Monday, Sep 15th 2008
Windows XP Sp.3 … “Access Denied!”
 

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

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

’s official stance is to say that “some programs change the system access control lists (SACL) in the Registry so that administrator accounts cannot alter them. The service pack installer runs under the user (admin) account and not under the SYSTEM account. Failure to update a registry key causes the Setup program to fail.”

Wait..  You mean Administrator isn’t root?  Why does the root login for my box not have root access?!  Who’s the jackass that thought that was a good idea?! 

And Microsofts official stance is that you must edit your registry.. something that if you don’t do 100% correctly, you’re boned.  I swear they developers at are the biggest bunch of asshats..  I’d love to hear why this is acceptable and how this got through QA.. Someone MUST know — Please chime in..

What’s jacked up is on their website it actually says that this is for advanced users only and if you’re not comfortable then here is our support link where you can pay us to help you.. (I’m paraphrasing.)

They give instructions on how to fix it, then below the instructions they say that they aren’t responsible if these instructions don’t work.  Awesome..  Gotta love good customer support on top of a huge .

To save you the trouble, here are the steps to fix it;

  1. Backup your registry.
  2. Download Microsofts Subinacl.
  3. Download this file and double click it.
  4. Install Service Pack 3 from the FULL install.

It works.  Step 1 is vital just in case, 2 is a tool that enables the script that is step three.  Step three is just what passes for a shell script, feel free to read it via notepad.  Also, step three takes about 10 minutes to run so go have a coke and a smile.

 I had actually been considering installing Vista just to test out DX10 on a different partition, now screw that.  Install Vista? Accept/Deny… Denied.

Game developers please.. start releasing your games for Linux..  Let’s make shape up or get the hell out of the market..

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9:36 am -- Tuesday, Sep 16th 2008
Trovan

I’ve been running Vista for about a year. I think they are finally getting most of the bugs out. I really wish there was a better option than Windows out there.

Mozilla should make an OS.

 
11:32 am -- Tuesday, Sep 16th 2008
Jason

Ubuntu.

It’s an extremely good system. The issue of course being that game companies don’t make games for linux.

 
10:42 am -- Wednesday, Sep 17th 2008
Trovan

That’s my problem. I use my computer for gaming a lot, so I need an OS that runs games.
There is also the problem that my wife is used to Windows and is very hesitant to try new things when it comes to computers.

 
9:30 pm -- Wednesday, Sep 17th 2008
Tauni

It isn’t hesitation as much as it is laziness. If I have to learn another OS, I have to put effort into it. I have enough things that keep me busy, when I sit down to the computer, I don’t want to put forth a ton of effort to read my email, blogs and forums!

As for the Vista/XP stuff, I begged my husband to put XP back on the computer. He told me that the computer couldn’t handle both XP and Vista…that is code for he was too lazy to reinstall XP.

After a while, the differences are minimal and well, as long as the computer works, I am fine with. Although, I will admit, our computers have froze a LOT more and web browsers are more likely to fail since we “upgraded” to Vista.

 
1:50 pm -- Friday, Sep 19th 2008
Jason

With Ubuntu it’s rapidly getting to the point where it’s so simple you really don’t have anything to learn. It’s not quite there yet, but it’s damn close.

Ubuntu doesn’t crash. Or hardly ever.. In fact, my work machine has been running for months without crashing.. I had to turn the machine off 8 days ago because the power was going to be out for our office, but prior to that it had been up for a long time.

When a program on linux dies, it doesn’t take the operating system with it. More over its pretty rare that a program on linux crashes in my experience..

Either way, Vista is the future for Microsoft and lets be honest, its the wrong way down a one way street.

 
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