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September 27th, 2004, 02:54 AM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
Should I update? This system is an AMD system and I have read that SP2 and AMD systems do not mix well.
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September 27th, 2004, 05:12 AM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
I'm running something simmilar Atrocities.
I've also not installed SP2. I'll install "Critical Updates" but even then I give them a month atleast before the bug reports and complaints come through so I'm better informed.
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September 27th, 2004, 05:25 AM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
Thanks RD, I shall not install until I have more info. I have been burned by MS updates before on many occations, and this SP2 looks a lot like a monster trojan horse to me.
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September 27th, 2004, 07:47 AM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
SP2 didn't work for me, I'm back to SP1 and the critical updates installed. My system is running smooth again. FYI the only thing that really 'bugged' me was the 'spyware' and 'hijackers' that took control of IE. I now use Mozilla so those are now a thing of the past.
BTW the thing that killed SP2 for me is that my system would freeze on bootup. I had to boot in safemode, then from safemode do a warm reboot. (I hate boot errors that give no clue as to what is causing the problem.)
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September 27th, 2004, 04:10 PM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
SP2 = bad Thanks. Will avoid installing.
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September 27th, 2004, 06:56 PM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
I waited a bit for SP2, I installed it on my sister's laptop first, saw how it worked, then installed it on mine.
It worked OK for a short while, then I lost the ability to connect to the DSL provider. And I had already deleted the roll back point.
*Dumb*
I'd suggest keeping the Last rollback point on your computer a good long time.
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September 27th, 2004, 07:10 PM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
Can't you just cancell SP installation from the Control Panel applet? It used to work on my win2k machine. You just had to keep %SystemRoot% directory untouched. Haven't tried xp, though.
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September 28th, 2004, 09:49 PM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
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That sounds like a very good idea. Everytime there is an operating system update, I am disappointed that it doesn't seem to live up to all of Bill's wonderful promises about its reliability... |
September 29th, 2004, 07:27 AM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
I had no problems at all installing SP2 on two AMD systems.
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September 29th, 2004, 07:43 AM
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Re: OT: Help With XP
Can you provide more specifics Mephisto? Were they build by you or bought?
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