PA
Thu Aug 21 21:42:24 PDT 2008
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orcas-boat wrote:
> Dear Microsoft Support:
>
> In the unlikely event that you should actually read this, please consider
> this letter as an assignment by my personal counselor as therapy. It has
> come to thisâ?¦and I composed this offline so I would not get hacked.
>
> It is obvious Microsoft has a problem with Win XP SP3, but is responding
> to
> it like a frozen wooly mammoth. I receive different errors each time I
> attempt to install it.
> Here is my most recent error message:
>
> â??Installation Failure
>
> Error Code: 0x8007054F
>
> (And the canned suggestion:)
>
> Try to install the update again, or request help from one of the following
> resources.
>
> For self-help options:
> â?¢ Frequently Asked Questions
> â?¢ Find Solutions
> â?¢ Windows Update Newsgroup
>
> For assisted support options:
> â?¢ Microsoft Online Assisted Support (no-cost for issues related to getting
> updates)â??
>
> Done... Done... Done... Done and done! No chages noted. No real fixes
> noted.
>
> The problem hass always been listed as a WIN XP System32 executable file
> in
> use by an unspecified application. It is a different file each time. Yet,
> Task Manager does not list the named file as running, and all
> applications,
> except the Install Wizzard, are shut down.
>
> I now am ignoring the Microsoft induced urge (URGENT â?? upgrade NOW) to
> waste
> hours on my personal laptop attempting to install an un-installable
> service
> pack.
>
> SP3 will probably never work with the MS operating system packaged in my
> Hewlett-Packard machine.
>
> As a controls system software professional, I only test my own company's
> software product on lab machines with the commercially purchased version
> of
> MS Pro operating systems. The versions sold to HP and other computer
> manufacturers are actually quite different than the â??Goldâ?? commercial
> version. I can't meet ISO 9000 standards if I don't use the commercial
> versions of Microsoft product.
>
> I am unimpressed with WIN XP SP3 as a half-baked effort, for show only,
> for
> software which Microsoft will soon withdraw support for. This a shameless
> push by Microsoft to brow-beat users into upgrading their perfectly
> acceptable Windows XP suites to Windows Vista.
>
> I have submitted reports to Microsoft and attempted to get a response from
> support, but have been ..... IGNORED. I suppose when you dominate a
> market
> without a viable competitor for unhappy customers to switch to, you don't
> really have to be concerned with customer satisfaction.
>
> Shame on you Gates. I grew up in Seattle with you and knew your friends at
> Lakeside. You were arrogant in prep school and your corporation has
> adopted
> the same arrogance - the child has embraced the same character traits as
> the
> parent.