found a bug in the XP Home/Pro OS's

[David S.]

Hi,

I just bought xp home and xp professional. I found a bug
that is present on both os's.

Where is a good place to report the bug? It appears that
it would be embarassing to Microsoft if I report it
publically, so can someone provide me a way I can report
it privately to Microsoft?

Thanks,

David

 

[Nico Tomacelli [MSFT]]

Hi David,

You can report the bug to me at (e-mail address removed) and I will follow up
with you offline.

Thanks,
Nico Tomacelli
Microsoft Corp.
US - Windows Core:SOLID

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[David]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I sent you an email.

David

 

[PA Bear]

Oh, won't you please share it with us?

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[Guest]

How could you embarrass a scumbag company, they have no
shame.

 

[someone]

How do you know it's a bug? Lots of new users mess things
up trying to do something the same way they did in Windows
98. Then after they have hosed everything up, they bash XP
for being a lousy OS. XP is different than previous
versions of windows. If you just bought it and haven't ever
used XP till now, it might just be something that you
aren't familiar with.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 05:47:24 -0800, "someone"

How do you know it's a bug? Lots of new users mess things
up trying to do something the same way they did in Windows
98. Then after they have hosed everything up, they bash XP
for being a lousy OS.

We haven't even seen what he's referring to as a "bug", and already
the "blame the user" response begins. Not that I disagree with you,
but misleading UI that suggests something will work this way when it
will work differently is itself a bug of sorts.

Why not post about it here? Then we can help assess whether it is a
bug, or "user failure" as someone suggests, or somthing else again
(such as malware, 3rd-party sware bugs, device driver issues etc.)

Nah. If MS ships bugs, they've earned whatever embarrasment that may
cause, and I'd care more about protecting users. I think MS takes the
same line, hence these forums which help users at the expense of
providing a platform for "MS bashing"; a discussion of what may be a
bug is mild when compared to that. So; post away

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