Re: All who think SP2 is SOOOO great,

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From: Giga (Giga_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 03:17:07 -0700

Before I start, shame on all of you who have attacked Jim, he came here for
help and endured abuse.

Give the man a break. SP2 is not perfect, and it is not his fault. I am
computer literate, and I keep my system clean and I back up to a secondary
hard drive. I installed SP2, and I had huge system crashes. You want to know
how I fixed it? I unplugged my secondary hard drive with the backups on it,
and reinstalled Windows. How can this be an end-users fault? The HDD was not
compatible with SP2. I have tested the HDD in several computers with SP2, and
it does not work. It still works on SP1 though. This means that I cannot
access my backups with SP2 installed unless I get another computer (which I
did - not a new one I might add, I am not rich) and have SP1 on it (which it
has) and network the two computers and share the HDD. That works, and the
problem was definitely caused by SP2. Other than that, I have found SP2 to be
reasonably good, with the expected teething issues.

Also, putting instructions on the address you gave is nice, but what makes
you think that every computer illiterate person that needs to read it will
accidentally stumble accross it before they hurt themselves? The doctors
label is right in front of them and people see it easily, but the web address
does not search them down. MS needs to be a little more proactive, one method
would be to have a prompt on the SP2 installer to tell people to be cautious
and do research before continuing. If that happened, Jim would have been a
lot safer.

One more thing, what makes you think he is stupid? He may know a fair bit
about computers, just not about MS's history. What is there to make him
suspect that (without previous experience) when it says backing up, it only
means certain files and nothing important? That is not a common sense issue.

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote:

> Jim wrote:
>
> > To all of you "BOC's -- Backup Obsessive Compulsives,"
> >
> > If you truly know about SP2, YOU would know it had a pop up screen
> > that said "please wait while we backup your files." Ergo, backups
> > (or lack thereof) were not the problem anyway.
>
> You truly are a f*ckwit of the highest order. Are you seriously telling us -
> in all seriousness - that you thought that 'backing up files' meant it was
> performing a full system backup?! It backs the files that SP2 updates,
> nothing more. It takes about five minutes (if that) to back up files - you
> seriously think that, in that time, it backs up your entire hard drive in
> that time?! But, had you bothered to do any homework at all, you'd have
> known that.
>
> The problem is, where
> > did it put the backed up files, what was I supposed to do with them
> > and (most importantly), why should I know what to do with them?
>
> See above.
>
>
> > This isn't my field! It's Microsoft's!
>
> And how is common sense and clue Microsoft's field?! You clearly have
> neither. How on earth can it be Microsoft's fault if you fail to sustain a
> properly maintained system?! Is it Microsoft's fault that you completely
> failed to perform a full system back up before proceeding with such a major
> update?! No it is not. Stop blaming Microsoft for your own stupidity!
>
> Your doctor does not expect
> > you to be medically trained to be treated, your phamacist does not
> > expect you to know how drugs interact, whu are computer people always
> > expecting the general public to learn THEIR profession?
>
> Erm, they don't. However, a doctor does expect that their patient has the
> common sense to read the label on the medicine bottle and follow the
> instructions. Microsoft expects their users to have the common sense to
> perform a full system backup and cleanse their systems; but, in case they
> don't, they put full instructions on their website here
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.aspx,
> specifically for cretinous morons (or moronic cretins) such as you.
>
> I'll quote the front page for you.
>
> Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides better protection against viruses,
> hackers, and worms, and includes Windows Firewall, Pop-up Blocker for
> Internet Explorer, and the new Windows Security Center.
>
>
> Important: Follow these steps before installing Windows XP SP2 to
> prevent potential conflicts with other software on your computer:
>
>
> 1. Back up your critical files
>
> 2. Check your computer for spyware and other unwanted software
>
> 3. Check for special update instructions from your computer's
> manufacturer.
>
> Once you have completed these steps, you can download this and all other
> critical updates.
>
>
> The best thing you can do now is sell your computer and buy a PlayStation.
> You don't have the mental capability - or the common sense - to operate a
> computer. Or, if your computer is still under warranty, suggest you package
> it back up and take it back to the shop and tell them you're too stupid to
> own a computer.
>
> You are a moron.
>
>
> --
> My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
> lose his marbles?
>
>
>
>

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