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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pugnate on Monday, February 25, 2008, 05:08:20 AM

Title: "may experience a loss of functionality"
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, February 25, 2008, 05:08:20 AM

http://www.crn.com/software/206801221

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In a Knowledge Base article published Wednesday, Microsoft said some applications "may experience a loss of functionality after you install Windows Vista SP1."

Better than "won't work"? Gotta love euphemisms.

Title: Re: "may experience a loss of functionality"
Post by: beo on Monday, February 25, 2008, 05:38:43 AM

reminds me of the warnings on the anti-depressants i used to take.

(erectile disfunction is not funny)

Title: Re: "may experience a loss of functionality"
Post by: scottws on Monday, February 25, 2008, 06:05:48 AM

I installed Vista SP1 and it does seem snappier a little.  Might be placebo effect though.  I'm guessing that refers to third party applications, just like XP SP2 broke a ton of stuff.

Title: Re: "may experience a loss of functionality"
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, February 25, 2008, 06:26:59 AM

To be honest, I don't blame MS for being unable to test their service pack with every third party application. God knows they have an entertaining enough time testing with their own.

I remember when the expansion to Flight Sim X came out, and a bunch of the mods wouldn't work with it. Fans were really upset, but really, let the developers of the respective programs do some of the work.

Title: Re: "may experience a loss of functionality"
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, February 25, 2008, 11:40:36 AM

If programs break after a SP because they don't follow the documented rules, I agree with you.  If they break because MS changed something they shouldn't have, then it's all on their shoulders.

Title: Re: "may experience a loss of functionality"
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 01:12:30 AM

Quote from: Pugnate on Monday, February 25, 2008, 06:26:59 AM

To be honest, I don't blame MS for being unable to test their service pack with every third party application. God knows they have an entertaining enough time testing with their own.

I remember when the expansion to Flight Sim X came out, and a bunch of the mods wouldn't work with it. Fans were really upset, but really, let the developers of the respective programs do some of the work.

I agree with you and Cobra.

For example, when Shivering Isles came out for Oblivion a lot of the plugins which were affected were modified or at least got SI-compatible versions.