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Windows 7 must be good...
if this is the best they can come up with! Slashdot appears to be down at the moment so can't read the whole story but I agree this is Gutmann bad. A DLL is hacked and a program stops working - shock, horror! I don't know which DLL this is but was it digitally signed? Authenticode?
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That was pretty random and off topic, but I'll play along..  AzuMao | 02/19/09
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RE: You're right, and pieces like that  svc4you@... | 02/18/09
WTF?  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 04/23/09
Windows 7 must be good...  eqpc | 02/17/09
A hacked dll can fail any system  Crestview | 02/18/09
Did you even  AzuMao | 02/19/09
In typical slashdot fashion  honeymonster | 02/17/09
It will crash and burn!     Wait... It already is  InAction Man | 02/17/09
Do you think?  Sleeper Service | 02/17/09
Shouldn't you be doing some cost analysis or something? (nt)  InAction Man | 02/17/09
Nah, meetings today...  Sleeper Service | 02/17/09
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I know.  Sleeper Service | 02/17/09
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Competitors...  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 04/23/09
Summed up the facts nicely. Good job.  AzuMao | 04/24/09
Good one. There are more people running win7 beta.....  xuniL_z | 02/17/09
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Hmmmmmmm  Dave32265 | 02/17/09
@Dave...  MGP2 | 02/17/09
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Even more interesting Dave. You honestly didn't notice...?  xuniL_z | 02/19/09
ok...  Dave32265 | 02/19/09
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"High Quality" for a Microsoft OS  akulkis | 02/18/09
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Slashdot? So 1999......  Gnutella | 02/17/09
"Hating on"  akulkis | 02/18/09
G.N.A.A.  Marcos El Malo | 02/19/09
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useless  B.Beck | 02/17/09
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@Inactive Man  MGP2 | 02/18/09
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I give ...  Dave32265 | 02/18/09
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slashdot moron  akulkis | 02/19/09
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Knowledge  B.Beck | 02/17/09
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ZDNET  B.Beck | 02/17/09
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Info  B.Beck | 02/17/09
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Don't discourage him, Bob...  MGP2 | 02/17/09
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@InActive Man  MGP2 | 02/18/09
Never mind, InAction Man  Ole Man | 02/25/09
don't forget WHAT????  akulkis | 02/19/09
Er... no.  MarkKB | 02/20/09
RE: Worst. Windows 7. Piece. EVER!  hilcheyman | 02/17/09
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Answer: None  InAction Man | 02/17/09
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Windows users  LiquidLearner | 02/17/09
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@Dave32265- MS Solutions  bobiroc | 02/17/09
More anecdotes  Ole Man | 02/17/09
Dave, Dave, Dave...  Sleeper Service | 02/18/09
Funny...  Dave32265 | 02/18/09
Really, Dave?  Sleeper Service | 02/18/09
This is always most amusing  LiquidLearner | 02/17/09
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Ole Man...  bobiroc | 02/17/09
Oh Dave...  Sleeper Service | 02/18/09
haven't needed ....  Dave32265 | 02/18/09
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@Dave32265: My 10 year old daughter just installed Win7 on her laptop  de-void | 02/19/09
Hmmmmmmm  Dave32265 | 02/19/09
And intelligent people want  akulkis | 02/19/09
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I support home user's....  Dave32265 | 02/17/09
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I don't use...  Dave32265 | 02/18/09
This is not about you  soonerproud | 02/18/09
Well ....  Dave32265 | 02/18/09
But... but...  Sleeper Service | 02/18/09
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As opposed to  akulkis | 02/19/09
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A pile of bug-ware  akulkis | 02/19/09
Complete Crap  bobiroc | 02/17/09
Busted! What happens when WGA attacks  Ole Man | 02/17/09
Hmm..I must be lucky I guess  bobiroc | 02/17/09
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Exactly  bobiroc | 02/17/09
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He can't help it.  Ole Man | 02/25/09
If I can't copy the audio stream of an external CD device  akulkis | 02/19/09
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Yes, but remember....  xuniL_z | 02/21/09
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Linux?  Average-IT-Guy | 02/19/09
Windoze 7: I miss XP Already  VAITGuy | 02/19/09
Personally.....  xuniL_z | 02/20/09
people that fails...  Ceridan | 03/12/09
test  mgp3 | 07/28/09

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