Microsoft fixes faulty security patch
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 18 August 2006 - 19:20 · 12 comments & 9498 views
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#1 Posted by roadwarrior on 18 Aug 2006 - 19:31
- Quote -Microsoft on Thursday issued a "hotfix" for a fault in a security patch designed to correct a flaw already being targeted by worms.
Need I say more? LOL That line would be hilarious if it weren't for the fact that it is 100% true. -
#1.1 Posted by tmaxxtigger on 18 Aug 2006 - 21:01
- Guess you've never written code before huh?
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#2 Posted by Jugalator on 18 Aug 2006 - 21:05
- /preemptive comment
omg, ms makes faulty patches.. rubbish whine whine... bsod's pwn ur computerz and it's like windows me again... baaah
(I think my boredom of these comments are starting to shine through
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#3 Posted by Kushan on 18 Aug 2006 - 21:40
- Of all the patches that Microsoft releases every month, they rarely release a problematic one, considering that most games developers have at some point released a dodgy patch, so that's pretty good going.
So all you anti-Microsoft boys can keep quiet before you say anything. -
#3.1 Posted by Lt-DavidW on 18 Aug 2006 - 22:27
- As opposed to the reverse of your statement which is to "say something before you say anything"??
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#3.2 Posted by billyea on 19 Aug 2006 - 00:52
- Quote - Lt-DavidW said @ #3.1As opposed to the reverse of your statement which is to "say something before you say anything"??
that's the converse, and the converse is not necessarily true. what you're looking for is the CONTRAPOSITIVE, which is the logical opposite of his statement:
"don't say something before you say nothing"
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#4 Posted by SHoTTa35 on 19 Aug 2006 - 02:17
- man, releasing a patch for a patch Gotta love that. Soon there will be will be SP1 and SP2 for Serivce Pack 3.
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#4.1 Posted by rob.derosa on 20 Aug 2006 - 05:55
- no there wont
they will just release a patched version of the hotfix in question, instead of people downlading the patch then having to download this one
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#5 Posted by Jordan Pardy on 19 Aug 2006 - 13:01
- Oh, come on everyone. Microsoft does try its best to release patches and fix the code, every company makes mistakes. I bet if some of you anti-microsoft's tried to write code you would make mistakes too. We should be thankful that Microsoft discovered their error instead of complaning about it.
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#6 Posted by Zygar on 19 Aug 2006 - 17:21
- At least they took the time to patch the patch, they could've left it.
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#6.1 Posted by DemonicHawk on 20 Aug 2006 - 04:37
- Quote - Zygar said @ #6At least they took the time to patch the patch, they could've left it.
definately
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#7 Posted by HellasVagabond on 20 Aug 2006 - 11:32
- does anyone has the patch so he can share it with us who dont have the time to contact MS support ?
Computers running x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, along with Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, are affected, if the MS06-040 update has been installed. Only 32-bit programs can encounter problems, Microsoft said.