XP update delayed over glitch
Microsoft on Tuesday said it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch.
The software maker said there is a "compatibility issue" between the XP service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program for small and midsize businesses.
Microsoft finalized the code for Windows XP SP3 last week and had planned to make it broadly available starting Tuesday.
"In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center," the company said in a statement.
The glitch also exists between Microsoft Dynamics RMS and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, though that product has already been broadly released. Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates.
"To help protect our customers, we plan to put filtering in place shortly to prevent Windows Update from offering both service packs to systems running Microsoft Dynamics RMS," Microsoft said. "Once filtering is in place, we expect to release Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Download Center."
Microsoft advised those running Microsoft Dynamics RMS to not install either service pack. The company said a "fix is currently in testing and will be available as soon as that process is complete."
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I mean, with Microsoft reporting that sales of Windows fell by (get this) 24% from this quarter last year? Windows is one of the two big products that keep MSFT afloat (the other being Office and associated apps).
Obviously Vista is a massive flop, and XP seems to be the best, last hope for MSFT's Windows division.
(evidence: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080425/tc_usatoday/microsoftquarterlyincomefallsitmayaffectyahoobid;_ylt=AnkFE5Qo10hThOTChbwupBis0NUE ... I'm sure you can find it elsewhere too).
Long-term? They may want to jettison Vista post-haste, and do what they can to keep XP alive and their next version at least somewhat usable.
/P
It's strange that in the 20+ years that they've been around that your prediction hasn't come true yet. I figure they must be doing something right. Linux hasn't taken over the world- and in fact is retreating from the desktop market.
Eh, it seems that the people who keep on saying that Vista is a flop are those that don't actually use it such as yourself.
But it's a good troll attempt. You got high marks for that.
As for Open Office, the package manager complained because there was an unmet dependency on another piece of software. The manager decided to install that as the #4 update, behind Open Office, which required it FIRST! Pure genius.
Handles all of your dependencies, patching and uninstalls for you.
And it can install different versions of the same library for different applications and manage the potential conflicts.
Better upgrade to Vista!
Maybe Apple will bring out a real 64 bit OS one day...
http://sillytech.blogspot.com/2008/04/myth-microsoft-announced-that-it-would.html
And both SP's (SP1 for Vista, SP3 for XP) gave speed improvements... why not slow XP down if you think its their "master plan"
Open Source, especially GNU run by RMS is against innovation.
(sorry Richard - you fat, lovable communist, you!)
at least figured that the updates should be stable
at least. Balmer seems to not care....look at the
Vista SP1....unless you machine is spot on....you
are dust. It cost us $200 bucks to upgrade our
Vista play machine. Now we are looking at messing up our (4) XP's....which is unacceptable.
never be right. I have a lot of that used Vista. Keyword here is
used. They either plunked down money to upgrade their PCs to
run Vista or bought new machines that is suppose to run Vista
out of the box. At he end of ripping their hair out by the roots
they either put XP back on or downgraded. They all told me it
was like night and day. They all now have great XP PCs. They say
that history repeats itself. In this case it is true. Windows ME was
not right until just before the release of XP. Vista will be the
same way until the next version of Windows will be out. While in
the meantime Microsoft will get richer.
- XP goof off,
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by angeljeanne
May 3, 2008 12:36 PM PDT
- I am so tired of all this updates and changes and gee my wallet is getting thiner. I think maybe I should have gone and taken those classes to use Apple after all. At least I would have all my work and files completed. Now what is going to be just Windows XP with a touch of yahoo, or just XP? No I am not going to spend anymore money to get something I do NOT want! Glitch oops yea sure?!
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