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Today we are announcing the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. SP2 represents the latest step in Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement. It includes all updates that have been delivered since SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards.?
Precision Computers NEVER recommends downloading any Service Pack until it has been a out for at least 3 months. We are still not using SP3 for Windows XP. Why would you want to be a Guinea Pig for Microsoft?
On CNN, a caller by the name of Alberto told HLN money expert Clark Howard that he was charged $62,000 to download the movie WALL-E for his nephew while vacationing in Mexico.As is probably obvious to everyone by now, the caller forgot to activate a data roaming plan on his cellular data card before leaving for the trip.
Of course, the carrier would never think to alert the customer of such a thing beforehand–and any text alerts about extra charges get lost in the ether when you’re using a data card. After some haggling on the phone, the carrier “reduced the bill to $17,000, arguing that the five-figure charge was what it cost them to deliver the movie”–which is baloney, given the existence of said international data roaming plans.
It’s tempting to blame the customer, and granted, he should have checked into this. But at the same time, I run into well-meaning folks all the time who forget to update their virus definitions on their PCs, or even install a security suite in the first place. A beginner’s mistake, but no worse or better than not knowing about how to reconfigure a data plan. A $17,000 bill isn’t fair, period.
If you remember, last year a Bear’s fan was charged a massive amount of money for streaming a Bears game while his cruise ship was docked at the port of Miami. Please make sure you have spoken with your provider before leaving the country.