Re: Considerable SP2 dwnld/install problems

Gerry:

I bit the 'buy a new one' apple. Blue screens and other problems, the last
of which was defragging "C" during which the machine QUIT. Dead. Red pwr
light. No fans. Machine too old to spend $s to find out what happended,
what quit (the PS was only 6 mths old). Now have one of those AMD Dual Core
units, plenty of RAM and HD. OS= XP's Media Center. Machine a bit on the
old side - was built with IDE (vs SATA). Good news here was that I was able
to move ALL data files, etc - actually added another HD to the already
enough HD. Buy was this past weekend.

Today . . . . the SP2 disk arrived!

Appreciate your patience and suggestions.

Wayne Dengel
Sarasota, FL

BTW, next job will be to wireless network the two machines & share printers.


"W.G.D." <wgd.roaming@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gerry:

Vey much appreciated! Printed out what you say below ~ will follow
through
and advise later.

Be Well!

--
Wayne

'The Gutenberg galaxy is being eclipsed by the constellation of Marconi.'



"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wayne

You have have had one unhappy experience. It would be best to try
another approach.

Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select
Properties, Automatic Updates. Uncheck the box before Automatic
(Recommended) and check the box before Notify me but do not
automatically download or install. Click on Apply and OK and close all
windows. Restart your computer.

In future to update the procedure becomes select Start, Help and
Support, Keep your computer up to date with Windows Update and double
click Custom. The system then checks on you and then your system to
see what you need. At the end of this stage under Select by Type will
be the number of Updates available by category. Click on Critical and
it will list the details of those available. Check the option for each
and every one and then click on Install. You will then be offered the
option to Save to Disk or to Run. Select Run. The process is then
fully automated until it says hopefully Successful or Finished. You
then restart the machine if asked to do so.

With regard to SP2 borrow an SP2 CD from a friend. The SP2 CD was
freely distributed in 2004 and can be used on any Windows XP machine.
Downloading such a large update is a prolonged experience thereby
increasing the chance that things can go wrong. Using a CD enables you
to break the internet connection, and turn off your anti-virus,
anti-spyware and firewall, which can interfere with the updating
process.

Alternatively try the Installing from the Internet by using Windows
Update option in the link, which follows:

Detailed installation walkthrough for Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875364

We do not know why the first attempt at installation failed! How much
free disk space is available?

The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837783/

It can also be advisable to update third party drivers before
reinstalling SP2.

What is the motherboard make and model?

This freeware programme is excellent for getting information about
your computer:
Everest Home Edition (freeware)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Tip: To copy select Report, Quick Report, Plain Text, highlight
required text, right click and select copy. However, whilst this is
fine for posting small amounts of information into newsgroup messages
longer reports will irritate other newsgroup subscribers.

Before you reinstall make sure you select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also select Start, All Programs,
accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore
and remove all but the latest System Restore point. Run Disk
Defragmenter.

Finally immediately before updating to SP2 create a System Restore
point.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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W.G.D. wrote:
Gerry:

Yes, back to when I first reinstalled (fixed) XP (last weekend).
That seems to have helped considerably, particularly with speed,
opening of applications & a less-piggy OE. I am still at SP1. I
plan to let XP do its Auto Updates thing and see what happens next.
Make sense to you?

Sorry tale here is that I should have used Restore when I first
"thought" I had an XP crash problem. Lesson learned a bit late.
Impatience was costly.

Wayne

BTW ~ ever have experience with BLUE screens, you know, the ones we
used to face in the OLD days? Occassionaly I get them - reason:
List
Corrupt, and something about LessThan-Equal. Core gets dumped to
the disk and machine reboots. These screens appear after an Account
has been clicked and Windows loads Personal Settings. A techy at a
local box house suggested that bad segments were being seen during
the load process. Make any sense to you?



"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wayne

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

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



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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