”Updates are ready for your computer.  Click here to download these updates. ” But don’t expect Windows XP to actually know how to install them.  I’m stunned by yet another sloppy piece of work by Microsoft.  This almost smacks of an intentional ploy on their part to say “well if you just go to Vista this wont be a problem.”

So, to sum up; Windows XP Service Pack 3, wont install unless you hack your into your registry.   That’s the short of it.

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I’m now officially to the point where I hate Fry’s - more over, I’m completely baffled as to how they stay in business. Every time I buy something there, it’s defective and usually has been opened and returned before. If someone returns a product for being broken, why do they insist on putting it back out on the floor?! Does boxing it up some how make it magically work? - It’s over Fry’s. I officially will no longer shop at your stores.

I’d rather have higher prices on products that actually work, rather than deal with your shit..

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I’m so sick of religious debates.. And I’m not even talking about religion.. I’m talking about every nerds favorite argument.. which operating system is the best - which of course invariably leads into the bashing of Microsoft.. Microsoft is evil.. Bill Gates is the devil.. Windows sucks.. etc..

Why can’t people discussing intelligent software solutions from different paradigms agree to disagree on this point.. and move the hell on?!
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