Re: SP2 makes XP-Home/SP1 CD useless - other PC problems.


"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23zFkfzmqFHA.4076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You click on the bar and wait a few seconds is what you do.. a window appears and you run, save, download, install, whatever.. it even tells you to click on the bar to enable updates etc..

# No window appears 98% of the time. The only a window opens, asks if I want to allow the Active-X plugins - I click yes - nothing happens. It still doesn't allow the downloads. Sometimes the bar says "click here for more information." If I click there the helpfiles open on the Active-X page. How much plainer can I make this? A WARNING bar shows at the top of the I.E. window with a *yellow shield* saying something about my "Active-X control settings not allowing the page to desplay correctly" and doesn't allow any downloads or scans from MS, HP or Pitstop. How do I STOP this SP2 bar with it's *yellow shield* and Active-X warning from coming up and stopping these websites from doing what they normally do? It doesn't say to click the bar to enable downloads - it says to *click here for more information*. If I click the bar I get the helpfile thing opening explaining about Active-X controls. Why is this so hard to understand? I'm trying to make it as clear as possible.

I am beginning to think that you are a troll..

# I assure you Mr. Hall that I have better things to do then post here and get insults from people claiming my WXP is pirated or that I'm a troll with nothing better to do. I'm here for HELP because I don't know who else to ask and can't afford $75+ to a tech every time a problem appears on my PC. I live in a rural area and even finding one willing to come out here is a real headache.

you have this damn question
going down in multiple newsgroups, and you don't listen to anybody.. I see a new entry to the killfile coming on..

# I have listened! What else can I do? I'm trying to explain the problem and you're telling me to click on a bar that is not there!!!!!! Only a HELP thing appears which opens a helpfile for Active-X information and how to make changes. I make the changes and get the same *click here for more information* bar when I try again.

Just click on the bar.. or find something to do other than computing..

# I click on the bar and some helpfile opens and explains some things about my Active-X setting. If I change them in Security I still can't get the downloads or scans. Is it you only want to handle simple problems here? Not all PC problems are simple as any tech can tell you. And doing a reformat and reinstall of my OS is a massive job that takes many hours because of all the programs and other things on this PC.... I can live with the crapped out scanner and camera wizard but this is something more serious.

FS~ 

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e4GK4nfqFHA.2276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%236Xq$xYqFHA.1096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Free

As long as you hold dear your preconceptions that Win 98 outperforms XP, then you will always have problems..

$$ I didn't say 98 *OUTPERFORMS* XP. I said I had almost no problems with 98.

If you upgraded from Win 98 to XP the same machine that you have happily been using for Win 98, unless you upgraded most of it, then many of your problems will be hardware based.. any other problems encountered will be down to you being unable to let go of old Win 98 conventions..

$$ This HP machine was bought brand new from CompUSA 2 years ago this month with WXP-Home/SPA already on it.

Bear in mind that thousands of people across the world power up XP SP2 machines daily, and have no problems with them..

$ Fine - then please tell me how they download updates with the security bar preventing it at any setting in tools/options/security/advanced settings? It ignores all settings and there is no window asking if it's ok to download the Active-X needed. HOW DO I GET DOWNLOADS???

the problems outlined in
these newsgroups are a mere drop in the ocean, and do not point to XP or SP2 being bad and defective products.. if they were, everybody would have continual problems, and this is just not true..

$ Agreed - now how do I disable the security bar long enough to get the updates I want? Reading and following the information didn't work.

Nobody here will force you to stay with XP.. if you feel that Win 98 will give you a better deal, then go ahead and re-install it.. 

$$ See above.

this action will
leave some of us shaking our heads a little, but we are advisors, not Net Police..

$$ Please tell me how to disable SP2 security bar long enough to get updates. How is this done?

FS~ 



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