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Unread 9 Aug 2004, 15:36   #1
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Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
possibly well known to all of you by now, but if not...here you go

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/08/06/m....ap/index.html
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
Service Pack 2. Security = improved. Long overdue.
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Speaking of upgrades, ntl doubled my downstream to 300kbps. \o/
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
I noticed my connection was faster on Saturday, but didn't know why. That is pretty ace though.
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-9E368D3CDB5A

Download a big file now, or wait for a littler one through automatic updates. Your choice.
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-9E368D3CDB5A

Download a big file now, or wait for a littler one through automatic updates. Your choice.
unfortunately, i need that in dutch
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
.... Company finally fixes the flaws in their software after 2 ****ing years and then get a big round of ****ing applause because they dont charge more money for FIXING IT.


OMFG COULD I PLEASE GET A REALITY CHECK THAT TELLS ME I DONT LIVE IN THIS ****ING WORLD.


Excuse me I need to go learn how to actually aim and fire a barret .50 cal rifle.


I have a larger rant than this but I am not supposed to scare people anymore ((

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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands...2/default.aspx

does that help? I have no idea what it says tho, so it may not help you at all
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
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unfortunately, i need that in dutch
You pansy! Get a real OS! That's English! Lol!

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.... Company finally fixes the flaws in their software after 2 ****ing years and then get a big round of ****ing applause because they dont charge more money for FIXING IT.


OMFG COULD I PLEASE GET A REALITY CHECK THAT TELLS ME I DONT LIVE IN THIS ****ING WORLD.


Excuse me I need to go learn how to actually aim and fire a barret .50 cal rifle.


I have a larger rant than this but I am not supposed to scare people anymore ((

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It's not them not asking money for it that causes this media attention. It's the new additions that makes the OS safer. That it took them two years... yeah, well... that's poor.
Not that I care ofcourse, because I still believe XP is a big piece of multimedia wank, but just so you know.
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
I've run the beta for a few months now without problems
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
maybe they should update internet explorer too
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
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For regular users, the most noticeable change will be a series of new prompts users will see. The idea is that if users have to actively give permission for programs to interact with their computers, there is less chance they will be hit by a virus or inadvertently allow malicious software that can monitor computer activities.

It's always risky to ask loyal customers to suddenly do things differently, but Gates said the changes aren't major and are worth it.

"Believe me, a click -- the time it takes to click versus if you have a security problem, it's a dramatic benefit," he said.
Oh yeah, I'm sure this wont be annoying at all.
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maybe they should update internet explorer too
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Service Pack 2. Security = improved. Long overdue.
and the award for understatement of the year goes to........
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maybe they should update internet explorer too
They have, just maybe not the updates you're looking for

They've added a popup blocker and a few more security features which from my point of view gives IE everything I want from a browser without being too bloated with features like Opera or Firefox.

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Oh yeah, I'm sure this wont be annoying at all.
The popups only appear usually during first time running of some but not all setup programs, infact apart from the occasional downloaded content I never see it at all. Like all the new features though you can always turn it off.
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Mozilla > IE
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
And Opera > Mozilla

And djbass, if you claim Firefox is too bloated with features, how is anyone going to take you seriously?
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And djbass, if you claim Firefox is too bloated with features, how is anyone going to take you seriously?

A browser needs only tabbed browsing & skins/themes to fit into this catergory, and firefox has a lot more than that.
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Such as?

And seriously, tabbed browsing and the option to skin a browser equals bloat? Then you're going to be very disappointed in MSIE 7
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
Most of everything mentioned here.

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And seriously, tabbed browsing and the option to skin a browser equals bloat? Then you're going to be very disappointed in MSIE 7
That is unfortunately true.
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Re: Microsoft releases free Windows upgrade...sometime soon
Popup blocking - Clearly bloat. You want popups, you need popups.
Tabbed Browsing - You rather have seven instances of windows open, cluttering up your taskbar. This option is clearly unnecessary bloat.
Google Searchbar - Who uses Google, like ever? What a bloat!
Find-As-You-Type - Pish. You read documents all the way, you never search through them. So there.
Privacy and Security settings - As if you need those. Something that blocks ActiveX exploits is trivial extra code.
Extensions - Like, yeah. As if you're gonna bloat your browser even more!

Clearly I've demonstrated how this extensive list is just pure bloatware. Real men stick to MSIE, yeah!

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