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> "or even XP" XP had a fair number of issues at release. It didn't really become stable until around the timeframe of Service Pack 2, which was also around t
by ThrowawayR2 5y ago
> "or even XP"
XP had a fair number of issues at release. It didn't really become stable until around the timeframe of Service Pack 2, which was also around the time hardware manufacturers had finally mostly gotten their act together writing proper XP device drivers.
- ad133 5y agoIndeed - SP2 brought in the firewall which finally got rid of the Blaster and Sasser type-viruses that could be executed remotely because most folks still had their PC connected to the Internet with a public IPv4 address. I remember fondly that it took less than half an hour for a fresh XP install with no SP to get the dreaded "your PC will reboot in 60 seconds" shutdown window.