Re: SP2 Totally Screwed up My Computer!

From: Testy (fraudbuster_at_canoemail.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:00:20 -0400

Just reinstall drivers obtained from the manufacturers sites.

Testy

"Superman" <superman@super.com> wrote in message
news:OSUYWixgEHA.3476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I am also having major problems. I don't have those application errors but
>a
> lot of devices disappear from device manager. Like VIA 4IN1 driver,
> Surecom
> network adaptor (also not appear in My network Places but it is still
> working). Display driver, can't uninstall and install it again (missing
> all
> the extra features like TV out.
>
> Check your device manager and see you have the same problems.
>
> Finally I may need to reinstall XP on Slipstreamed XP SP2 CD.
>
> " MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OnyUZexgEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Was running XP Pro with all the latest updates, on a Pentium 4 M, 2.0
>> gHz,
>> 768 MB RAM. As I wasn't seeing SP2 on the Windows Update site, I
> downloaded
>> the Full SP2 pack (for IT Professionals). (As I have two computers, I
>> figured that way I wouldn't have to download it twice through Windows
> Update
>> either.) (Glad I have two computers. I'm writing now through the other
> one,
>> that didn't have SP2 installed. I cannot do anything now with the SP2
>> computer.) (With my dial-up connection, took a long time to download! One
>> full night and part of another.
>>
>> The SP2 installation didn't give me any choices, no customization. On
>> executing the file, it went through to the end of the process, until the
> one
>> choice "do you want to re-boot now"?
>>
>> First of all, a couple of minor gripes. An icon for Windows Media Player
> is
>> put in the Quick Launch bar and the Start Menu, without having consulted
> me.
>> I don't want an icon for it in the QL bar. I already have it in the Start
>> Menu, in a folder where I want it, I don't wish to have another icon for
> it.
>> Why is that done without asking the user?
>>
>> The "Security Center" is also annoying. I don't mind it popping up at the
>> beginning, asking for your preferences. But that it later keeps popping
>> up
>> with a warning, that "YOUR COMPUTER IS AT RISK!" CLICK ON THIS BALLOON TO
>> FIX IT", because I disabled "Automatic Updates" (I frequently manually
>> update), and because it doesn't recognize my virus scanner. (A good one,
>> Trend Micro, and I frequently update the virus signatures.)
>>
>> I right-clicked on the Quick Launch icon for WMP, so that I could choose
>> delete, and delete the unwanted intruder in my QL bar. Well, rather than
>> seeing the context menu, I saw an hourglass, got an error message that
> said:
>>
>> -------
>>
>> Explorer.exe application error
>>
>> The instruction of 0x02464156 referenced memory at 0x00000000. The memory
>> could not be written. (OK to terminate, Cancel to Debug)
>> ------------
>> Well, whether I clicked on OK or Cancel, I then had to wait a very long
> time
>> with an hourglass, before I could do anything with the mouse again,
>> before
> I
>> could try anything with the computer again. I went to the folder where
>> the
>> Quick Launch shortcuts are kept. (They sure try to hide that--in the
>> "Internet Explorer" folder in Application Data". Why is it there? The
> Quick
>> Launch bar has nothing to do with IE.) I highlighted the WMP icon, and
>> pressed the delete key. Same result, same error message.
>>
>> I was beginning to think it was a ploy by Microsoft to prevent anyone
>> from
>> deleting that WMP icon. But I discovered that I would get the same result
> on
>> trying to do almost anything in Windows Explorer, including deleting
>> files
>> from the Temp folder, etc. I also sometimes got a Dr. Watson error
>> message
>> after that, I forget the wording.
>>
>> I went to Control Panel and disabled the new Windows Firewall, thinking
> that
>> might be the source of the problem. I went to "services" under
>> "Administrative Tools", and changed any service that looked new and
>> suspicious to me to "Manual", instead of "Automatic". This included
>> disabling the Security Center. But no matter what I tried, including
>> rebooting in between, nothing solved the described problem.
>>
>> Booting up is also MUCH slower than before, like molasses, although I
>> have
>> all startup programs currently disabled, and turned off many of the
>> automatic services.
>>
>> I am on the verge of uninstalling XP2. If I do so, I certainly hope it
>> reconfigures my system to how it was before the install. Anyone done that
>> yet?
>>
>> Before I do so, if anyone can give me advice on how to fix the problem I
> am
>> having with SP2, please let me know. Something to change in configuration
>> somehow. Some Windows tweak? Registry change?
>>
>> To those who have been successful in installing SP2, do you really find
> any
>> improvement in it? In what ways? Only security, the Windows Firewall,
> etc.?
>> Other improvements?
>>
>> I thought this product was in Beta a long time. You think they would have
>> thoroughly tested it, and worked out all the bugs. It sure didn't work
> well
>> for me so far. (Perhaps they want to fix it more before putting it on
>> Windows Update. But why put out the final release for "IT Professionals",
>> who might install it for a whole company, and then find out it screwed up
>> many of the company's computers?
>>
>> What's up with this SP2?
>>
>> If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
>>
>>
>
> 

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