XP Service Pack 2 Bomb

[datatab1]

Originally Posted by Ogre

So they would get you if you bought a copy and registered with a different key. If you never bought a copy in the first place, then they don't have any records, correct? So they can't catch those people?

if you don't activate then you're fine, unless they verify with the new windows update now,i think my father mentioned that.

[datatab1]

um, how does one start one of these discussions anyway?

[Katie Reynolds]

Just found this on Slashdot:

"German magazine PC-Welt has discovered a major security flaw in Windows XP SP2 when installing over SP1. The article says that 'with a certain configuration, your file and printer sharing data are visible worldwide, despite an activated Firewall.' The magazine claims they were 'able to discover private documents on easily accessible computers on the Internet' and that the configuration is fairly common."

- From:http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/18/2143242
http://www.pcwelt.de/know-how/extras/103039/

Oops.

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by datatab1

um, how does one start one of these discussions anyway?

Go to the forum you want to put the discussion in and click the "New Thread" button. It will be in the same places as the "New post" button in a thread. Hope that helps.