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had a computer problem with an unexpected power outage last night

got up this am with puter off, restarted, found that there were updateds from DAMN MICROSOFT ready to d/l

d/led

restarted - no computer/sat there and wouldn't load anything - damn MICROSOFT SENT A BAD UPDATE

finally got restarted using last known good data

went to DAMN MICROSOFT SITE
NEW DAMN SECURITY U/DS AVAILABLE

d/l those and rebooted - now works

those FUCKING IDIOTS SENT BAD DOWNLOAD

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

:upyours: :upyours: :upyours: :upyours: :upyours:

still better than spending a grand on shitty software from Adobe that won't even install :(

You know of this thing called 'grammar'?

Damn you, PM, I wasn't talking to you:p .

Much as I hate to defend Microsoft, if the updates worked the second time it's far more likely to have been a random problem at your end due to the power outage you mention.

You know of this thing called 'grammar'?

Damn you, PM, I wasn't talking to you:p .
meh, i still never heard of it either (or at least never heard of these little things called capital letters ;))

meh, i still never heard of it either (or at least never heard of these little things called capital letters ;))
But you do know them:p

Sometimes you get a bad packet in transit. I hardly see how a one bad file (which was rectified with the second download) is Microsoft's fault. Y'might want to take some time and learn how t3h intarw3b works before you scream at Microsoft, mm'kay.

machine worked and brought up everything before i did the d/l
after d/l nothing
after 2nd d/l back to normal

leads me to believe gates$co screwed up

-SNIP-
Ow... this is making my retnas bleed.

Uhm... so, what is the problem? The fact that you can't communicate coherently?

Yeah, I hate microsoft. Everyone gushes over how cool it is that Bill Gates is rich, but you know what? I really don't care. His stuff is crap.

machine worked and brought up everything before i did the d/l
after d/l nothing
after 2nd d/l back to normal

leads me to believe gates$co screwed up
If you machine had been corrupted by the power outage than installing anything new would be liable to make things worse. The fact that the update worked once you had restored the machine to a previous working state suggest that, for once, it's not Microsoft's fault.

Sometimes you get a bad packet in transit. I hardly see how a one bad file (which was rectified with the second download) is Microsoft's fault. Y'might want to take some time and learn how t3h intarw3b works before you scream at Microsoft, mm'kay.
So might you … if a security update does not do any sort of basic checksum (md5 or bitwise or other) then it IS Microsoft’s problem because there is NO excuse for allowing for transport error when there is all kind of built in ability to avoid it. Especially with an update key to your OS.

That having been said I think it is probably a user end issue rather then a transport or Microsoft sided thing

Remember, it's not a malfunction, it's a feature :p

So might you … if a security update does not do any sort of basic checksum (md5 or bitwise or other) then it IS Microsoft’s problem because there is NO excuse for allowing for transport error when there is all kind of built in ability to avoid it. Especially with an update key to your OS.
I simply provided a possibility.

I simply provided a possibility.
That you did … but you were trying to belittle the poster (though with his style he might deserve it) for lack of knowledge on the internet which is why I responded how I did

Anyways I am fairly sure that M$ does md5 (I seem to remember getting a checksum error in the past) if so the possibility of the hashes matching is miniscule, and if they were also using tcp with checksums it puts it at about near 0 as I can compute

Probably something on client side OS flurked with the install if I had to guess anyways

If you arn't accusing Microsoft of causing a power outage, this topic should be closed.

Remember, it's not a malfunction, it's a feature :p

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That you did … but you were trying to belittle the poster (though with his style he might deserve it) for lack of knowledge on the internet which is why I responded how I did
I don't see why.

But you do know them:p
*shiftyeyes* shush you! :p

Yeah, I hate microsoft. Everyone gushes over how cool it is that Bill Gates is rich, but you know what? I really don't care. His stuff is crap.
Which makes it even more admirable that he's rich.