Re: xp service pack 2 a dud

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 10/03/04


Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 09:34:42 -0700

In news:20e701c4a8eb$7aaa2b50$a301280a@phx.gbl,
titancom <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Jeff yes to all the above, do you actually read all the
> problems that SP2 is causing people???? maybe you are
> one of the lucky few to have a good run with it but most
> people in this forum and that i know have a big variety
> of issues with it. my opinion is that it was released
> with to many bugs in it for the genral population and
> variety of hardware setups!

Whenever a new version of *anything* comes out, you always read
about people having problems." But realize two things:

1. If you're reading about problems *in the newsgroup*, this
where people come with their problems, not with their successes.
You get a very distorted view of what's going on in the real
world here; as someone once said, "hang around a transmission
shop and you will think that all cars have transmission
problems."

2. Most problems, by far, that people report--whether or not they
are SP2-related--have nothing to do with defects in the software.
They result from people's ignorance, from bad or inadequate
hardware, from old drivers, from viruses, from spyware, and so
on. And except for very rare situations, they always get a fix
for their problems, and in most cases, that fix is a very simple
one to implement.

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


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