sp3 bug already

[anon]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off
bitTorrent tonight, and noticed after installing it that
System Information shows the 'activation status' as
"activation pending (30 days remaining)." So I tried
'oobe/msoobe /a' to see what would happen, and it came
back saying the box was already activated. It's on my
work system, a VLK box previously running SP2. Never had
any SP3 betas installed.

 

[VanguardLH]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off
bitTorrent tonight, and noticed after installing it that
System Information shows the 'activation status' as
"activation pending (30 days remaining)." So I tried
'oobe/msoobe /a' to see what would happen, and it came
back saying the box was already activated. It's on my
work system, a VLK box previously running SP2. Never had
any SP3 betas installed.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Forum
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off

bitTorrent tonight...

Uh-huh...and you're wondering why you see issues? I see.

 

[Erwin Moller]

anon schreef:

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off
bitTorrent tonight, and noticed after installing it that
System Information shows the 'activation status' as
"activation pending (30 days remaining)." So I tried
'oobe/msoobe /a' to see what would happen, and it came
back saying the box was already activated. It's on my
work system, a VLK box previously running SP2. Never had
any SP3 betas installed.

Why don't you wait for the official release via WU?
You are beta testing the SP if you install it earlier.

Erwin Moller

 

[Robert Moir]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off bitTorrent tonight,

Wow. We may have found your problem after only two and a bit sentences of
your post. Microsoft don't distribute software via torrents, so you got the
patch from a place of doubtful integrity. So it may be incomplete, or fsked
with. In either case, nobody with a brain is going to listen unless the
problem can actually be re-produced with a 'known good' copy of SP3 from a
reliable source.

 

[Ridge Runner]

That is not the FINAL

 

[anon]

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

yes, earlier on the main thread, the guy from MS said it
was build 5512. That post has been removed. Also, the
winver numbers match what Paul Thurrott has posted. It's
final.

 

[anon]

actually, no it hasn't:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3214496&SiteID=17

 

[anon]

That is not the FINAL

tell this MS employee who announced RTM. Maybe someone
has hacked his account. The winver #s also match what Paul
Thurrott posted.

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3214496&SiteID=17

 

[John Waller]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off bitTorrent tonight

Given its dubious source, no-one is going to take this 'bug' report
seriously.

Wait for the official MS release.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Why would you need to activate after installing a service pack? It is just
an upgrade, not a new OS.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No, he isn't. I believe that MSDN and TechNet subscribers already have it.

"Erwin Moller"

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

No, he isn't. I believe that MSDN and TechNet subscribers already have it.

No we don't.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off

bitTorrent tonight, and noticed after installing it that
System Information shows the 'activation status' as
"activation pending (30 days remaining)." So I tried
'oobe/msoobe /a' to see what would happen, and it came
back saying the box was already activated. It's on my
work system, a VLK box previously running SP2. Never had
any SP3 betas installed.

It must have overwritten your hacked WGA to allow your VLK copy to
work. Busted.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Alias]

No we don't.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

You do now:

http://www.computerworld.com/action...ArticleBasic&articleId=9079779&intsrc=hm_list

Alias

 

[Camilo Reyes]

Interesting.

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3223783&SiteID=17

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

You still got it from a very unreliable source and you may have installed a
compromised version of the build.

PS: If you believe everything Paul Thurott says, I've got a bridge to sell
you.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

You do now:

http://www.computerworld.com/action...ArticleBasic&articleId=9079779&intsrc=hm_list

And there was much rejoicing.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Any good dentist can do that.

You still got it from a very unreliable source and you may have installed
a compromised version of the build.

PS: If you believe everything Paul Thurott says, I've got a bridge to sell
you.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

the final, build 5512 is out there now. I got it off
bitTorrent tonight, and noticed after installing it that
System Information shows the 'activation status' as
"activation pending (30 days remaining)." So I tried
'oobe/msoobe /a' to see what would happen, and it came
back saying the box was already activated. It's on my
work system, a VLK box previously running SP2. Never had
any SP3 betas installed.

You use an illicit, pirated copy from an unauthorized source, and are
surprised to have problems? Want to buy a bridge, while we're at it?


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