Re: W2K SP4 Hosed our PC - Need Help !!!

From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 23:13:32 -0500

In the server yes I do not like it. I agree. I told you I did not agree with your assertion that Service Packs of Windows 2000 have come out to fix things that were broke from earlier service packs. I think I was clear on that.

The issue in the server is a pretty esoteric thing. I don't even recall what it was at the moment. It was discussed when SP4 first came out and I have never seen it since. But my recollection of it is that it sends an error to the Event Viewer. What type of error the event ID I do not recall. All I know is it is NOT hose material.

But I have told you where SP4 has the most problems. And in fact it is the root cause of most well-behaving machines misbehaving. It is Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 installed. Windows 2000 was not made for that browser. If you recall Windows NT 4 had similar problems when IE 5 came out.

Sure I know some people believe their system behaves Top Notch with IE 6 installed. Boy would they be amazed how well it would behave if IE 6 was NOT installed. 

-- 
George Hester
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"Steve N." <NoOne@nunya.biz> wrote in message news:pQy0c.13386$yZ1.12021@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> 
> 
> George Hester wrote:
> 
> > I don't agree.  SP3 fixed issues that were not fixed in SP2 which
> > fixed issues that were not fixed in SP1 which fixed issues that came
> > with Windows 2000.
> > 
> > Now SP4.  I'm not going to get into "It's all the service pack's
> > fault" because in Windows 2000 Professional I have no issues.  In the
> > Server well that's a different matter.  And yes there is an issue
> > with SP4 in the server.  The issue is compounded by having Internet
> > Explorer 6 installed.
> > 
> > But the issue is really slight and just results in an Error being
> > written to the Event Viewer and in fact another issue where the Event
> > Viewer stops functionaing.  Easily fixed.  Not the former but I know
> > of no earlier Service Packs that came out to "fix" an earlier one.
> > 
> 
> This is not the case im my experience with Win2K Pro (not Server) and 
> SP4, as evidenced in my posts in this thread. If you care to address 
> some of the issues I have had (and others have had) in this by all means 
> please do. And by all means please elaborate on exactly WHAT you do not 
> agree with that I've written.
> 
> It seems to me that you wrote:
> 
> "SP3 fixed issues that were not fixed in SP2 which fixed issues that 
> were not fixed in SP1 which fixed issues that came with Windows 2000."
> 
> Which is in part in agreement with some of what I wrote, except that I 
> added that in MY experience (and obviously in that of others) it is 
> often the case that there are things "fixed" and other things "broken" 
> with service packs (and not just M$'s SPs either).
> 
> All I am saying is that I have seen very many Win2K Pro PCs hosed by SP4 
> that were otherwise working just fine. I gave my experiencial evidence 
> and repeatable evidence, which I have done a fair job of suplying 
> symptoms for here. Care to comment on anything specific? It'd be nice if 
> someone could come up with exactly WHAT gets broken with SP4, WHY, and 
> under WHAT circumstances. Maybe M$ would be able to actually FIX it 
> then, instead of avoiding the issues. I've contributed my experiences. I 
> don't have any answers except that if SP4 causes problems then remove 
> it. It has proven beyond any doubt to me and many others to be 
> problematic. If you haven't had the problems, then good for you. Me and 
> a lot of others have.
> 
> Steve
>

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