More Service Pack 2 Woes

KingFish (KingFish) The real surprise with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 isn't potential compatibility issues, but the mayhem that can occur when SP2 is downloaded onto a system.

July 23, 2004 11:27 PM ET in News,

The real surprise with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 isn’t potential compatibility issues, but the mayhem that can occur when SP2 is downloaded onto a system.

CRN Test Center engineers evaluated a release candidate two (RC2) version of SP2, and upon completion of the install on three out of five systems, the machines blue-screened. A message stated that “winserv” was missing. The blue screen occurred on both Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Intel platforms, and all systems were running Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 1 installed. Every possible avenue to get back into Windows failed.

If this rollout gets borked, Microsoft’s image will be tarnished significantly. You can bet the Linux camp will be capitalizing on it too. -KF

Source: CRN.com

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3 Comments:

  1. Gobbles
    24 Jul '04, 2:05 am
    Quoting KingFish

    If this rollout gets borked, Microsoft's image will be tarnished significantly. You can bet the Linux camp will be capitalizing on it too. -KF

    Will be tarnished????

  2. muddocktor
    24 Jul '04, 8:15 am

    Tarnished even more than it already is?

  3. KingFish
    24 Jul '04, 10:15 am

    Tarnished to the point that many gov't and corporate entities will even consider moving away from microsoft especially in light of major cities like Munich and Paris making the move.

    KF

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