Re: SP2 Automatic Updates

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From: Ginger (any_at_anywhere.net)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:06:24 -0400

I guess that the answer is to just be patient at least for now. I wonder if
the laptop got priority because it had a preinstalled version of Windows XP
(by HP) while the desktop that hasn't received it yet has the upgrade
version from a cd on a white box machine? We'll see......

Thanks..:))

"James Dawson" <dawsonj@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:OQG8trjiEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
It can take a few days at least to even start downloading. Because it is a
major update, Microsoft is limiting the number of users whom can download it
at a time. It can take awhile before it even starts.

"Ginger" <any@anywhere.net> wrote in message
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> Sunday afternoon I got the pop-up balloon with the little globe on the
> task
> bar of my desktop (Windows XP Home) asking if I wanted to download Service
> Pack 2. I replied yes and although I've been online a great deal since
> then
> it hasn't started downloading yet. Is this normal? We have a laptop in
> the
> house (also with Windows XP Home) which got the same request at about the
> same time and it downloaded and installed on Monday. Is there a way to
> repair Automatic Update if I have done something to damage it?
>
>

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