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Computersoc Dot Com
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| What about new bugs? what happens when the latest thing comes out and messes everyone's computer? They would have to send out CDs every month, correct?
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
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| Re: What about new bugs? More like you would to to Microsoft website and get the latest updates that aren't on the CD. The CD isn't the end all for Windows updating. It's just a way for dialup and non-Internet users to get all the current updates without having to download massive megs of data. | |
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DrTCP
Yours truly
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join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX
| Re: What about new bugs? said by SRFireside  :
More like you would to to Microsoft website and get the latest updates that aren't on the CD. The CD isn't the end all for Windows updating. It's just a way for dialup and non-Internet users to get all the current updates without having to download massive megs of data.
It is also a convenient way to bring a newly installed PC (close to) up to date. You don't want to spend time or your bandwidth for downloading older patches for each one of your PCs right. I ordered one for myself. | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Re: What about new bugs? You are absolutely right. I ordered one myself for the exact same reason. | |
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brandon
Some truth included in this post.
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Hurley, MS | Re: What about new bugs? as did I. | |
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GNXPower
Got Boost?
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Huntington Beach, CA
| Of course it didn't take long for someone to bitch about Microsoft handing of free CD copies of the patches.
If you're worried about it, don't get one.
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join:2001-03-13
Saint Louis, MO | Re: What about new bugs? i see something wrong with it microsoft is trying to cut costs
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brandon
Some truth included in this post.
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Hurley, MS | Re: What about new bugs? since when is cutting costs a bad business practice? | |
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join:2002-02-02
Abyss | With the way things go with MS, my bet is the cd will have a virus on it plus the fixes. Good lucking figuring out which is which. | |
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join:2003-08-06
Albany, NY
| Re: What about new bugs? I have never never seen microsoft give anything away for nothing,there has to be a reason..Think how much this is costing them
millions of people will jump at this,their not even charging S+H..
I wouldn't trust them, I want to pick out my own updates,you don't know what's on that disk,people say that it's good if your buying a new machine,when I got my machine I had the latest updates ,any good place will do that. Mine was stamped the day they built it,updates the next day and shipped the following day..Of course I will get it to have,but won't use it..I'll wait for the same people that are saying how great it was getting something for nothing complain about it .In this world you don't get anything for nothing except spy-ware.Just my 2 cents. | |
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ArchAngel21x
MacFan Pro
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join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE
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| Re: What about new bugs? It's no different than AOL shipping out all those CDs, with no guarantee that anyone will sign up. Not to mention Microsoft is in a much better position to lose money. Besides, if they get nothing else from it, it's great PR. Look, Microsoft cares so much about it's users it will ship this out for free. I am sure that is what their marketing dept is thinking anyway.
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Sarick
It's Only Logical
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join:2003-06-03
USA | Yes there is a reason..
You will also receive a free antivirus and firewall trial software CD. | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: What about new bugs? said by Sarick :
Yes there is a reason..
You will also receive a free antivirus and firewall trial software CD.
And free trials always lead to an offer to buy. Sarick you might be onto something. | |
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join:2003-08-06
Albany, NY
| Re: What about new bugs? You will also receive a free antivirus and firewall trial software CD.
I think it's EZtrust Armor,it's free for a year..Then you have to pay..
I had it on my laptop at work,I kept getting a true vector error,come to find out it's the virus engine..Uninstalled the program,no more blue screen of death..I think the CD is mostly to help dial-up people that can't ever get it right downloading those big updates,the screensaver will come on, knocked off line,many reasons. | |
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sycocowz
join:2002-06-13
Ottsville, PA | I got a free mouse from microsoft awhile ago 
also the beta of windows xp 64bit edition | |
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join:2002-01-07
Olympia, WA
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| said by fartness :
what happens when the latest thing comes out and messes everyone's computer?
Well since the updates are only thru October 2003, any "new bugs" would be old bugs, and they've likely already been addressed. I am not sure when the CD came out, but it probably wasn't in October. According to Microsoft's information on the CD, the date of the CD seems to be February 20, 2004. That means that any bugs would have already been fixed. It would be unlikely for Microsoft to release a CD of updates through last October, that still contained bugs. The reason I say that, they could have well included November and December, on the CD, but it was probably in testing during that time. That's my take on it anyway.
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Hayward
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Key West, FL
| said by fartness :
what happens when the latest thing comes out and messes everyone's computer? They would have to send out CDs every month, correct?
This is still a great help to early XP adopters with ORIGINAL (Non SP) XP CD's and need to reinstall. Even with broad band and rebooting it can take HOURS to do.
Having all the patches to date on CD would be a great help.
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AlkalineArmy
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join:2002-03-14
Greenfield, IN | Excellent Looks like mine will be arriving in the mail in 2-4 weeks. Not that I have dialup or anything, but this'll save me a lot of time whenever I format.
