[LINK] WinXP problem survey

[Stilgherrian]

On 01/11/2009, at 10:22 AM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> Should have mentioned, after the system-restore-rollback
> all is *very* fast & ticketyboo again, after 39 hours of
> operation, and many test re-boots. No probs. How helpful
> to MS would an accidental XP 'update bug' be around now?
>
> Hence my question to others. Sure maybe looking for evil
> doing where none exists, but it *would* be an ideal time
> for newish XP machines (4 gig RAM etc) to play up. True?


Glitches with large Windows updates requiring a rollback and reinstall  
to fix are far from unknown. I haven't been doing hands-on support for  
many clients for a while, but up until a year ago across my client  
base I could rely on having to do this on at least "several" computers.

How helpful would an "accidental" bug be now? Helpful.

How helpful for Microsoft would an asteroid impact striking Apple HQ?  
Very helpful.

I think Microsoft would be busy enough dealing with real bugs (and  
missing some) without allocating resources to deliberately creating  
them and covering up the conspiracy.

Stil


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