Watch out Windows XP users

Gaenya · December 19th, 2002

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,795100,00.asp

**Kane** · December 19th, 2002

Good thing I run Windows Update every day

Phoenix · December 19th, 2002

oh thanks, I run windows update quite often

chillypacman · December 19th, 2002

Good thing I don't use windows xp

**Yeloazndevil** · December 19th, 2002

doesn't affect me, since I stopped using winXP and went back to win2000

RF · December 20th, 2002

Crazy. gj they have a patch for it

REi_FoX · December 20th, 2002

thanks! i should update more often

permalink · December 20th, 2002

http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/24834 <- yes, it's in Dutch =P

apparantly it affects users of winamp too. There are updated versions of both winamp2 and winamp3 available at www.winamp.com

Player-X · December 20th, 2002

Is that all?
I guess the RIAA was gonna use that

**Kirby** · December 20th, 2002

Go figure. Microsoft does it again...

ready2rumbelX · December 20th, 2002

Well, it's good that the problem has been discovered now before anything too serious happened...

ready2rumbelX

chillypacman · December 20th, 2002

>doesn't affect me, since I stopped using winXP and went back to win2000

Probably does win xp is based on win 2000 unlike win me 98 and 95.

>Well, it's good that the problem has been discovered now before anything too serious happened...

If microsoft can nail us down that easy and we hadn't known about it I'm scared what they are doing when my mouse pointer hovers over the my computer icon

**Kellicros** · December 21st, 2002

Thanks for the info, gonna run Windows Update right away!

**Shiori** · December 21st, 2002

Why run it, just download it from here (about 300KB)

http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...displaylang=en

ice2hot · December 21st, 2002

hey guys for some reason my win update wont work. It used to work befor but now it scans it comes to 100 percent and says there no updates for ure computer although there are critical uodates bing eleased and all. The last day which it downloaded using windows update was Nov 10 2002 any idea whats causing it or should i just run my winxp proffesional cd and do a repair

REi_FoX · December 21st, 2002

the link that shiori told us whas a downloadable file why dont you try it

ice2hot · December 21st, 2002

thats fine but i still wanna have an idea why it wont work

T.O.F.K.A.Z · December 21st, 2002

There are a few things that could cause that :

1) You own a pirated copy of WinXp
2) The file wupdmgr.exe might be corrupted/damaged
3) Your firewall won't let wupdmgr.exe do it's job

If none of these apply , then download my copy of wupdmgr.exe (the attachement is in a rar file)

and put it in C:\WINDOWS\system32

ice2hot · December 22nd, 2002

hey thanks ill try it out and let u know
Nope that didnt work. Although I have a valid copy but my friend doesnt but his still work. ??. Any ideas what I should I do. I mean should I go ahead with the repair option.

T.O.F.K.A.Z · December 22nd, 2002

You could also use the system recovery tool (you do know when the problem occured for the first time right ?)

If so got to the control panel , then select Maintenance (Prestation and Maintenance , or something like that (I'm dutch and sometimes I don't know how to translate it

) And there should be an option in th upperleft corner called System Recovery click on it and follow the options.

If this doesn't work you could use the repair option as a last resort and if that doesn't work contact M$ for further help.

December 19th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Gaenya Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Colombia, Medellin Posts: 102	Watch out Windows XP users http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,795100,00.asp

December 19th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Good thing I run Windows Update every day __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

December 20th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	Crazy. gj they have a patch for it __________________

December 20th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	thanks! i should update more often __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

December 20th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Kirby Politically incorrect FTW Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,445	Go figure. Microsoft does it again... __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

December 19th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Phoenix Ada... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: GDL, MX Posts: 2,229	oh thanks, I run windows update quite often

December 19th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
chillypacman Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia - Perth Posts: 1,057	Good thing I don't use windows xp

December 19th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	doesn't affect me, since I stopped using winXP and went back to win2000

December 20th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/24834 <- yes, it's in Dutch =P apparantly it affects users of winamp too. There are updated versions of both winamp2 and winamp3 available at www.winamp.com

December 20th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Is that all? I guess the RIAA was gonna use that

December 20th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,684	Well, it's good that the problem has been discovered now before anything too serious happened... ready2rumbelX __________________ ready2rumbelX -Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3200Mhz) -Gigabyte 965P-S3 motherboard -2x2GB G.Skill PC-6400 (DDR2 800Mhz) RAM (4-4-4-12) -Seagate 320GB (IDE) and Western Digital 500GB (SATA II) H.D -Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR 5 (850/4600) -Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (x64) -Realtek HD w/ Creative PC Works 5.1 -2 x L.G DVD/CD-RW Combo - GSA-H62N

December 20th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
chillypacman Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia - Perth Posts: 1,057	>doesn't affect me, since I stopped using winXP and went back to win2000 Probably does win xp is based on win 2000 unlike win me 98 and 95. >Well, it's good that the problem has been discovered now before anything too serious happened... If microsoft can nail us down that easy and we hadn't known about it I'm scared what they are doing when my mouse pointer hovers over the my computer icon

December 21st, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	Thanks for the info, gonna run Windows Update right away! __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

December 21st, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	Why run it, just download it from here (about 300KB) http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...displaylang=en __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

December 21st, 2002	#15 (permalink)
ice2hot Avatar says it all. Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Dubai Posts: 524	hey guys for some reason my win update wont work. It used to work befor but now it scans it comes to 100 percent and says there no updates for ure computer although there are critical uodates bing eleased and all. The last day which it downloaded using windows update was Nov 10 2002 any idea whats causing it or should i just run my winxp proffesional cd and do a repair __________________ cant think up of a cool one yet

December 21st, 2002	#16 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	the link that shiori told us whas a downloadable file why dont you try it __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

December 21st, 2002	#17 (permalink)
ice2hot Avatar says it all. Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Dubai Posts: 524	thats fine but i still wanna have an idea why it wont work __________________ cant think up of a cool one yet

December 22nd, 2002	#19 (permalink)
ice2hot Avatar says it all. Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Dubai Posts: 524	hey thanks ill try it out and let u know Nope that didnt work. Although I have a valid copy but my friend doesnt but his still work. ??. Any ideas what I should I do. I mean should I go ahead with the repair option. __________________ cant think up of a cool one yet Last edited by ice2hot; December 22nd, 2002 at 00:58.

December 22nd, 2002	#20 (permalink)
T.O.F.K.A.Z ..::NL_HC_NL::.. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: THE PLACE EVERYONE FORGOT Posts: 1,744	You could also use the system recovery tool (you do know when the problem occured for the first time right ?) If so got to the control panel , then select Maintenance (Prestation and Maintenance , or something like that (I'm dutch and sometimes I don't know how to translate it ) And there should be an option in th upperleft corner called System Recovery click on it and follow the options. If this doesn't work you could use the repair option as a last resort and if that doesn't work contact M$ for further help. __________________ Senior Member of the "Optimism-Non-Pessismism Club" ---------- Specs : PENTIUM 4 2,5 Ghz / GEFORCE FX 5700 Ultra --------- ---------- SOUND BLASTER Audigy2 Platinum/ 512MB DDR -------------- ---------- If you don't agree with me then that's OK by ----------------- ---------- me but I hope you respect my opinion as well ----------------

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