Microsoft patched critical Windows bug in XP SP3 early
Posted by Steven Parker on 15 April 2008 - 10:48 · 11 comments & 6583 views
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#2 Posted by Kirkburn on 15 Apr 2008 - 11:05
- This isn't really surprising ... beta software gets updates more frequently than "live" software, since there's less risk.
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#3 Posted by m-p{3} on 15 Apr 2008 - 11:53
- I prefer they update it right now than post-SP3.
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#4 Posted by Skyfrog on 15 Apr 2008 - 12:40
- Why is SP3 taking so long?
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#4.1 Posted by boho on 15 Apr 2008 - 12:57
- (Skyfrog said @ #4)Why is SP3 taking so long?
Because it will make Microsoft no money
Anyone can update XP to the latest patch level, so they have fulfilled their obligation. The people chomping at the bit for XP SP3 are also those very likely to pay for a Vista upgrade! Go figure! 
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#4.2 Posted by ahhell on 15 Apr 2008 - 13:01
- (boho said @ #4.1)(Skyfrog said @ #4)Why is SP3 taking so long?
Because it will make Microsoft no money Anyone can update XP to the latest patch level, so they have fulfilled their obligation. The people chomping at the bit for XP SP3 are also those very likely to pay for a Vista upgrade! Go figure!
Ever consider that Microsoft wants to be sure that SP3 won't **** up a billion computers???
No, of course not. A security roll up is ALWAYS about money. -
#4.3 Posted by Skyfrog on 15 Apr 2008 - 17:59
- (ahhell said @ #4.2)(boho said @ #4.1)(Skyfrog said @ #4)Why is SP3 taking so long?
Because it will make Microsoft no money Anyone can update XP to the latest patch level, so they have fulfilled their obligation. The people chomping at the bit for XP SP3 are also those very likely to pay for a Vista upgrade! Go figure!
Ever consider that Microsoft wants to be sure that SP3 won't **** up a billion computers???
No, of course not. A security roll up is ALWAYS about money.
The problem with that theory is that they had no trouble getting Vista SP1 out in much less time than it's taken SP3 (how long has it been since SP2 came out, over four years?). It's been in the RC stages for ages now it seems. I find it hard to believe that it's taken this long just because they are concerned about it not messing up computers.
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#5 Posted by jingarelho on 15 Apr 2008 - 13:13
- if SP3 **** up a billion computers they will tell you that the best choice would be upgrade to VISTA
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#6 Posted by toadeater on 16 Apr 2008 - 01:14
- Another day, another Windows critical vulnerability.
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#6.1 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 16 Apr 2008 - 02:13
- (toadeater said @ #6)Another day, another Windows critical vulnerability.
Meanwhile, Secunia reports open vulnerabilities:
Windows XP has 208: http://secunia.com/product/22/
Linux kernel 2.6.x has 143: http://secunia.com/product/2719/
OSX has 116: http://secunia.com/product/96/
Vista has 29: http://secunia.com/product/13223/
OS9 has 1: http://secunia.com/product/832/
What exactly is your point? "Another day, another Windows critical vulnerability for each four OSX ones?"
According to reports from multiple users on a Microsoft support newsgroup, PCs began rebooting immediately after they had been updated to SP3. "I have just updated my pc from xp sp2 to sp3," said a user identified as "yaojinglin" in a message to a SP3 support forum last Thursday. "The installation was successful, but when I reboot my pc after the installation finished, my pc started to reboot again and again."
On the XP SP3 support threads, a Microsoft representative named Shashank Bansal stepped into the rebooting discussion, which was beginning to seem as endless as the rebooting itself. Bansal asked for more information, then offered an explanation: "This issue happens with 3311 build of XP SP3. It happens because KB948590 stops installation of SP3 version of gdi32.dll on the system due to file-version differences."