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Old 08-18-2004, 12:42 AM   PM User | #1
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Exclamation XP Service Pack 2 Timebomb?
I was just reading the MS site comments about having to check your website for SP2 compatibility. It sounds bad. I recommend everyone go over there and have a read - the impact on IE will be considerable
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Old 08-18-2004, 12:46 AM   PM User | #2
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Do you have a link?
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Old 08-18-2004, 01:29 AM   PM User | #3
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Exclamation SP2 link...
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windowsx...-it-means.mspx
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Old 08-18-2004, 10:47 AM   PM User | #4
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Just looked through it quickly. I see nothing bad about it? malicious active x blocked, downloads only happen when the user wants it to, one popup per page, can't position windows off screen. What's bad about that?
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Old 08-18-2004, 05:56 PM   PM User | #5
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Same here... I do not see anything bad with what they have outlined...

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Old 08-19-2004, 06:37 PM   PM User | #6
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It's Microsoft, it has to be bad/evil/annoying/stupid
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Old 08-19-2004, 06:41 PM   PM User | #7
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It's Microsoft, it has to be bad/evil/annoying/stupid
Did you even read what the article said?
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Old 08-19-2004, 06:43 PM   PM User | #8
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Is there a need to? IT'S MICROSOFT! THEY'RE EVIL!!!
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Old 08-19-2004, 06:47 PM   PM User | #9
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Is there a need to? IT'S MICROSOFT! THEY'RE EVIL!!!
I suggest next time before you say anything else to make you look stupid, read the article
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Old 08-19-2004, 06:49 PM   PM User | #10
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And I suggest you get a sense of humour ;O)
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Old 08-19-2004, 11:50 PM   PM User | #11
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Yes, there are many times i think microsoft can be evil and annoying, and im not particularly fond of Internet Explorer, but I have learnt that you cant just go around saying "MS are stupid".

While i dont use IE and dont use MS Office, I do use Windows XP, MSN Messenger and Media Player 9. So I cant say all MS stuff is bad otherwise I should be on Linux with the relative programs.

Anyway, I read the article and it all looks good to me, 1 popup per page is handy, athough if theyre doing that they could have jus put in a popup blocker like firefox. The rest of the stuff seems to make sense.
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Old 08-22-2004, 01:12 PM   PM User | #13
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Eh, am I the only one who saw mcrilly was joking?
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Old 08-22-2004, 11:20 PM   PM User | #14
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When are they gonna release SP2 and why haven't they yet?
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Old 08-22-2004, 11:41 PM   PM User | #15
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i was under the impression that they already had, and no Mhtml - i noticed it too.

so what do you use in place of MS office m-s?
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