RE: SP-2?

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From: JD (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:25:22 -0700

Thank you so much...
JD
>-----Original Message-----
>"JD" wrote:
>
>> I am so hesitant to download this sp2, I have the CD
from
>> Microsoft but still after reading all this I am
worried.
>> My pc is just a couple months old & I don't want to
mess
>> anything up, I just wonder if the benefits are that
>> crucial to go through all these head aches? I am not a
>> tech. in no way & have been dealing with computers for
>> many yrs. but still. Any reasons why so many people
are
>> having all these problems? Is it because people aren't
>> preparing their pc's first? or their systems aren't
>> stable to begin with? I'm confused...
>> So curious on what to do? I might just call HP back &
ask
>> them a bit more first too...Wish i knew what to do,
>> download or not? Any answers??? I have been reading
all I
>> can to try to decide what to do but still haven't
>> decided. I also got 2 e-mails from my ISP to download
the
>> sp-2 as well.
>> Thanks, JD
>
>I've read a lot on various message boards here in
England and in the States
>about SP2 and I've come across very few real problems.
The horror stories
>are put about by the usual suspects but the reality is
this is only a set of
>fixes and patches for which you paid when you bought
XP. You may have read
>postings from people who's systems have been tweaked or
which run software
>which at best was adapted for the way XP was originally
set up or at worst
>not properly coded in the first place. If your system
is fairly new and
>unaltered, you can only benefit from installing SP2.
>
>Roger Lemon
>Newport Pagnell
>England
>
>.
>

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