Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!

Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!

First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long have you
been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus for the Windows XP
OS http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get people to
move to Vista, now people report that when they update their XBOX 360s their
old games like gears of war either won't work or give them a Red Ring of
Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question isn't if you
are trying to make your customers want to use your new products over old ones
it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old products to encourage use of
the new ones.

Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your customers.
I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on their computers and
after you sent out your Virus I could not do the updates after a repair
install. Not only did I loose a customer because they thought I was
incompetent because I was unable to fix the problem because I was unaware of
the solution at the time but I have also lost my faith in your company all
together. You like to get users to agree to having their computers spied on
when they click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is why
should we trust you?

I await your response.

Now pull the other one! What are you smoking?

Vista User wrote:
> Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!
>
> First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long have
> you
> been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus for the Windows
> XP OS http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get
> people to move to Vista, now people report that when they update their
> XBOX
> 360s their old games like gears of war either won't work or give them a
> Red
> Ring of Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question
> isn't if you are trying to make your customers want to use your new
> products over old ones it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old
> products to encourage use of the new ones.
>
> Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your
> customers.
> I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on their computers
> and
> after you sent out your Virus I could not do the updates after a repair
> install. Not only did I loose a customer because they thought I was
> incompetent because I was unable to fix the problem because I was unaware
> of
> the solution at the time but I have also lost my faith in your company all
> together. You like to get users to agree to having their computers spied
> on
> when they click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is why
> should we trust you?
>
> I await your response.

PA Bear did you read ZDnet's article on how Microsoft is putting stealth
updates into XP and Vista machines and that these updates don't tell you what
they are for? Oh ya maybe you should have read it. Now ZDnet and I am saying
that this update causes an XP Pro installation not to be able to get windows
updates after a repair install. So in short Microsoft is updating our
computers when we turn auto update off and these updates make it so only
Vista works.

The same thing is being done with the XBOX 360. When you update the older
games they don't work. Only the new games like Halo 3 work. Please explain
why. Thanks.

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Now pull the other one! What are you smoking?
>
> Vista User wrote:
> > Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!
> >
> > First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long have
> > you
> > been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus for the Windows
> > XP OS http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get
> > people to move to Vista, now people report that when they update their
> > XBOX
> > 360s their old games like gears of war either won't work or give them a
> > Red
> > Ring of Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question
> > isn't if you are trying to make your customers want to use your new
> > products over old ones it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old
> > products to encourage use of the new ones.
> >
> > Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your
> > customers.
> > I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on their computers
> > and
> > after you sent out your Virus I could not do the updates after a repair
> > install. Not only did I loose a customer because they thought I was
> > incompetent because I was unable to fix the problem because I was unaware
> > of
> > the solution at the time but I have also lost my faith in your company all
> > together. You like to get users to agree to having their computers spied
> > on
> > when they click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is why
> > should we trust you?
> >
> > I await your response.
>
>

Another comment. Microsoft was forced to extend their XP sales another 6
months because Vista sales are down. So why not just sabotage XP so Vista
does not look so bad? It makes perfect sense.

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Now pull the other one! What are you smoking?
>
> Vista User wrote:
> > Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!
> >
> > First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long have
> > you
> > been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus for the Windows
> > XP OS http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get
> > people to move to Vista, now people report that when they update their
> > XBOX
> > 360s their old games like gears of war either won't work or give them a
> > Red
> > Ring of Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question
> > isn't if you are trying to make your customers want to use your new
> > products over old ones it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old
> > products to encourage use of the new ones.
> >
> > Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your
> > customers.
> > I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on their computers
> > and
> > after you sent out your Virus I could not do the updates after a repair
> > install. Not only did I loose a customer because they thought I was
> > incompetent because I was unable to fix the problem because I was unaware
> > of
> > the solution at the time but I have also lost my faith in your company all
> > together. You like to get users to agree to having their computers spied
> > on
> > when they click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is why
> > should we trust you?
> >
> > I await your response.
>
>

Would you like to explain to me where I can get Microsoft to answer this
question?

The 'stealth updates" were updating the "Windows Updater" that's all, pure
and simple, and blown out of all proportion mainly by the Windows
haters/Linux freaks and media that needed something to bite on.

The six month extension is because retailers demanded that XP OEM
availability be extended as people still wanted it. (Note it referred to
OEM only)

XP still has plenty of time left in its life cycle.

I use both systems quite happily and have no problems with either one.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
"Vista User" <> wrote in message
news:C7ABBD11-B7EA-4BD7-88FD-...
> Another comment. Microsoft was forced to extend their XP sales another 6
> months because Vista sales are down. So why not just sabotage XP so Vista
> does not look so bad? It makes perfect sense.
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Now pull the other one! What are you smoking?
>>
>> Vista User wrote:
>> > Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!
>> >
>> > First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long
>> > have
>> > you
>> > been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus for the
>> > Windows
>> > XP OS http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get
>> > people to move to Vista, now people report that when they update their
>> > XBOX
>> > 360s their old games like gears of war either won't work or give them a
>> > Red
>> > Ring of Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question
>> > isn't if you are trying to make your customers want to use your new
>> > products over old ones it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old
>> > products to encourage use of the new ones.
>> >
>> > Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your
>> > customers.
>> > I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on their
>> > computers
>> > and
>> > after you sent out your Virus I could not do the updates after a repair
>> > install. Not only did I loose a customer because they thought I was
>> > incompetent because I was unable to fix the problem because I was
>> > unaware
>> > of
>> > the solution at the time but I have also lost my faith in your company
>> > all
>> > together. You like to get users to agree to having their computers
>> > spied
>> > on
>> > when they click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is
>> > why
>> > should we trust you?
>> >
>> > I await your response.
>>
>>

Tried using Google to find a "Contact Us" for Microsoft?

