Important !! Important!! Important!!

[ramsa329]

To all of you who use WinXP and download the security patches this is very important information.

Monday, April 21, 2003
Microsoft Security Patch Slows XP Systems
By Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft is said to be looking into a fix to its kernel buffer overrun remedy

Redmond is looking into a fix for security patch it issued late last week. The patch

[zcottovision]

Various Windows enthusiast sites on the Web have noted the adverse performance impact caused by patch 811493 on their Windows XP Home, Professional and 64-bit systems.

Didn't know there were any Windows enthusiasts.....

[microlight]

I have the XP auto-updates enabled, and had noticed that there'd been a slow-up in frame rate a couple of weeks ago. I had put this down to using real world weather for the first time, and to flying low over complex scenery, but sure enough, I uninstalled the patch mentioned, and the frame rate leapt from 11-12 back to 25-30, where it was before.

I've turned the auto-update feature off now!

[jcool28]

THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU ramsa!!! My entire system is back up to speed thanks to you! I couldnt for the life of me figure out what it was that was slowing everything down. I ran a spyware scan, antivirus, defrag, etc etc etc with no significant results. Thought a trojan got passed the ol' firewall. I am a happy boy once again  

[Fozzer]

Didn't know there were any Windows enthusiasts.....

LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Hi Scott... ....!
Yep.
There are....
We are called "Windows '98'ers".... ....!
...happy bunnies... ...!

LOL...!

Cheers...
Paul.
(England).

[ozzy72]

Thanks for the warning Ramsa, I'm not risking any of the XP fixes at the moment, as all of them seem to slow down the system. I've had to re-install once since getting XP Pro a year ago, and I've had to do loads of fixes.... Maybe I'll do a Fozzer and move down to 98.

Ozzy

[fisharno]

That's right Fozzer!

I've got a friend who has a shop here in town, who builds custom systems per customer's specifications.

He absolutely refuses to install XP as a Op system on any machine he builds. Win 98 SE only. I bought a system he built for my youngest son a couple of weeks ago and I'm confident he'll have a PC that will be dependable for a long time.

From one Happy "98er" to another!

Cheers.

[zcottovision]

Maybe I choose the wrong option when I decided to un-install one of my operating systems from a dual-boot....98 went!

[FSTipster]

Sorry to be the dissenting voice here, but Win98 will never give you the stability of XP. I've run 98 for a long time and still do in a dual boot system with XP Pro.

I'm not going to waffle too long about this because I see these kind of threads all over the place and nothing anyone says ever makes any difference.

WinXP is like every other windows operating system in one respect:

It has to be setup, updated and configured properly for it to work at it's best. If it isn't, as with any other OS, it won't perform well.

Concluding comment: How many win98 users can say they've never had a P.C. crash/freeze/blue screen of death in 6 months of continous use?

I know a few XP users who can and I've only limited it to 6 months because that's the most I've seen reported. Personally, I've had to re-install a few times, but NOT because of the OS and 6 months is about as long as I've had it installed at any one time. I've had Win XP running FS2002 for over a year in total and I have never, repeat never, had FS2002 crash on me once - or the OS as a whole for that matter.

Nothing wrong with 98 but it simply isn't as stable (if it's set up correctly. )

[ramsa329]

I would have to completely agree here with FsTipster WinXP is without a doubt the most stable and configurable OS.

And seems to be a perfect platform for Fs2k2.

[loomex]

I would have to completely agree here with FsTipster WinXP is without a doubt the most stable and configurable OS.

And seems to be a perfect platform for Fs2k2.

I also agree. I thank you Ramsa329. the uninstal helped a lot

[Blade]

Hot Damn, bout to delete it now.

[Erhan]

Is this what im supposed top be deleting?  ???

[ramsa329]

No Erhan that is not the right one the number is 811493

Not 306676 as you are showing.

[Erhan]

mmm ok..so does "811493" come with the XP Pro or is it something that you have to install, cause theres no other SP1's on my add/remove, could it be hidden, if so where could i find it..