Public service announcement to Windows users

[reveal]

HAHA! If you need to use windows, use windows 2000 like I do. Obsolete, you say? Works fine for me, and isnt messed around with, I say!

Core flaw opens Windows 2000 to attack

 

[Aaron L]

Awwwwww man.........

Oh well, Im careful about what I click on!

 

[fett527]

Windows is my bread and butter, I'm a Network/Server Admin. 2000 and XP are very similar and both good OS' as far as MS goes. I actually do like XP SP 2 better than anything else. I also don't like the validation process, but we use Volume License versions or OEM and fortunately don't have problems. And all installs are able to get security updates:

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/faq.aspx

Q:
Do security updates require validation?


A:
Security updates are not part of WGA. Security updates can be installed using the Windows XP Automatic Updates feature, or downloaded from the Download Center.

 

[Roadkill101]

Try setting XP to "UPdate Automatically." Apparently the authorization check seems to work only when trying to upgrade manually, for now, on the Corporate version of Pro.