Re: Windows Xp Service Pack 2

From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:27:36 -0700

Westin wrote:

> After installing service pack 2 my boot time is alot
> longer and even if i instruct windows not to alert me it
> alerts me that the firewall is off can anyone help if not
> can anyone help me uninstall service pack 2? please

That happened with me. The culprit was the Sygate firewall.
Uninstalling and reinstalling removed that niggle. Your situation is
different but the steps to work it out are the same. Do some boot
troubleshooting, deselecting the startup programs one at a time using
Msconfig to find out which one is the problem.

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

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