Programs Run Slower After XP SP-1

Does anyone know more about this patch? Like where we could get it without having to call Microsoft and get put on hold for 30 minutes .

Originally posted by Phantasm66
"otherwise you will have to wait for SP2 to arrive"

That's disgraceful!

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I guess you don't need a patch if you don't suffer the problem, that's the way they are looking at it.

Now, what I dislike is that Microsoft doesn't seem to be aware (or doesn't care) that while their phone support can be decent in the US, in South America it's been a pain for me even trying to reactivate my Windows XP installation, I have to call Argentina and they wouldn't answer... :evil: I will try again tomorrow, hopefully I'll have more luck then.

Originally posted by Phantasm66
"otherwise you will have to wait for SP2 to arrive"

That's disgraceful!

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I can understand them...

This way people who have pirated XP won't be able to just download the fix from MS' webpage...

Though if you've bought it, it's a bit of a hassle having to call them...

Oh, well... I'm glad I'm sticking with w2k

Sorry Mr G, but that sounds a bit like some of that RIAA logic, like "ban home computers so people stop downloading mp3s" type of nonsense.

I have a user at work with this problem. We are legal, paying MS customers. But I should be able to download this fix without having to endure some call centre prat for 1 hour on the phone. If this is a known fault with the Windows XP product then a fix should be posted on MS's web site, and simply saying "wait for service pack 2" is competely and utterly unacceptable.

This kind of nonsense is so commonly put up with from the computing industry, but in other industries it would NOT BE TOLERATED! Can you imagine the outcry if durex released a batch of condoms that ALWAYS BROKE? Or if BMW release a car which could have possible problems with its breaks?

An operating system can be a mission critical product, and I could potentially loose business or earnings because of the problems with XP discussed in this posting.

Perhaps they should come up with some sort of web-based extension of their phone service.. Like a secure site that you put your cdkey and activation code in to verify if you are legit or not, then you can download the update.

I don't know.. It sounds really silly to me.

Originally posted by MrGaribaldi
oh, well... I'm glad I'm sticking with w2k

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Same here Mr.G, same here...

Seriously though I can't understand how M$ can get away with this... But I guess if you’re that big it doesn't really matter what you do...

I was wondering when someone would do us the public service of posting this patch.