http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/ Engadget Comments for Patch for ancient DOS bug in latest Windows XP update causing blue screen errors http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Thank you Alex Trebek.]]>Feb 11th 2010 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Is this the brother of that fat guy with the tattoo?]]>Feb 12th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/One would think Engadget would include that in their post. I think however fanning the flames gets them more $$$.]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Yep, surprised they didn't actually delete the dudes comment that tells the REAL story rofl. Once again, it's been pretty much confirmed that the BSODs are *NOT* caused by MS's patch! ]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
@spin cycle,

I don't know about that! One of my computers, the one running Windows XP started installing the latest Windows updates...

...after 8 of 10 updates, my computer would not continue the update. The updates started at 11 PM on Wednesday (February 11, 2010), and by 11 AM (which was 12 hours later) the next day, it was still at "8 of 10 updates".

I called Microsoft and their attendant told me that there were 65 people in queue. I waited for 1 hour, and the call was dropped. I called again, and after 1 hour wait the call was dropped again. I decided that I was not going to turn off my computer because the update installation process had reached a critical stage. By about 3:00 PM (14 hours after my ordeal started), my computer finally shut down by itself. And everything worked out perfectly. This is the first time in my experience that a regular Windows update nearly bricked my computer. This is frightening!]]>Feb 11th 2010 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/very nice answer Nilay. It seems that after the comment closing period it was the editors that have changed, not the commenters.]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
You may want to investigate and publish another article on the problems caused by the latest Windows XP Update; and also get an official statement from Microsoft. We just received a call from a customer who experienced the same problem with Windows XP. And you may want to delete comments that are providing misinformation at Engadget on this issue. Here is an acknowledgement from a Microsoft Moderator on this problem:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/73cea559-ebbd-4274-96bc-e292b69f2fd1]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/More like an awesome award. ]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
He doesn't look dead to me.

(Darwin Awards are only for people who DIED as a result of their stupidity)]]>Feb 11th 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Yes I know that, thank you. That's why I said "in his future" as in, he will be getting one someday. Not that he was a receiver or nominee.]]>Feb 11th 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Actually you dont have to die you just have to make it so you cannot reproduce anymore...]]>Feb 11th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 12th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Just XP, but that is a reason to make the move to 7]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
KB977165
KB971468
KB975560
KB978251

Not sure why they didn't just put them all in one, because they all say that they did the same thing. Anyways, it's running fine for me. ]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/It's a serious bug. They couldn't ignore it. The attack vector is DOS but the ramifications effect all of Windows. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Are you F-ing kidding me? You'll screw up my system with automatic updates, and then you want me to dig up my install disc to fix it?!

And what's with the way these updates install? Last week, I was teaching a class, when update dialog boxes started popping up. I'm doing a presentation! F-ing wait! And then, yesterday, I'm ready to leave school. My ride is waiting for me. Shutdown. "Installing update 1 of 9. Please do not turn off or unplug your computer." I said shutdown! WHHHHYYYY~~~~~]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
After certain updates XP automatically turns on the "Automatically download and install updates" setting, and it has the tendency to download, install, and reboot in the middle of doing something important. Basically the only thing I really hate about XP, with the inability to perform "Sleep mode" properly on most computers a close second.]]>Feb 11th 2010 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System -> [Automatic Updates Tab] -> Pre SP1 users un-check the "Keep my computer up to date" box and hit 'Apply', SP1 and up users select the "Turn off Automatic Updates" radio button and hit apply.

It's that simple.]]>Feb 12th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Because it's nice to have a system that's up to date with new features and is less liable to crashing/instability due to bugs. ]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Please tell me this is a joke.]]>Feb 11th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Give me your IP address please, I'll show you how's it's "not broke"!]]>Feb 11th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
"You've seen the code for the patch?"

"Better than that. [shows his tattoos] I’ve got 'em on me."

]]>Feb 11th 2010 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Haven't had any problems or long update stuff going on since then.

Flashback, the update stuff is starting to remind me of old AOL stuff, everytime you logged off from the web AOL wanted to update, upgrade or somehow just waste your time...]]>Feb 11th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Apparently, the guilty is a trojan/virus/rootkit stored on atapi.sys

And just for fun, i checked my atapi.sys (windows 7) in Virustotal and i found that:

2 from 41 antivirus detected as a virus:
Win32.TrojanHorse
Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Rootkit.H

:-?
As far as i known, Atapi.sys have a long story of false positives.
]]>Feb 11th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
"hmmm that looks like a tasty bit of FAIL, let me butter some failure on top of that."]]>Feb 11th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/Feb 11th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/patch-for-ancient-dos-bug-in-latest-windows-xp-update-causing-bl/
Ok, they broke Windows...

Bring on Mobile BSD, Monkeyboy!]]>Feb 11th 2010 11:57PM