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
"Vista User" <> wrote in message
news:2BCCB80D-16B0-43F6-A3CF-...
> Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!
>
> First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long have
> you
> been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus for the Windows
> XP
> OS http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get people
> to
> move to Vista, now people report that when they update their XBOX 360s
> their
> old games like gears of war either won't work or give them a Red Ring of
> Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question isn't if
> you
> are trying to make your customers want to use your new products over old
> ones
> it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old products to encourage use
> of
> the new ones.
>
> Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your
> customers.
> I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on their computers
> and
> after you sent out your Virus I could not do the updates after a repair
> install. Not only did I loose a customer because they thought I was
> incompetent because I was unable to fix the problem because I was unaware
> of
> the solution at the time but I have also lost my faith in your company all
> together. You like to get users to agree to having their computers spied
> on
> when they click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is why
> should we trust you?
>
> I await your response.

"Peter" wrote:

> The 'stealth updates" were updating the "Windows Updater" that's all, pure
> and simple, and blown out of all proportion mainly by the Windows
> haters/Linux freaks and media that needed something to bite on.

I agree they updated the windows updater and caused an error so that any
time you do a System Repair on an XP install you can't download any updates
and the stealth updates were done without permission. I have seen this happen
on my customers computers as well. Whenever I try to do a repair and do
updates it won't work after the stealth update. You are forced to use ZDnet's
Windows Virus removal instructions to remove this Virus.

> The six month extension is because retailers demanded that XP OEM
> availability be extended as people still wanted it. (Note it referred to
> OEM only)

Right because Users are tired of being forced to use Vista.

> XP still has plenty of time left in its life cycle.

Thats right XP is ok. It's not the best OS out there but it is much much
better than Vista for several reasons: drivers, compatibility, stability just
to name a few. The only advantage Vista has as an OS is that if you don't
install any Microsoft software on it or use any Microsoft software on it and
use all open source you don't get viruses. Programs like Microsoft outlook or
Live Mail get viruses. MSN Explorer gets viruses. Internet Exploder gets
viruses. So as long as you stay away from these apps and even Office 2007
your fine. Thats the improvement. Vista is still too slow and I don't like
being spied on. Being spied on slows down my PC as well. I understand
Microsoft wanting to make sure I'm not using any pirated software but by
monitoring my computer all the time they are crazy.

> I use both systems quite happily and have no problems with either one.

Oh well I guess you are lucky.

Pretty sure I'l have to pay $70.00 per tech e-mail lol or $70.00 an hour for
chat.

Vista User wrote:
> Ok Microsoft I'm Calling You Out!
>
> First of all I just recognized your scheme, my question is how long
> have you been doing this? First I noticed that you released a Virus
> for the Windows XP OS
> http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com/?p=81#comments to try to get
> people to move to Vista, now people report that when they update
> their XBOX 360s their old games like gears of war either won't work
> or give them a Red Ring of Death.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-gQq62Hyc The question isn't if
> you are trying to make your customers want to use your new products
> over old ones it's why you feel you have to sabotage your old
> products to encourage use of the new ones.
>
> Microsoft you should be put in jail for your crimes against your
> customers. I have had customers who had Windows XP Pro installed on
> their computers and after you sent out your Virus I could not do
> the updates after a repair install. Not only did I loose a customer
> because they thought I was incompetent because I was unable to fix
> the problem because I was unaware of the solution at the time but I
> have also lost my faith in your company all together. You like to
> get users to agree to having their computers spied on when they
> click I agree and install Vista. My question to Microsoft is why
> should we trust you?
>
> I await your response.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> You do realize this is a peer-to-peer newsgroup hosted on
> thousands-upon-thousands of servers and replicated to many places
> all over the world and not *monitored* by Microsoft in any official
> way that I know of?

Vista User wrote:
> Would you like to explain to me where I can get Microsoft to answer
> this question?

No business would ever likely acknowledge a question like that in a private
conversation or a public venue without having their lawyers pick it apart...
Mostly because it is more of a theological question ("... why should we
trust you?") that is already obviously 'loaded' to lean towards making them
look morally in the wrong.

I tried to look at the links you gave and the first one I expected some
reference to some virus - as that seem to be where you were going - but I
found nothing like that and more like random rantings with comments from
others - if you scrolled *up*... If you went straight where you linked, it
started out:

Responses to "A report on Ubuntu LoCo. 09/28/07"

Was that supposed to be something else?

The second one at least had some logic to it... Although I have no idea why
anyone buys the XBOX 360 anyway. heh

The problem is that you are asking instead of acting. Asking questions but
continuing to purchase and support the products you question the
trustworthyness of is not really effective. However - if that is what you
wish to do - feel free.

You could ask 'pre-sales' questions - see if they answer...
https://support.microsoft.com/contac...;1214&rt=sales

You could give your opinion on things here:
http://www.microsoft.com/usability/enroll.mspx

Technical support on Windows Updates are free via email...

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=6527

Support for Windows Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport

Going by the video - support in GB for XBOX 360s...
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/contact/

--
Shenan Stanley
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