Re: XPSP2
From: Brett (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/04/04
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 18:56:53 -0700
Hi Ted,
I am in your first category. I have a small 802.11b home
network (2 PCs), running eTrust Firewall, eTrust AV,
Spybot, AdAwareSE, Spywareblaster, and SpySweeper. I
have a D-Link router, a D-Link USB adapter on the
desktop, and built-in WLAN on the laptop. Been running
smoothly this way for over a year. But, like you
describe, I thought it was time to install SP2 and wasn't
too worried. I installed all my PC and software makers'
patches for pre-SP2, then performed the update.
As soon as the install was over, I'd lost all my network
and Internet connection. After literally hours
repeatedly configging (and resetting, and reconfigging)
my router, removing & reinstalling Windows network
connections, and talking with D-Link support, the tech
finally got a 'supervisor' who told me that it's an SP2
issue, and my equipment won't work with SP2 installed
until Microsoft puts out a fix.
Left with no choice, I rolled back to pre-SP2. But my
connection to network/Internet was still gone. Took
another couple hours with tech support to get everything
back up and running.
But now, as I've described in another post, the operation
and performance of both PCs are seriously degraded. It
is a marked difference from before, and I'm completely at
a loss to understand it.
My point is, I felt about as safe as I could, and
something still went terribly wrong with SP2. And now,
of course, all the tech-support departments blame each
others' products, and I'm left with two crippled PCs and
no support whatsoever.
I'm sure others are able to install without difficulty,
but clearly many people are having huge problems. Just
wanted to add my $0.02 to the mix.
Now, back to my troubleshooting......
>-----Original Message-----
>Here is the truth about SP 2:
>
>If you are a home user who is conscientous about
maintaining your computer;
>if you have spent some time learning how to use your
computer correctly; if
>you are careful about protecting yourself against
viruses and other assorted
>malware; and if you have read the information on
Microsoft's web site about
>SP 2 and prepared accordingly, you have nothing to fear
from installing SP
>2 - you can count on a stress free experience. It
doesn't take any kind of
>genius to reach this state of bliss and you don't have
to be a geek, heaven
>forbid. All you need is a sense of ownership and reading
skills.
>
>If, on the other hand, you are lacking in the above, you
will run into
>serious problems sooner or later, whether from SP 2 or
something else.
>Service packs are like judgement day for those with
misconfigured,
>inadequately protected and insufficiently prepared
systems.
>
>If you think that you might belong in the second
category - and I was a
>card-carrying member at one time - then don't install SP
2 unless and until
>you have a complete backup of your system to which you
can return if things
>go kablooey.
>
>Ted Zieglar
>
>"Fred" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:5ce101c4920d$cae79020$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Has anyone installed Sp2 and had little or no
problems ?
>> Would you experts advise to download from Windows
update
>> or to wait for the installation cd to arrive ? Out pc
is
>> running great, we use Zone Alarm, Ad-Aware and Spy-
Bot. Is
>> Sp2 necessary ? Thanks for your time and
expertise.....
>
>.
>
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