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Old 07-22-2011, 05:10 PM   #1
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LXer: Windows Update doesn't like my Linux-Windows dual-boot system


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Just when I'm thinking, "Windows sucks less than it used to," here I am with my dual-boot system -- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on one partition, Debian Squeeze 64-bit in LVM (with encrypted swap and home partitions) on another. Everything has worked well until the arrival of Service Pack 1. It just won't install. It won't install via the Windows Update mechanism. It won't install after downloading a 900 MB file. A 900 MB file. For a service pack. Let's ponder that for a minute.

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I guess soon Service Packs will give errors like that:

"The system is unable to install the Service Pack 3 due to the fact that your neighbour uses a wrong operating system. To fix the problem you need to destroy your neighbour's MBR"

 
  


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