Just a heads up to those of you who run XP

[john1782]

Microsoft issued a warning yesterday about a major security flaw for Win XP. Microsoft doesn't have a patch yet, but did issue a work-around. Link is below:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972890#FixItForMe

 

[ravenchris]

Thanks.

 

[97tbird]

do i need to do this even if i don't use IE at all? and I think active X is disabled anyway on it.

 

[john1782]

Originally Posted By: 97tbird
do i need to do this even if i don't use IE at all? and I think active X is disabled anyway on it.


Honestly, I don't know. Here's 1 of the articles from Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530354,00.html

 

[Pablo]

XP sickens me. Just kill it off.

 

[CivicFan]

MS keeps mentioning IE and MS Video ActiveX as the culprits. Either the other browsers are safe, or they do not acknowledge that there are any other ones.

I don't even know what MS Video is.

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
XP sickens me. Just kill it off.


I know, Win 2000 is way better.

 

[chevrofreak]

Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Originally Posted By: Pablo
XP sickens me. Just kill it off.


I know, Win 2000 is way better.


Indeed.

 

[SrDriver]

I read that for those still using XP that if they would download and install IE 8 that it would address the security issue that has popped up this time.

For those that don't care for Firefox, I would recommend that they give the new version of Opera a try.

 

[Virtuoso]

I beg to differ. XP has been more stable than my previous Win2k installations.

Although, I actually enjoy Vista, so I guess I'm generally a minority in these things...

 

[benjamming]

IE 8 on my XP machine at home results in constant "not responding". I also got this on a Vista machine. So, IE8 uninstalled.

 

[TooManyWheels]

Originally Posted By: benjamming
IE 8 on my XP machine at home results in constant "not responding". I also got this on a Vista machine. So, IE8 uninstalled.


Same here.

 

[Buffman]

IE8 too incompatible with most Vbulletin boards I'm on. Quick reply button results in quoting, and all sorts of weird things, so I went back to IE7.

 

[Samilcar]

IE8 refuses to even install on my XP running PC. It goes through the entire install process, then gives a message at the end that it failed to install.

No big loss I guess, as I normally run Firefox anyway.