While that doesnt make sense w/ resetting the mouse etc, you as a fellow software developer have to admit that sometimes there are bugs that are created from things that just dont make sense. Especialy when you start dealing with memory corruption bugs, if you have any experience in a langauge with pointers.
Plus microsoft isnt only responsible for the update, but they are responsible for the operating system too so if hes having problems with his mouse locking up and having to reboot etc, and it isnt a hardware problem, and it isnt a 3rd party driver or software problem, thats still MS's problem one way or another :P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: New Worm This is precisely what I'm talking about. "two or three reboots followed by resetting the mouse to another setting and then back ...." That makes absolutely no sense. Computers are logical devices. They do yes or no (1 or 0). They don't do 'maybe'. There aren't little gremlins or lemmings in side your system jumpering a solder contact on your ps2 port for which 3 reboots will cause them to drop the cables. Something else is wrong. You might want to start at the root of the problem (your hardware, and it's drivers). A logical thought process needs to be applied to this rather than "installed Microsoft update, mouse bad, Microsoft bad". Again, a software developer cannot possibly account for everything and circumstance that is out there. If 20 people say 'works for me' and 1 says 'screwed me up' chances are high that you have a problem other than your update. Eric Peterson All your Rbase are belong to MS -----Original Message----- From: Bernie Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:04 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: New Worm > I have never had a problem with a bad update. I sure wish I could say that. Nearly every time I download either a M$ or a Symantec update my mouse freezes up and I have to do two or three reboots followed by resetting the mouse to another setting and then back again to the original settings. I get screen flicker on monitors running off notebooks. That involves the same resetting of everything. I dread software updates from either M$ or Symantec. Symantec has suggested several registry edits to solve this problems. What joy. At 07:35 AM 8/15/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Nicky, > >You hit the nail on the head. That is why I have my computer set up to >automatically alert me to critical updates. If I come into the office >and there is one pending, I take the time to let it download and >install. After a reboot I am back in business. I have never had a >problem with a bad update. > >I also have my antivirus software set to automatically update so I >don't have to worry about that. It does so in the morning before I get >to work. > >And I have Zone Alarm installed. > >Dennis McGrath > > >--- Nicky Avery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >--------------------------------- > > >Eric Peterson wrote: > >How aboutthe Microsoft Security Bulletinlist? If you were on that >list, you#8217;d have known about this exploitandpatch a month ago. > > > > >Eric, > >Had you considered that, while keeping up with the almost dailysecurity >hole plugs and other patches is your work and you get paid forit, for >most of theother people on this list, all these issues prevent them >from gettingon with their work and getting paid for it? > >Nicky > >
