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February 12th, 2010, 01:05
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Looks like Patch Tuesday turned into BSOD Tuesday for some Windows XP users -- Microsoft's latest security updates for the venerable OS are causing blue screens and endless reboots for people. That's the word according to a growing support thread on Microsoft's site -- and making matters just slightly worse / funnier, it's apparently the fix for that 17-year-old DOS vulnerability (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/ancient-dos-bug-gets-squashed/) that's causing all the trouble. You win some, you lose some, right? Microsoft's identified a fix for those with access to an XP install disc and an optical drive, but that leaves most netbook users out in the cold -- and considering netbooks are where most of the recent XP action's been going down lately, we're hoping a better solution comes down the pike soon.
P.S.- That's the BSOD tattoo guy (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/man-gets-bsod-message-tattooed-on-his-arm/) in the photo -- remember him?
[Thanks, HyperSl4ck3r]Patch for ancient DOS bug in latest Windows XP update causing blue screen errors (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Looks like Patch Tuesday turned into BSOD Tuesday for some Windows XP users -- Microsoft's latest security updates for the venerable OS are causing blue screens and endless reboots for people. That's the word according to a growing support thread on Microsoft's site -- and making matters just slightly worse / funnier, it's apparently the fix for that 17-year-old DOS vulnerability (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/ancient-dos-bug-gets-squashed/) that's causing all the trouble. You win some, you lose some, right? Microsoft's identified a fix for those with access to an XP install disc and an optical drive, but that leaves most netbook users out in the cold -- and considering netbooks are where most of the recent XP action's been going down lately, we're hoping a better solution comes down the pike soon.
P.S.- That's the BSOD tattoo guy (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/man-gets-bsod-message-tattooed-on-his-arm/) in the photo -- remember him?
[Thanks, HyperSl4ck3r]Patch for ancient DOS bug in latest Windows XP update causing blue screen errors (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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