Re: NoNoBadDog!" (Re: Unwilling to upgrade to SP2... yet)

From: Star Fleet Admiral Q (Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)_at_(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:08:00 -0400

How about 1500 machines? I only have about 1000 more yet - will that meet
you minimal install requirements - they all of course are on a domain, Win2k
domain that is, and they are many brands and vintages, IBM Laptops, Dell
Workstations, HP, Gateway and Compaq Desktops - will that do - will that
erode some of the doom and gloom you are advertising? 

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Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service
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"JesBach" <JesBach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:64DD8E8E-316B-4C72-B76E-59FE11ADF2E7@microsoft.com...
> Well well, 4 machines of "various types and vintages", that's quite the
> extensive (or if you prefer, all-encompassing) testing there.  Perhaps you
> should offer your boundless consulting services to Microsoft themselves?
> Seeing as your suspicions that "those reporting problems had a poorly
> maintained installation of the Windows OS prior to the upgrade" are as 
> backed
> up with about as much experience as a paper MCSE, everyone might as well
> embrace SP2 without hesitance and hey, should any problem occurs, we'll 
> know
> it's due to sheer incompetence on our part.
>
> Thanks for your helpful tidbit Mighty Bobby.  Your suspicions due to your
> comprehensive knowledge and testing exacerbated me.
>
> "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
>
>> I have deployed SP2 to 4 machines of various types and vintages, and have
>> not encountered any problems whatsoever.  I suspect that those reporting
>> problems had a poorly maintained installation of the Windows OS prior to 
>> the
>> upgrade, and the upgrade merely exacerbated whatever problems were 
>> already
>> there.
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>> "Stephan Golux" <stephan@nospam.com.goluxstudio.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:uUaw%23zthEHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > Based on a host of problems, I do NOT want to update to SP2 of Windows 
>> > XP,
>> > at least not yet.  I need to make sure my computer keeps working.
>> >
>> > However, the annoying little "You have a windows update" window keeps
>> > poking its head in.  Is there a way that I can tell windows update that 
>> > I
>> > want critical security updates as they come along, but do NOT want to
>> > upgrade to SP2?
>> >
>> > If so, how?
>> >
>>
>>
>>