Microsoft killed my PC

[leo]

Swapping the end connectors makes a heck of a difference. I'm going to use a pulse traffo and BNC when I get back to eliminate the dependency on any one cable.

Good man No need to be faffing about with cables once the terminations and SPDIF circuitry is sorted

[Filterlab]

Sorry to hear of your Microsoft woes Mike, very frustrating, my works PC drives me mad sometimes. However thanks for the warning, I will certainly avoid SP3 on the works system.

Now of course is your ideal time to move to Apple and leave all this sort of crud behind.

[funkpilz]

This is why so many are turning to Ubunto. It does most things and costs nothing. The nearest we'll get to putting two fingers up to Microsoft.

Installing Ubuntu f*cked up both my harddrives (one of them backup) about a month ago. I lost everything.

The moral of the story - it's not Microsoft that sucks. It's computers that suck. But you will have more fun using other operating systems.

[Filterlab]

Installing Ubuntu f*cked up both my harddrives (one of them backup) about a month ago. I lost everything.

That's bad news mate.

...it's not Microsoft that sucks.

Couldn't agree less.

But you will have more fun using other operating systems.

Couldn't agree more.

[DSJR]

I don't have precious files on the main drive of my main PC so installed SP3 anyway after shutting down the spyware and anti-virus software. I didn't have any problems except one of the additional updates on "Windows Update" hanged itself, fixed by downloading and installing separately.

I'm at that frustrating level of competence where I know more than enough to get by and get into trouble, but still not enough to sort things easily.

Bloomin' PC's...

[BajaGringo]

One of the first things I do with a new PC is turn automatic updates off...