Re: Can't download SP2 to save........


"~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uXSNEbjnFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site) it
> starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
> altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in a few
> minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?
>
> FS~

Rather than mess with a download, try to find a computer dealer in your town
who will burn the SP2 update to a CD (which you supply). I did that here in
Albuquerque and it worked great.
--
Bearman
America: Land of the free because of the brave.


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