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Story: SP2 to be forced out

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Posted by: Anonymous (Saturday 5 March 2005, 12:18 PM)

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I have XP Home OS version on my computer and I have updated the patches for SP1 version with very little problems. However out comes SP2. Hell all I got was so many freezes and crashes its just not worth having SP2 on my system. I almost lost my hard drve to the stupid SP2 shit upgrade. I even had to get a computer tech in to fix my computer. When he took off all the SP2 shit I've had no problems for at least 5 months now so there is no way in hell that I'm going to allow MS SP2 back onto my system again. I now use Firefox instead of IE it is more stable. MS says it will force people to take SP2 in april well then Gates & company you had better fix all the problems with SP2. If forced to take SP2 I will switch to another OS system that will not crash/freeze. I have been a loyal MS follower however this SP2 upgrade has made me think long and hard about buying anymore MS products period.

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Story: SP2 to be forced out

  1. I think Microsoft forget to mention putting users... Anonymous
  2. Mcrosoft still have that arrogant action that they... Anonymous
  3. SP2 is not compatable with my Mesh AMD64 syst... Peter Mitchell
  4. All downloading and installing SP2 will... NJ
  5. In response to Peter Mitchell's comments... Jagdeep Sidhu
  6. Shame nobody forced Microsoft to write good code i... Hedley Phillips
  7. I also have a mesh amd64 system and after a number... Anonymous
  8. MESH AMD64 After major windows problems, I wi... Michael Krech
  9. This Microsoft's decision may force not a small pa... Anonymous
  10. Chances are if Longhorn requires SP2 not many... NJ
  11. To the people who have had trouble insta... Michael
  12. I installed SP2 on my home built machine (XP Pro),... Simeon Talbot
  13. I had the same issue. I used the update disk... Anonymous
  14. It's quite simple, we still have too muc... Big Al
  15. I installed service pack 2 without any problems tw... FIONA TOMANY
  16. will i think they would not froce this upon us xp... D.Mears
  17. How to disable SP2: Shut down microsfts BITS... Anonymous
  18. flawed as it was upon its inception, xp... hitchawk
  19. It's a shame. Typical atitude by americans that be... Roberto Lamaille
  20. I response to Roberto. We americans are stuc... JT Churchman
  21. Because a long break down with my comput... Roberto Lamaille
  22. I think that this is BS. This is my computer and m... Casey Ledwon
  23. I had SP2 installed and it crashed my whole s... Anonymous
  24. I hate to say this but it's pretty much true. Many... Paul Devine
  25. Has it ever occured to anyone that it is poss... Anonymous
  26. I think this will become another famous trial stor... witchlore
  27. I`ll do prefer Linux by far... Walter J
  28. I have XP Home OS version on my computer and I hav... Anonymous
  29. i installed sp2 and it froze my computer up .... Anonymous
  30. I installed SP2 for XP. It locked up my computer... Anonymous
  31. hi! what can i do if everytime i download the sp2... zabre wawa
  32. I think Microsoft is doing a fine job but there ar... Agent Jackson
  33. Beta-testers, that's what you all are. And you eve... Arthur B.
  34. When I installed SP2 I had to reinstall XP just to... Anonymous
  35. It is my personal opinion that Mr.Gates is forcing... David L. Williams
  36. I think microsoft made a deal with the republicans... Anonymous
  37. I personally beleive that this is yet another... Vignesh Natarajan
  38. SP2 also will not work on any Emachines or Gateway... Patrick Maguire
  39. Nice article - and nice theory about SP2 and organ... Amy Stokes
  40. Yes I've also got a Mesh Matrix AMD64 system and S... Anonymous

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