Oh that microsoft...

[OhZone]

1. Windows 7 Bug could Kill Your MP3s Permanently

Microsoft is warning users of the new Windows 7 Beta of a flaw that can permanently impair your MP3 files, including purchased MP3 tracks. Microsoft said, ?every time that metadata is edited in an MP3 file that already contains lots of metadata in the file header, some audio at the beginning of the track may be lost permanently,?

Microsoft is urging users to download a simple fix for Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player for Windows 7 to avoid compromising your music collection. Microsoft just recently uncapped downloads for Windows 7 until Jan 24 2008. You can download it here. At CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, ?we are on track to deliver the best version of Windows ever?and working hard to get it right.? Windows 7 should hit shelves by late 2009 at the earliest, or early 2010.

http://business2press.com/2009/01/14...our-mp3-files/


2. Meanwhile Today: Worm infects 2.4 Million Windows PCs in 24 hours

January 14, 2009 (Computerworld) The computer worm that exploits a months-old Windows bug has infected more than a million PCs in the past 24 hours, a security company said today.

Early Wednesday, Helsinki, Finland-based security firm F-Secure Corp. estimated that 3.5 million PCs have been compromised by the "Downadup" worm, an increase of more than 1.1 million since Tuesday.

" we still consider this to be a conservative estimate," said Sean Sullivan, a researcher at F-Secure, in an entry to the company's Security Lab blog. Yesterday, F-Secure said the worm had infected an estimated 2.4 million machines.

The worm, which several security companies have described as surging dramatically during the past few days, exploits a bug in the Windows Server service used by all supported versions of Microsoft Corp.'s operating system, including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008.

Microsoft issued an emergency patch in late October, fixing the flaw with one of its rare "out of cycle" updates.
The soaring number of infections by Downadup -- also called "Conficker" by some security companies -- prompted Microsoft to add detection for the worm to its Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), the anti-malware utility that the company updates and redistributes each month to Windows machines on Patch Tuesday. The MSRT scans for known malware, then scrubs the system of any it finds.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9125941

[Vengeance1701]

And all this because people bitched about Vista instead of about the developers being slow as hell to update their drivers.

[Rachel Bronwyn]

This is the only way to respond to a thread that mentions Windows 7.

[OhZone]

Originally Posted by Rachel Bronwyn

This is the only way to respond to a thread that mentions Windows 7.

lulz - good one!

[Gobosan1]

lmao
sadly i think i may have to agree with Ranma boy on this one
kupo

[TrumanGrace]

funny, I've had almost no problems with Vista, the only things I have had wrong were minor annoyances at best that I just had to change settings to get rid of.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

My main issue with Vista is that it offered little but bells and whistles and was just a big ol' memory hog that needlesly pushed up the specs for a basic laptop. With all the shiny shiny disabled, it's liveable but... I don't think the mildly improved visuals really compensate for the lessened freedom to tinker and considerably upped resources.

But then, Windows seems to have been software that the user endures more than anything over the years and hey, it's the path of least resistance.

[Rachel Bronwyn]

I use Linux so I haven't had trouble with Vista on my new lappy.

[DevonCory]

Originally Posted by OhZone

1. Windows 7 Bug could Kill Your MP3s Permanently

Microsoft is warning users of the new Windows 7 Beta <snip>

It's a BETA for crying out loud!! What do you expect? Sunshine and lollipops?

[ElastiGirl]

Originally Posted by DevonCory

It's a BETA for crying out loud!! What do you expect? Sunshine and lollipops?

Do betas normally rewrite existing files!?!?!? Why is it messing with your ID3 tags anyways!!??!

Leave my ID3 tags alone!!!!!!

HA HA HA

[Soty]

Well, Betas are like experimental surgery and medicine.

Sure, it offers all sorts of advantages not available to the general public.

But you've only got yourself to blame when you grow a massive arm-like tumor out of your rib-cage.

[edit] for my part, I was peeped into the beta by a friend of mine. But I decided that I'm pretty comfortable with my Vista set-up, anyways. It just has my own personal butt-groove of software and settings, what have you.

[TrumanGrace]

Originally Posted by ElastiGirl

Do betas normally rewrite existing files!?!?!? Why is it messing with your ID3 tags anyways!!??!

Leave my ID3 tags alone!!!!!!

HA HA HA

Betas are all test versions. Every Beta ever has had bugs, often major, of some sort. That's why they have them.