Xbox Live update deletes files off your hard drive.

**voltz** · 16 Sep 2003, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

And, finally, Shin Johnpv, if you read the licenses that come with all the software and shit you buy, it says that you dont actually own the product, but you own a *license to use the product*.

YOU MEAN I DON'T OWN MY XBOX!??

*runs around screaming

**Diff-chan** · 16 Sep 2003, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by voltz

YOU MEAN I DON'T OWN MY XBOX!??

*runs around screaming

Hmm... its probably something like that you own the system, but Microsoft owns the right to the OS, BIOS, etc., which means that yes they can fuck with your system on their terms. Cause after all, a system is nothing without something to drive it.

**voltz** · 16 Sep 2003, 08:27 PM

well, MS can't do squat if people decide to throw their terms out the window.

GO LINUX!

**sphere79** · 16 Sep 2003, 09:03 PM

I was happy about the update coming out, knowing full well if my Xbox was modded there would be problems. And now when the system boots ( unfortunately not on my VGA box ) it automatically logs me into Live, lets others know I'm online and allows me to see who's online. Not to mention I can now chat from the desktop with up to 16 people, you no longer need to have the same games to chat with friends. Yea yea I know "we've been doing that with our PC's for years", bla bla bla. I game mostly on consoles nowadays, and I like the Xbox online experience - it's what I was hoping the Dreamcast would have been like online. And one good thing is there doesn't seem to be the cheating ( that I've seen / heard of ) going on that there sometimes is with PC games online.

P.S. - I heard that Microsoft embedded a tiny camera in the green jewel logo on the top of the system and BILL GATES himself can listen and watch us anytime he wants to - that's what Live is really for! In other news - Sony is most certainly NOT a "big", "evil" company - and Nintendo ALWAYS makes sound business decisions.

**voltz** · 16 Sep 2003, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by sphere79

P.S. - I heard that Microsoft embedded a tiny camera in the green jewel logo on the top of the system and BILL GATES himself can listen and watch us anytime he wants to - that's what Live is really for! In other news - Sony is most certainly NOT a "big", "evil" company - and Nintendo ALWAYS makes sound business decisions.

8/10

**johnk_** · 16 Sep 2003, 10:37 PM

XBL sucks at this point, anyway..

either don't connect your XB to your LAN, or install a modchip that you can disable whenever..

and for fuck's sake, if you have the exploit on your hdd and try to go on XBL, of course MS is going to fuck you over... i didn't read the article so i missed that part, but jesus, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

**Melf** · 17 Sep 2003, 02:15 AM

Excatly, johnk. The Xbox may be his but he seems to be forgetting the fact that he set up his Xbox to connect to the internet in a fashion not intended by the manufacturer. How can people bitch about MS altering or deleting their files when they're trying to play Live for free?

"Oh gee, my modded, alterted, warranty-voided Xbox has been tampered with by a service I'm using illegally." Damn you MS!!

**Regus** · 17 Sep 2003, 02:49 AM

Originally Posted by Melf

How can people bitch about MS altering or deleting their files when they're trying to play Live for free?"

Oh gee, my modded, alterted, warranty-voided Xbox has been tampered with by a service I'm using illegally." Damn you MS!!

He wasn't trying to gain access to Live with out paying.
Is that even possible?

I don't think some of you guys are reading the guy's page. He's pissed because Microsoft covertly forced the update on him, he didn't ask for it, nor was he informed that such an upgrade was to take place. He just clicked on a button by accident, and bam, all the files that he put on his hard drive were gone.