Re: I thought MVPs were here to help with update problems, including SP2
From: CGI (anon_at_anonymous.com)
Date: 08/25/04
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:31:48 -0400
I just got finished installing it today and so far so good.
I never installed sp1 just the critical updates and so far only one
proggie on my system doesn't work at all under sp2.
By the way that proggie is the divx video player. but who needs that
when windows media player also plays those .avis if the correct codec
is installed.
My system is a two year old hewlett packard pavillion with only 512
ram and a 1.6 ghz pentium 4.
Like I said, so far so good.
I also use Zonealarm , not the windows firewall.
Interesting story about that after the upgrade, though : After the
initial boot up, windows let zonealarm load but enabled it's firewall.
My zonealarm icon had a big X on it in my systray. I immediately
disabled the windows firewall and restarted zonealarm and all was
well.
I prefer ZA because it's worked well for me for years on many
different systems.
Not a complaint, just and observation.
Take Care
CGI
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:44:13 -0500, "MChavez" <mchavez@ispdotcom>
wrote:
>If Carey Frisch, a so-called MVP, can't help posters who are having
>problems with SP2, then she/he has no business being an MVP. Yes, I
>know: volunteer work, give-up time for other things, love to help
>people, and so on. But blaming the average PC user for SP2 problems is
>not terribly helpful. .
>
> SP2 does have some problems and even MSFT has admitted it. Frisch is
>giving SP2, MSFT and MVPs a bad name because of the denial of obvious
>problems with this software. How could anyone, especially someone with
>some knowledge of computing, think there would wonderful smooth sailing
>with a program of this magnitude?
>
>This 266 MB monstrosity is almost impossible for a person with a slow
>dialup to download.. What were these people thinking? I suspect that we
>will see changes in how this service pack is made available to users who
>should rightly have the security advantages in this pack. The hasty
>release with so many bugs, after many delays, is nothing to be proud of.
>
>There is no amount of money that would make me get this service pack
>now, but I may consider a CD after most of the bugs are worked out and
>if the CD is free. Then I'll spend the next several years getting update
>patches to fix the bugs. Oh, I forgot, the are no bugs, just stupid
>computer users.
>
>I do appreciate those MVPs who are helpful. I seldom come to this
>newsgroup, but Jupiter Jones was helpful for a problem I had last year.
>
>
>
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