To all of you who use WinXP and download the security patches this is very important information.

Monday, April 21, 2003
Microsoft Security Patch Slows XP Systems
By Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft is said to be looking into a fix to its kernel buffer overrun remedy

Redmond is looking into a fix for security patch it issued late last week. The patch — which was designed to stave off a buffer overrun that could allow attackers to elevate privilege permissions on users' machines — ended up slowing some users' systems to a crawl.
Various Windows enthusiast sites on the Web have noted the adverse performance impact caused by patch 811493 on their Windows XP Home, Professional and 64-bit systems.

Read Microsoft's Security Bulletin on Patch 811493

Usenet Thread on Problems With 811493

And the Inquirer's Report on the Slowdown Problems

Windows enthusiast Steven Bink included in his posting on the 811493 glitch a note from a Microsoft employee, in which she says the company is looking into the problem.

"Thank you for the info. I'm not sure yet what is conflicting with 811493. We currently have a group of developers working on the problem. We'll get this resolved as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience," says the note from "Lucy" at Microsoft.

This patch can seriously slow your system and there is no danger in removing it. Do so from add remove programs.

Ignore the warning that it will affect other programs this is a false warning

I have the XP auto-updates enabled, and had noticed that there'd been a slow-up in frame rate a couple of weeks ago. I had put this down to using real world weather for the first time, and to flying low over complex scenery, but sure enough, I uninstalled the patch mentioned, and the frame rate leapt from 11-12 back to 25-30, where it was before.

I've turned the auto-update feature off now!

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LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Hi Scott... ....!
Yep.
There are....
We are called "Windows '98'ers".... 8)....!
...happy bunnies... ...!

LOL...!

Cheers...
Paul.
(England).

That's right Fozzer!

I've got a friend who has a shop here in town, who builds custom systems per customer's specifications.

He absolutely refuses to install XP as a Op system on any machine he builds. Win 98 SE only. I bought a system he built for my youngest son a couple of weeks ago and I'm confident he'll have a PC that will be dependable for a long time.

From one Happy "98er" to another!

Cheers.

Sorry to be the dissenting voice here, but Win98 will never give you the stability of XP. I've run 98 for a long time and still do in a dual boot system with XP Pro.

I'm not going to waffle too long about this because I see these kind of threads all over the place and nothing anyone says ever makes any difference.

WinXP is like every other windows operating system in one respect:

It has to be setup, updated and configured properly for it to work at it's best. If it isn't, as with any other OS, it won't perform well.

Concluding comment: How many win98 users can say they've never had a P.C. crash/freeze/blue screen of death in 6 months of continous use?

I know a few XP users who can and I've only limited it to 6 months because that's the most I've seen reported. Personally, I've had to re-install a few times, but NOT because of the OS and 6 months is about as long as I've had it installed at any one time. I've had Win XP running FS2002 for over a year in total and I have never, repeat never, had FS2002 crash on me once - or the OS as a whole for that matter.

Nothing wrong with 98 but it simply isn't as stable (if it's set up correctly. )

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I also agree. I thank you Ramsa329. the uninstal helped a lot

Is this what im supposed top be deleting?  ???

mmm ok..so does "811493" come with the XP Pro or is it something that you have to install, cause theres no other SP1's on my add/remove, could it be hidden, if so where could i find it..