow you to still run the coprate edition after service pack install...it was out there for a week already....damm the pirates are quick :bandit:

 

[Guest]

I am in the process of doing mine................

I figured that I might as well wipe and reload the OS just so that it will be squeaky clean for SP1 it took 70 min to download it! There must be a ton of people downloading it.

I'm stuffing my apps in now..............

Be back in a while.

 

[DJ Specs]

LOL! I got it Sunday night, before the rush! Downloaded at about 455k a sec. :tongue2:

 

[Guest]

Datsa Nice Sonny........................

Hey did you get WMP 9.0 Huh? Didya?

 

[wildfire_]

Installed SP 1

I installed the patch and everything is running as smoothly as before. No matter what problems some may have with SP1, get it installed as the security flaw that Microsoft has known about (and did nothing until now to correct) is probably the most serious operating system flaw Microsoft has ever created. On a scale of 1 to 10, this flaw is a 20!

Wildfire

 

[gotissues68]

I finally got SP1 last night (co-worker) was nice enough to put it up on one of our local net servers for me 130k a second It seems to be fine so far.. gotta uninstall IE, Media Player Messenger OE and all the other crap.. and then I might have a decent OS heh

 

[TheTechIsIn]

Ok, so I installed the SP, and besides it overwriting my patched uxtheme.dll which means I lost my custom theme until I redo it ... I haven't noticed any change?

Am I missing something, this was supposed to be a major difference, it was supposed to be "more than just a SP" according to CNET ... Where is this "more" they were talking about?

 

[Guest]

Sometimes more is less..........................

Like when they tell you in work we are going to give you MORE time off.

Oh and by the way you will also be receiving LESS pay.

The only thing I have seen so far is they give you the option of removing Messenger in add/remove programs. But I think it's time to look about a little and see if there is anything obvious......................:winkgrin:

Oh! I just found speech and something called Microsoft Sam that's new to me. It's in the control panel.

 

[DJ Specs]

LOL! Hey Speedo, no I dont have Windows Media 9. Its still beta.. so I dont think I would put it on the Fresh install. I should try it on my system now though. I just finished slipstreaming XP & SP1 and it actually turned out.

 

[gotissues68]

The changes aren't in the interface.. but if you go to >control panel>add remove programs>add/remove windows components>

You'll notice you can remove IE, OE, Messenger, MSN explorer and a few other things.. You can also change some TCP/IP stuff but I don't know how that would affect the system as a whole you can also choose your default apps or remove certain configs for stuff.. I'll post shots when I get home from work...

Drew

 

[Doonz]

According to M$ ...heres what SPK1 does

What Was Fixed In Windows XP?

Quite a bit it turns out. The full list is at the XP site. Interesting reading for sure. This also allows you to determine if you want to go ahead with it. And as always, TEST, TEST, TEST in a controlled environment! Just look at what I got back just now:

"I installed SP1 today and it literally destroyed my computer! It asked me to activate again. After I did and rebooted, it went into an endless cycle of rebooting. Would not even start in safe mode! Called Microsoft and had me do a repair. Stopped rebooting but I lost my Internet connection and could not reinstall a dial up connection. I also lost the shortcuts to most programs. They also disappeared from the start menu. An absolute disaster. Have reformatted and in the process of reinstalling EVERYTHING!"

And another one:

"Just thought you would be interested in my experience with WinXP SP1. I purposely installed Windows XP on a box with the infamous FCKGW RHQQ2 YXRKT 8TG6W 2B7Q8 product key with the intent of testing SP1's payload. Curious as to whether or not the service pack would be "chatty". I also started a packet sniffer capture before initiating the install. Contrary to the rumors that have abounded for some time, once the SP unpacked itself it simply informed me my product key was invalid and did not allow me to continue installing. I then tested access to Windows Update to see if somehow some bad mojo had been performed on me in the background, but I had no problems downloading and installing all 20 of the latest updates. I was also surprised that my capture did not reveal any network traffic to Microsoft during the installation. Seems like all these rumors turned out to be much ado about nothing. The only negative consequence of using a known pirated product key seems to be that you are denied access to SP1." Adrien Romo.

Here is the list with fixes:
http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=020916RN-XP_SP1_Fixes

 

[Pseudocyber]

You can fix the big bad bug in this "secure" OS by going to --> http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm . You don't have to do the full SP @ this time to fix the hole.

 

[Doonz]

but if you are legit...you should download SPK1 for more then the simple fix...you own the product you should get the benfits of it...

 

[Pseudocyber]

There are a lot of people, like TheTechIsIn (originally said), who don't like to install SP's right away because they frequently cause as many or more problems than they fix.

Also for those users who are dial up and can't afford to spend 2 or 3 daze downloading 130mb's ...

I was not implying that this "quick fix" was for people who had pirated OS'.

 

[DJ Specs]

Nice to know that when you buy Windows, it's a defective product.

 

[Guest]

Kinda like buying a car!

 

[Pseudocyber]

Nice to know that when you buy Windows, it's a defective product.

Assume so.

In all fairness, you try writing an OS for God knows how many kind of different hardware and configurations and then who knows which mix and match of software people add on and then expect it to work as much as it does.

 

[Doonz]

sadly enough for the consumer it is a competitve market and even days or weeks late to market can cost $$$...so they release the product...then after that Hackers and script kiddes and even good intentioned people find configuations that no one thought about during development and that has to be acconted for and adjusted...so there will never be a completed product sent to market...

sadly enough as well, at least you own your car...not just a right to drive the car...another argument for another time


Pseudocyber: I wasnt calling you on the carpet forthat comment I was just making a legit reason why, if you owned a legit copy you might want to go the M$ route:cheers: