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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Windows 7 RTM contains a rather nasty chkdsk bug
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| Windows 7 RTM, which will be distributed to MSDN/TechNet and technical
| beta testers tomorrow, contains a nasty memory leak when the chkdsk
| command is initiated.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAA!!!!
You coudn't make this stuff up!
RTM? Surely it is RFD - Released For Distribution as it contains a lot
of GPL'd software that has been code washed?
The stuff that is non-GPL is included and are all the things that fail like
chkdsk.
| Some are calling the bug a "show stopper", whilst others (Randall
| Kennedy) claim it could derail the Windows 7 launch. It's worth noting
| that Kennedy claimed in November 2008 that Microsoft had delayed the
| Windows 7 beta to early 2009, even though company officials always
| stated this was the case. In other words, take his words with a pinch of
| salt.
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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/08/05
windows-7-rtm-contains-a-rather-nasty-chkdsk-bug
Having read about the bug, does it matter if Microsoft are able to fix
it without intteruption to the release?
I think the real damage is that IMO you have many users made suspicious
by Vista and with news like this (even if it turns out to be minor/non
existant) is the last thing Microsoft need to convince the world "it is
better this time"
I think if Windows 7 releases with similar news to Vista then it will be
the final nail in the coffin for the platform.
Maybe Microsoft should buy a few top spec PC's fully test them with
Vista 7 and then conduct another Mojave.....yep that will work....it did
with Vista..?!?!? that really convinced the public they had it all wrong.
I am not sure how this bug was detected....chkdsk gorging on large
amounts of ram? Sounds like Windows is working as it should....;) I am
surprised anyone noticed.
One thing we can be thankful for, if this type of bug is going to be par
for the course for Windows 7 users, expect the price of ram to come down
to meet the demand....thats got to be good news for every user.
--
Goblin
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a year whether I need it or not."
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