Windows XP SP2 could break existing applications

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ggavinmoss

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
Did any of you actually read this??? It will break applications that were insecure and need to be fixed anyway. If your application has buffer overflow problems that could be exploited, it will not work right. That is what they are talking about.

Don't worry, nobody read the article, or your post.

-geoff
 

IBuyUFO

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I've been using xp sp2 and haven't run into any problems other than that annoying active x thing. Every program I have works with it.
 

CraigRT

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I have been using XP SP2 Beta for quite some time now, and I haven't come across any probs as far as I can tell.
 

XZeroII

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Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Originally posted by: XZeroII
Did any of you actually read this??? It will break applications that were insecure and need to be fixed anyway. If your application has buffer overflow problems that could be exploited, it will not work right. That is what they are talking about.

Don't worry, nobody read the article, or your post.

-geoff

I see that
 

Linflas

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There is a pretty long and detailed thread about this over on DSLReports. From all that I have read this service pack is a very good thing,
 

AgaBoogaBoo

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This will be a positive impact in the long term for Microsoft if they can pull this off like they say
 

Zee

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no service pack will ever compensate for stupid people's stupidity