XP update BSOD

[MooPi]

Anyone get hit with the latest Windows XP update that causes the Blue Screen Of Death ?
I've not turned my XP machine on in days so I may be in the clear. Can't remember if I got an update last week.

[bleeding±the±dead]

nope, havent heard of that either.

[Tibuda]

Neither do I. Shared home desktop uses XP and is up-to-date, and no BSOD. To tell you the truth, I have never seen a BSOD in XP.

Where do you heard that? Perhaps it is just FUD.

[MooPi]

I've seen it from a person at work but this article should explain.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9156118/Microsoft_stops_serving_Windows_patch_blamed_for_b lue_screens

[Ewingo401]

It's a legit issue that's happening with the latest round of MS updates. Although it seems to be unclear why it's hitting some users and not others at this point.

[Tibuda]

I've seen it from a person at work but this article should explain.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9156118/Microsoft_stops_serving_Windows_patch_blamed_for_b lue_screens

thanks for the link, i'll read it.

[lisati]

I don't fire up XP that often and hadn't noticed - the only copy I currently have is on my main desktop which is usually running Ubuntu server & hosts my website and email server.

I did run into problems with the update for SP3 on my machine a year or two back - turns out that my desktop needed a patch from Compaq/HP otherwise SP3 wouldn't play nice on that particular setup.

edit: just read the article. 17-year old bug? eeek!

[FuturePilot]

It's a legit issue that's happening with the latest round of MS updates. Although it seems to be unclear why it's hitting some users and not others at this point.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/12/1455203/Rootkit-May-Be-Behind-Windows-Blue-Screen

[Grenage]

It hasn't been affecting too many PC's, only certain non-standard configs.

[bleeding±the±dead]

To tell you the truth, I have never seen a BSOD in XP.


never ever?

[sydbat]

never ever?I've seen too many. Some were due to messed up hardware, but others "just because". In fact, my current box, which has run Ubuntu without any problems for over 2 years, kept BSODing with XP (but not Win2k...hmmmm).

[bleeding±the±dead]

I've seen too many. Some were due to messed up hardware, but others "just because". In fact, my current box, which has run Ubuntu without any problems for over 2 years, kept BSODing with XP (but not Win2k...hmmmm).

well ubuntu has more colorful screens of death. black, white, red, yellow. the full spectrum of wtf.

[jdong]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/12/1455203/Rootkit-May-Be-Behind-Windows-Blue-Screen

Sure seems like that's thee culprit, and not surprising. Looks like Microsoft needs to give everyone a stable rootkitting API so we don't have these issues in the future! (half-joking) :D

[MooPi]

I better fire up my XP machine to test if I've been powned.:lol:

[bleeding±the±dead]

I better fire up my XP machine to test if I've been powned.:lol:

lol. good luck.

[Tibuda]

never ever?
XP? never ever.
3.1, 95 and 98? Yes.

[bleeding±the±dead]

XP? never ever.
3.1, 95 and 98? Yes.

lucky.

[sydbat]

well ubuntu has more colorful screens of death. black, white, red, yellow. the full spectrum of wtf.Fixed it for you...sorta...

[bleeding±the±dead]

Fixed it for you...sorta...

i was too lazy, but thanks i guess.

[Kenny_Strawn]

Why are we talking about WinXPee here, anyway? This is a Linux forum!

[bleeding±the±dead]

Why are we talking about WinXPee here, anyway? This is a Linux forum!

....

[KiwiNZ]

Why are we talking about WinXPee here, anyway? This is a Linux forum!

Its allowed

[importControl.Mind]

Every OS has it fair share of update breaks.
I ran into some with Ubuntu.
This the first time I heard of it happening on Windows and I used to fix computers. really odd

[NoaHall]

Why are we talking about WinXPee here, anyway? This is a Linux forum!

Why are you talking about ReactOS here? This is a Linux forum!

[MooPi]

Talking about Microsoft products fills the gap in conversation between whether Linus use KDE or Gnome or if Arch is better than Ubuntu, or last but not least if Chuck Norris is actually Linus in disguise.

[Tibuda]

Why are you talking about ReactOS here? This is a Linux forum!

late i guess (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8816453&postcount=35)

[cariboo]

This isn't the first time this has happened, when SP3 came out, quite a few AMD powered systems had problems booting too. It would BSOD on first boot, then on second boot it would start normally. I had several customers that got all in a panic, and never tried to boot a second time.

[Zoot7]

I'm running the latest updates, and have been for 2 and a half years now with XP. No issues at all.