____/ [H]omer on Monday 25 June 2007 09:03 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Vista-only game cracked
> [...]
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40538
>
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> | Razor 1911 are back again this time with the game Shadowrun. This
> | is supposed to be one of those Vista only titles to try and get
> | people to buy the OS. The good news for everyone using XP is that
> | this Vista only compatibility isn’t that hard to remove as Razor
> | have done this! You just need to overwrite a few files in the
> | installation folder with the ones provided by Razor and the game
> | will run happily under XP (probably faster too!). No need to wait
> | for Falling Leaf to make some working drivers… Still sloppy work
> | from Micro$oft don’t you think? If your going to force people to
> | upgrade there OS at least hard code it into the game… tut tut. The
> | game itself is at best above average so it nothing to get to
> | excited about. A few game review sites gave scores in the range 6 -
> | 7 out of 10 which means its good for a few hours if you have got
> | nothing to do.
> `----
>
> http://www.rlslog.net/shadowrun-razor1911/
>
> "Sloppy" is not the word I would have used. Deceitful, underhand,
> greedy, and devious ... is more like it.
Microsoft Turns Up The Heat On Windows 2000 Users
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| What if you want to keep your old operating systems, such as Windows
| 2000, running as long as possible?
|
| Microsoft isn't making it easy for you. Office 2007 and the software
| for the company's much-hyped Zune music player won't install on Windows
| 2000. As other new products emerge from Microsoft in 2007 and beyond,
| more and more of them are likely to leave Windows 2000 out of the party.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700071
Windows 2000 faces security melt down
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| Despite the fact that the operating system is as old as Spinola, and
| that Microsoft refused to service them any more, there is still a
| large number of Windows 2000 machines out there.
|
| According to News.com, a "critical" Windows 2000 exploit has been
| released on the Internet designed to kick the crutch of the ageing
| operating system.
|
| The exploit takes advantage of a security hole in a file system and
| print request application "Workstation Service". The flaw can be
| exploited remotely without any user interaction.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft has released a patch for the operating system using
| security bulletin MS06-070. This is despite saying that it had
| given up on Windows 2000 and would not make any more security
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| fixes for it.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35796
Last year:
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| Use of Microsoft Windows XP has grown inside corporations, but a new
| study shows that nearly half of business PCs are still running the
| older Windows 2000.
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http://news.com.com/The+slow+road+to+Windows+XP/2100-1016_3-5746046.html?part=rss&tag=5746046&subj=news
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~~ Best of wishes
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