Re: Can microsoft legally do this?

On 12 May 2007 23:23:27 -0700, leaenna_mills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On May 12, 10:23 pm, Colin Wilson
<REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If the automatic update checking is switched on, it has been fairly
widely reported that it's bugged to fook and can practically lock-up
the computer for up to an hour at a time.

My wifes' machine is suffering from similar at the moment, but only
for about 20 minutes at a time :-/ - the "trick" apparently is to
switch off automatic updates, and check manually yourself from time to
time.


Yes, I'd agree 100% with your post.

My "state of the art" pc (4gb ram, 2.4 Core 2 Duo cpu) will respond to
nothing for around 20 minutes after booting............the yellow
shield sits there with "downloading updates 0%".

If I bring up task manager as soon as XP has booted (and before it
locks up) svchost.exe sits there hogging 99% of my cpu
resources...........given this is a Core 2 Duo machine, that's quite
an achievement..........Bill gates must be very proud.

As you say, you have to kill automatic updates to avoid enduring this
fiasco.

I'm pretty sure in it's current state, XP isn't fit for purpose.


Perhaps you should get your PC seen to by somebody who has a clue.

That is not normal behaviour, or anything like it, for Windows XP.

With or without automatic updates on.
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