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Stewy85
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join:2003-01-16
Sharon, WI
clubs: | Re: Excellent That's the same reason I ordered mine.:) | |
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LetsRok
join:2001-01-21
Clinton, TN | Re: Excellent yep, this will really cut the time that it takes to do a fresh install | |
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Yoda2009
join:2003-10-07
Toronto, ON | Re: Excellent Yep I ordered 15 Cd's just in case 14 of them get damaged. | |
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Ryan F
Take Back The Web
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join:2002-10-18
Alexandria, VA
1 edit | Same here. Downloading all the updates usually ends up taking more time than the installation itself. | |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | I've put in my order as well. Now when helping people out I can just pop in this CD and they will be reasonably updated. | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
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join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL | Re: Excellent I was thinking more along the lines of slipstreaming the drivers and updates to the disc though... but I guess that could work too.  | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
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Davenport, FL | Re: Excellent Yes!  | |
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dilettante
join:2002-01-01
Haslett, MI
| This wouldn't be a bad thing for anyone to have. I wish there was one that went back to Windows 95 for example.
At some point you may still want to install and use something creaky like Windows 98 and you might be glad you had all of the updates on hand after they aren't online anymore. | |
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seaman
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join:2000-12-08
Seattle, WA
1 edit | Long overdue The shear number and size of patches needed to keep M$ products relatively secure have single handedly made dail-up service obsolete. I think they should offer a quarterly security CD subscription service at no cost to users from here on out. | |
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haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state | Wont SP2 replace the need for this disk? Isn't SP2 due out sometime early 2004? If so, wont it replace a this disk so that on format, you would only need SP2, or am I mistaken? | |
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bokamba
Chengdu Rocks
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join:2002-04-05
Falls Church, VA | Re: Wont SP2 replace the need for this disk? That's possible, but this CD also patches previous versions of Windows. | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| Isn't that just for Windows XP? The disk they are distributing has updates for everything from Windows 98 on up. If you have XP I guess you can wait for SP2, but will they offer it on disk at no charge? I'm guessing it will be on their website for download, which would still make this disk useful by getting all the updates that are available up to SP2 and then getting the new SP.
I'm also assuming components from previous updates will still be necessary. As I recall all the other service packs I downloaded required the previous service packs to be installed first. Then again I don't have XP so I have no idea whether it's the same or not. | |
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haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state | Re: Wont SP2 replace the need for this disk? thanks | |
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clubs: | AV and Firewall trial? "In addition, you will also receive a free antivirus and firewall trial software CD."
Anyone know who makes the antivirus and firewall software they're including? | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Re: AV and Firewall trial? Unlike Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, the MS Firewall, the MS Video Editor that are bolted tight to their respective operating systems. Thank you Microsoft for at least having a few things left to user choice. | |
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| Re: AV and Firewall trial? said by Logan 5 :
Since Microsoft recently assimilated the Assets of GeCAD the makers of RAV, it's likely that you'll see a Microsoft branded version of RAV on the CD....
GeCad Press Release on the MS Sellout here: »www.ravantivirus.com/pages/shown···hp?i=153
Thanks for the link.
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Defcon888
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join:2003-07-22
San Bruno, CA | Um... Is there any way I can get an ISO of this? I rather NOT have M$ mail it to me.. 
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BK3
join:2001-04-10
Geneva, IL
·AT&T Yahoo
| It'll save me a lot of time. I occasionally do work for people with older machines, running '98 or ME. They either don't have internet access, or at best have only a dial-up connection. This will save me a bunch of time by having it on CD, rather than downloading a ton of updates. Also, like said before, this will save a bunch of time with new installs at the office.
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jmn1207
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join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
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| Nice to Keep On Hand This is great. I wonder how people who don't have an internet connection(they are out there) will find out about this? I suppose an arduous phone call to an Indian tech rep will eventually yield the mailing of this update CD.
If I ever have the need to use mine, I wonder if I'll have the option to disable the AOL icon installation that comes with it? I'm only kidding about the AOL thing. I hope. | |
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ghordy
join:2002-06-03
Chicago, IL | Re: Nice to Keep On Hand Don't think it will have AOL but rather MSN. | |
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msanto
join:2001-08-13
Castro Valley, CA | At least for XP ... www.autopatcher.com is a viable alternative, and they update once a month. | |
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Krytor
Reminiscing The Future
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join:2001-07-07
Indianapolis, IN | Re: At least for XP ... »autopatcher.com/
The site also has Win2K and Win2K3 patches. | |
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | excellent idea a frown that microsoft hadn't done this sooner, but this is well appreciated from us windows users. | |
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DivineDark
join:2001-08-30
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | Re: excellent idea I clicked on order now and pg said. Connection Rejected: 131.107.101.43 - Microsoft Corp trackers 2 PGIPDB
no thx for me. | |
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yeti34
RC Onroad racin
join:2001-04-12
Salt Lake City, UT
| Seen it yet? Has anyone who actually ordered it have it arrive in the mail yet? I ordered mine the 18th of Feb and no word yet as to where it is at. I get a tracking thing in my hotmail account but it does not work. So I can find nothing out about it. Just wondered if this is actually going to show up or what.
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adsf
@co.uk | Re: Seen it yet? I've received the CD from microsoft - but i still have to download lots of stuff from the microsoft site to get my comp. up to date | |
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yeti34
RC Onroad racin
join:2001-04-12
Salt Lake City, UT | I got mine a couple of days ago and opened it up but have not even explored the two disks!! How is that for impatients?!! Kind of like I got it now and really don't care anymore!! lol
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Brian Grif_n
Wireless Guru
join:2001-01-17
Reno, NV | slow in shipping too OK, I got shipping confirmation 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't shown up in my mailbox. Are they shipping it on a slow boat from China???? | |
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