Re: Considerable SP2 dwnld/install problems

Wayne

Do you have a system restore point for before the SP2 install?
http://bertk.mvps.org/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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W.G.D. wrote:
Gerry:

Yep! I realized after I wrote that msg that it was dumb WRONG.

As instructed, nothing comes up as failed. HOWEVER, when I attempt
to dwnld SP2, a previous attempt is noted followed by "Failed". Here
is the one that I stopped due to a possible hang-up (last msg).
Meanwhile a number of security updates were dwnld'd that day.

So as it is right now, MS's SP2 server will not again execute a dwnld.
Recall, too, there are SP2 folders in the Windows directory. And
SP2 is not noted in the Programs ADD/Remove feature.

BTW, Outlook Exp 6 has become, forgive me, a pig.

That reinstall of XP Home - old version apparently, has caused a
number of unwanted problems. Applications are slow to open. This
whole thing has me looking at a new machine which is a cowardly way
of solving the problem!

Here is one for you. Home-based, two-machine wireless network. #1
has XP (now the bad one), #2 has Media Center. #1 (w/XP) can SEE #2,
but #2 (w/Media) canNOT see #1. Two techs at two different local box
houses said that this is because the OSs are different. In
networking, XP and MEDIA Center are not compatible. True??

Best,
Wayne
Sarasota, Florida


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