EVE Online Update Trashing Windows XP
CCP's new EVE Online: Trinity [http://www.eve-online.com/] update has been trashing Windows XP installations by overwriting an important Windows system file during installation.
CCP [http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/06/1312254&from=rss]is affecting installations by way of a poorly-named file and an improperly placed backslash in the installer configuration file. As a result, the update overwrites the Windows BOOT.INI file with its own, which does not result in immediate ill effect but renders the computer unable to boot the next time it's restarted.
Discussion in the EVE Online forum thread [http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=651473&page=12].
Update: CCP has issued a statement indicating they became aware of the problem soon after the update was deployed, and have now released a new build of EVE Online: Trinity which is safe for all users to download and install. Anyone running non-Vista versions of Windows, with multiple hard drives (or multiple partitions on a single drive) who began downloading the Premium graphics content prior to 04:00 GMT on Wednesday, December 6, should follow the instructions available here [http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eeve%2Donline%2Ecom%2Fupdates%2Fbootinifix%2Easp&tempid=6e09ec22f8b84a5aae0ee5ce4695fe78&mailid=206f21a8900c4bf5922087e96237120b] to correct any potential system issues.
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CCP's new EVE Online: Trinity [http://www.eve-online.com/] update has been trashing Windows XP installations by overwriting an important Windows system file during installation.
CCP [http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/06/1312254&from=rss]is affecting installations by way of a poorly-named file and an improperly placed backslash in the installer configuration file. As a result, the update overwrites the Windows BOOT.INI file with its own, which does not result in immediate ill effect but renders the computer unable to boot the next time it's restarted.
Discussion in the EVE Online forum thread [http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=651473&page=12].
Update: CCP has issued a statement indicating they became aware of the problem soon after the update was deployed, and have now released a new build of EVE Online: Trinity which is safe for all users to download and install. Anyone running non-Vista versions of Windows, with multiple hard drives (or multiple partitions on a single drive) who began downloading the Premium graphics content prior to 04:00 GMT on Wednesday, December 6, should follow the instructions available here [http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eeve%2Donline%2Ecom%2Fupdates%2Fbootinifix%2Easp&tempid=6e09ec22f8b84a5aae0ee5ce4695fe78&mailid=206f21a8900c4bf5922087e96237120b] to correct any potential system issues.
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