Microsoft Patching 17-year-old Windows/DOS Bug

[Marcus Yam]

A patch is on the way to fix up that ancient Virtual DOS Machine flaw.

Microsoft Patching 17-year-old Windows/DOS Bug : Read more

 

[fafner]

Yay, 4 more days for hackers to have fun with it.

 

[pink315]

Time to boot up my Windows 3.1 System for updates

 

[idisarmu]

kernal???

Use spell check please.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

oh but I though windows 7 was entirely rewritten from scratch......

sons of b***es been lying to us AGAIN!!!

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

I dont mean to be crude but thats just how I feel now. I feel cheated on by MICROSOFT.

then again, im sure we all do

 

[Ehsan w]

yay
they finally fixed it.

 

[Hellbound]

Better late then never I guess....

 

[davendork]

MSFT is rocking the code reuse. OOP is FTL?

 

[Shadow703793]

Hmm... you mention Server 2008 but not Server 2008 R2 but yet you mention Vista and Win 7?

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One more thing: This ONLY affects 32 bit Windows Versions!
See: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx

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Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2*

Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Non-Affected Software

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems

Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2

Windows 7 for x64-based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

 

[Guest]

Get rid of Windows, use Linux

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]xbeater[/nom]oh but I though windows 7 was entirely rewritten from scratch......sons of b***es been lying to us AGAIN!!![/citation]

Some how i dont think they lie. In fact they never mentioned it was rewritten.

it certainly improved coding from windows vista but not rewritten.

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]Shadow703793[/nom]Hmm... you mention Server 2008 but not Server 2008 R2 but yet you mention Vista and Win 7?========One more thing: This ONLY affects 32 bit Windows Versions!See: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] 79682.mspx=======Affected SoftwareMicrosoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2*Windows 7 for 32-bit SystemsNon-Affected SoftwareWindows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based SystemsWindows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2Windows 7 for x64-based SystemsWindows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based SystemsWindows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems[/citation]

+1 nice find shadow.

 

[-Fran-]

Good thing X-Box'es are written from scratch.

...

Oh wait...

Cheers! xD!

 

[dwave]

Good job getting that fixed in a timely fashion!

 

[hakesterman]

And what are they going to do on your PC? Play Solitaire!

 

[hakesterman]

Microsoft never stated that Windows 7 was written from scratch, you must of dreamed that. Windows
7 is a Vista make over. They took vista and deleted all the main complaints and added the top features
everyone suggested. Any 64 bit driver that was written for Vista will work with 64 bit Win 7, i have downloaded and used 6 Vista drivers for my Windows 7 including but not limited to Printer, and they all
work perfectly. This is such a small hacker risk that Microsoft didn't feel the need to address it till now, and
probably the only reason their addressing it is to shut a few people up. Go Windows 7(Vista)...........

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]dweaver[/nom]Get rid of Windows, use Linux [/citation]
I would love to, but unfortunately I need Windows to play me games (ie Crysis, Far Cry,etc).

 

[razor512]

yep, programming is hard so it is understandable, taking 17 years to patch a security problem, especially when your busy making the OS slower and adding useless eye candy.

Microsofts response to taking 17 years
"Do you want it done fast or do you want it done right"

 

[maestintaolius]

[citation][nom]pink315[/nom]Time to boot up my Windows 3.1 System for updates[/citation]
heh, +1 good sir.

 

[fafner]

I would love to, but unfortunately I need Windows to play me games (ie Crysis, Far Cry,etc).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USni2nTweOE

Not sure how well it works tho.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]fafner[/nom]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USni2nTweOENot sure how well it works tho.[/citation]
Doesn't work well at all unless you enjoy 1024*720 and slide shows.

 

[digitalrazoe]

Only took 17 years...

 

[slayerz636]

[citation][nom]pink315[/nom]Time to boot up my Windows 3.1 System for updates[/citation]
yeah its about damn time, was i the only one that caught this 17 years ago? lmao jk

 

[cmartin011]

Shadow703793 good work. I'm glad i took advantage of the 64 bit environment they actually had to really start from scratch with this peace of code