Windows xp Service pak 2

[00vertstang]

How many of you all have download and installed service pak 2? I havent yet.
Any real issues afterwards.
I am using a dell laptp with xp professional on it.

[Dark02Pony]

i had a few problems with windows after i downloaded the service pack as well as a few of my friends

[SpectorV]

i have it... its not to bad just has some stupid firewall crap you have to deal with... like when you play online games you have to tell it to unblock the game and what not.

[Dom]

72mb download.

I'm letting XP download it in the background bit by bit. I'm at 32% right now. It's been two days.

[Brent]

Running it without any problems

Before you install sp2 make sure you run a good virus scanner and run ad-aware se and spybot search and destroy to get rid of any spyware. You will run into problems if you install sp2 over viruses and spyware

[WhiteStang99]

yep, it's a huge file. I had to download it 2x, but that was cuz of Dell and their POS HD.

Both times, no problems. But a friend of mine lost everything when he did it. I mean everything, like his house, dog, all his clothes, porn, files, games, everything.

[KrazyPony]

and make sure you have all your stuff backed up to a CD before performing the upgrade, just in case sumthing should go wrong...always better to be safe!

As long as you do the full upgrade, you shouldnt have any problems, I just did the same upgrade on a pc yesterday at work thats a old dell gx110 PII ( slow ass machines )

[STEVE]

i did it and had no problems with it.

[STEVE]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dom 72mb download. I'm letting XP download it in the background bit by bit. I'm at 32% right now. It's been two days.

man i used to have dial up, brent once let me download a antivirus from his server and it took a few hours to download and it was only like 20 mb's

[SpectorV]

if you have dial up you should be banned from the internet thus it would be useless... much like it is now.

[232stang01]

I'm installing SP2 now on my server...we'll see what happens...

[Dom]

Quote: if you have dial up you should be banned from the internet thus it would be useless... much like it is now.

[SpectorV]

remember windows just adds more code to fix their screw ups... so it keeps growing and growing....

[KrazyPony]

Quote: Originally Posted by 232stang01 I'm installing SP2 now on my server...we'll see what happens...

You have WinXP acting as a Server? They do make Server Software ya know, like Win2003 Server w/ Active Directory components?

[oaktonarcher]

i had some problems after i installed it, it was painfully slow. Brent can attest to that,just run a good anti virus program and spy ware /ad ware and you should be set.

[Seph]

Oh, it worked fine for me. :P I didn't notice a difference at all except the Firewall and the pop up blocker. It all works fine to me

[Brent]

Quote: Originally Posted by Seph Oh, it worked fine for me. :P I didn't notice a difference at all except the Firewall and the pop up blocker. It all works fine to me

Get rid of Internet Explorer and use Firefox!!! I can't stress that enough, the difference is amazing

[Seph]

lol couple of people have been telling me that, I don't see any problems with explorer... I'd have to try it out on someone else's machine to really see a difference :p

[Brent]

Quote: Originally Posted by Seph lol couple of people have been telling me that, I don't see any problems with explorer... I'd have to try it out on someone else's machine to really see a difference :p

Problems with explorer:

1) Its part of Windows = Security hole
2) Its made by Microsoft = Security holes out the ass
3) No download manager
4) No tabbed browsing
5) Much slower than Firefox
6) No themes or ex