rec.autos.simulators

you want something that's news to you? Well... <thinking> erm... <still
thinking> ummm... <more thinking> ok, here's something that's apparently
news for you: the NG's are full of messages from people with probs in
WinXP... ;-)

But please note the ' ;-) ' as that's the core part of this message, just as
it was the core portion of the previous message ;-)

Achim

Achim

:-)

--

Fester

What probs mine is rock solid and Fast. A majority of postings I see are
quite positive.Use what you like, 9...................whats it called ? Oh
ya 98,.... I forgot been years since I used that POS. Been only 2K and now
XP for quite some time now.

Oh yes I'm sure of that................LOL

Exactly who cares. If they can get by firewall more power to them I've got
nothing to hide.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/22940/WinMe/EN-US...
USAM.EXE
    c.. Microsoft Windows XP:
    http://www.windowsupdate.com
    or
    http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=34951

Microsoft's security bulletin 01-059 clearly says that W2K is _not_
affected. It doesn't have the vulnerable service.

In Win9x you can install this service, but it isn't there by default. The
prob with WinXP is that this service is by default installed and enabled,
but not visible to the not so technically inclined users (the group of users
WinXP is primarily aimed at). These are in danger, because they are
unsuspecting.

Achim

http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/22940/WinMe/EN-US...

The only XP related problem I have had was with my MSPP joystick not working
in one game. I replaced it with a MS FF2 stick to resolve the issue. XP has
been smooth sailing for me and I bought it when it was first released. I
guess it depends on what hardware you have, but that applies to any OS.

It was about 90 in my apartment, and I was playing NASCAR Racing 4 online.
In turn 2, the game locked up.  Ctrl-Alt-Del, kill N4, check system temps,
see its way hot, turn the A/C on, reload N4 and continue to play without
ever rebooting.  Running WinXP.  Try that with 95, 98 or ME.

OK, I'll take note of the ;-). But, if I did a search on Win95 going back to
1995 on Google's archives I bet I would find a ton more complaints about
problems in Win95 than XP. For every complaint I see about XP I see 10
positive posts in comparison.
I think the general consensus on XP is a thumbs up.

1. political science
2. computer science

I'm nearly crying here between this thread, reading the Rally Trophy
tech support forum, and dealing with the war mongering religious
fanatics I have to share a country with. =)  I don't have a URL handy,
but there are people on the JoWood board posting stuff like "THIS GAME
IS A PIECE OF SHIT THE GRAPHICS ARE CHOPPY" while trying to run full
details on a Voodoo 3 (there are also at least 4 posts from people
wondering why they get 'No Valid Hardware Detected' with their Voodoo
2 cards).  Oh yeah, there's also a nice long thread where someone is
complaining that their Celeron 366 isn't old technology and should be
better supported.  Those poor guys at Bugbear.  I thought Papy had it
bad.

Jason

--Final non-sequitor...seeing that Nvidia and ATI are apparently
working on graphics drivers to cheat on benchmarks brings a smile to
my face. =)

Don Burnette