what should i do re: SP2?

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From: Robert J. Lafayette (xyz1234_at_msn.invalid)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:10:58 +0200

had installed SP 2 recently.
installed SP 2 from a disk that was created by IT guys at work.
though i have Home version, again it semed to work fine.

it worked fine till
this past saturday, the power failed island wide.

my computer was on at the time and
system in effect crashed.

sunday i turned on computer,
when power returned,

i found i could not access my wireless connection to the internet.

i could however access wireless connection
to internet only via safe mode.

suspected a firewall was created that i could not penetrate.

i tried and tried to penetrate or change the firewall
and when i went to firewall portion of SP 2
in control panel a message

said i could not access firewall as "an unknown problem occurred."

went to system restore to try and get to system before power failure.
after many unsuccesful attempts, as i could still not remove or adjust
firewall,

so, i decided to uninstall SP 2.

could not uninstall normally from add/ remove programs..

i was however able to uninstall from safe mode.

i uninstalled SP 2 and my system seems to work fine.

in attempting to download updates,
my system tells me the 75 MB update will take more
than seven (7) hours to download,
as my IP, though adsl,

is extremely slow, as i live in malta.

they sell us 512 k and give us 45 k. no kidding!!!!!!

question, okay i am sure you were wondering when i would get to the
question:

ought i install/ reinstall SP 2 from the IT disk or
allow it to come to my computer via update download?

another query: can SP 2 be downloaded in smaller blocks than 75 MB?

if not, why not?

when my computer tried to download sp 2 update, it has inevitably
failed during the download process at least four times since yesterday.

it is a problem as downloading also blocks my internet connection.

please advise,
robert in gozo.

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