Re: sp 2 download

How is your pc connected to internet? cable/DSL/ or dialup? If broadband, does pc have a network card & a router ?

Other questions: did you disable all your startup user apps (including any antivirus) before getting SP2?
Are you getting SP2 as an online update from Windows Update, or, downloading the full service pack file?

For the loss of internet connection post-SP2, others have reported
re-installing network card driver

Try Winsock XP Fix (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html) or
any of the other items found at http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/winsock.htm.


For anyone reading this who has not applied service pack 2 on their Win XP system:
keep this page handy
http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.htm

The pre-install recommendations link is a good start. make sure you don't have malware or other gotchas.

The "Doing the Installation" section is the meat & potatoes "how to".

The "Tidying up after Installing SP2" will save you HD space.

HTH
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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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gyeslo wrote:
When attempt download sp2 for xp it freezes. I follow directions to
make it download then when sp2 is installed I loose internet
connection with DNS or cannot find server. System restore to windows
xp without service pack 2 brings back internet connection.
.

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