Re: DO NOT DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP Service Pack 2 !

From: Jeff (jeff_at_phony.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:55:28 -0500

I too had great trepidation to download and install SP-2. So I delayed for
a long time. However since then, I have installed it on 3 PCs. Two were
mine and one my daughter's.

Prior to doing it I was careful to check my PCs for spyware using both
Adaware and Spybot, ran a virus scan and updated installed software like
Nero 6.6, defragged, etc. Then - with great trepidation - I installed SP-2.

I was amazed how easily it installed. No glitches or anything. I have Zone
Alarm's firewall installed on all my PCs and that caused no problems. SP-2
even installed itself leaving ZA intact and its own firewall shut off. After
sighing with relief, I installed SP-2 on my 2 other PCs. Same thing: no
problems.

Now, I am no great fan of Microsoft. I've used OS/2, Linux and al flavors
of Windows and I have to say this was the most trouble free "install" I
remember for anything. All I can say is that at least for me, it went very
smoothly, maybe because I prepared my PCs before installing. Your mileage
may vary. 

-- 
Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
jeff@stevens.com
"Huck" <Huck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8AE7658E-8998-4F42-A130-442470CC4B75@microsoft.com...
> Like many XP users, I received a msg from Mocrosoft teling me to download
> Windows Service Pack 2.  I did.  And was I sorry!
>
> My computer's CPU speed slowed to a cdrawl.  It now takes 20 times as long
> to load each web page.  Programs lock up in the middle of using them.
>
> If you spend a long, long time on Microsoft's web pages, you can find an
> email address for 'problems.'
>
> The problem with writing Microsoft is that they send you a boiler plate
> answer -- in my case, try changing one line of code, try going back to an
> earlier system -- but neither one may work.  (For me, neither did).
>
> Microsoft tells you to write back if the solution doesn't work, but that
> seems a mere ploy.  Microsoft does not respond to responses.
>
> Why should they?  They already have our money for the operating system;
> they
> have covered their liability by offering an 'upgrade.'  So why should they
> make further assistance available?
>
> As I said, don't download Service Pack 2.  Take your chances that the
> security glitches in MS XP won't afflict you.
>
> Huck
> -- 
> Huck

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