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Re: M$ do it again but in black.

Bazza — Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:07 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:07 pm

Hmmm, it looks like I am going to have to write anither pi$$
take poem called "Ode To Windows `Number Seven`"... ;o)

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

Marrea — Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:01 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:01 pm

Well it is now being claimed (by MS of course) that the root cause was probably malware, such as Daonol, and not MS's own November security updates at all. Who knows? !!

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

Rhakios — Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:00 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:00 pm

<sits, waiting for somebody to post the real, if rather less amusing, truth>

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

LeeNukes — Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:48 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:48 pm

RedWillow wrote:

The truth is out!

Linky.

lol

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

RedWillow — Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:33 am

Author: RedWillow

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:33 am

The truth is out!

Linky.

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

LeeNukes — Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:28 am

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:28 am

roseway wrote:

leke wrote:

Didn't you know? Black is the new blue

I already made that joke on the Debian forum. Now I'll have to consult my legal advisers and sue you for a billion dollars.

I thought the required amount was bajillion?

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

towy71 — Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:48 am

Author: towy71

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:48 am

roseway wrote:

I already made that joke on the Debian forum. Now I'll have to consult my legal advisers and sue you for a billion dollars.

the source code for that gag is gpl'd so don't waste your money

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

roseway — Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:47 am

Author: roseway

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:47 am

leke wrote:

Didn't you know? Black is the new blue

I already made that joke on the Debian forum. Now I'll have to consult my legal advisers and sue you for a billion dollars.

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

leke — Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:41 pm

Author: leke

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:41 pm

Didn't you know? Black is the new blue

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

Dutch_Master — Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:20 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:20 pm

Who in his right mind will ever use M$ crap anyway?

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

towy71 — Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:12 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:12 pm

Avast did something similar on vista on a computer I was trying to fix

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

Ram — Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:38 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:38 pm

Was not just on AVG, had a similar thing at work with McAfee renaming files and breaking apps.

Edit to add just

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

LeeNukes — Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:28 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:28 pm

Its much better when the issue is caused by a third party:

http://securityandthe.net/2008/11/10/avg-virus-scanner-removes-critical-windows-file/

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

Ram — Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:55 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:55 pm

pctechie wrote:

And by the looks of it another update by MS did this, suprize suprize, well no not really this has happened before, that's why I update windows manually, when I'm using it that is, I use Ubuntu majority of the time no MS updates here lol

I've seen this issue before on XP as well as with the lastest update, after auto updates, fix both earlier issues (1 was mine) by using the recovery console and running chkdsk /f. This last time a couple of 3 finger shuffles resolved it (mine again but this time I have the drive dual booting with Slackware 13 couldn't be pestered looking for the CD.).

Re: M$ do it again but in black.

pctechie — Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:40 pm

Author: pctechie

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:40 pm

And by the looks of it another update by MS did this, suprize suprize, well no not really this has happened before, that's why I update windows manually, when I'm using it that is, I use Ubuntu majority of the time no MS updates here lol