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Inspiron Owners Complain Of SP2 Slowdown
Talkback I don't have an Inspiron. I built my machine myself. When I first installed SP2 everything appeared to be ok. That is until I trired to do some DVD authoriing. Then I noticed it now took twice as long to create a DVD.
[October 11, 2004, 1:52]
Doesn't Install With Dual-OS Computers
Member Review I tried installing SP2 after reading many good things about it. When I tried to install the service pack I got an error saying: 'A non-Windows kernel has been detected in boot sequence, setup can not continue and will now close'.
[August 17, 2004, 7:57]
XP SP2 - At Your Service?
Talkback I spent considerable time downloading & installing SP2 and I have just spent considerable time UNINSTALLING SP2. Not only did it slow down internet connection (tolerable) but after installatlion I could only connect with 3 websites from my...
[September 8, 2004, 10:38]
Service Pack 2: This Time, It's Serious
Talkback I also have the SP2 and i thought it was alright etc until it updated itself and then informed me, the next time i turned on the computer, that I had it had changed all sorts of file paths for all my files etc.and to cure this i had to insert a...
[September 30, 2005, 19:17]
Windows XP Service Pack 2: A First Look
Talkback I have been using winxp sp2 and i have to say big improvement on the security side of things but would never think twice on switching my Norton Firewall off. Improvements in compatability can be noticed i do quite a lot of software testing and some...
[August 18, 2004, 4:57]
SP2 To Be Forced Out
Talkback 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.
[March 5, 2005, 11:18]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment Done some more testing and I have verified with 3 others at the company that have all been independently attempting to install SP3. The trick seems to be that either a) you've used an old version of SP2 and you have to connect to the Windows Update...
[June 18, 2008, 9:23]
SP2 To Be Forced Out
Talkback To the people who have had trouble installing SP2 on their Mesh AMD 64 computers. I had this trouble. Neither Mesh nor Microsoft knew why it was happening and had no solution to offer. My system crashed as soon as I rebooted after installation.
[March 3, 2005, 13:25]
SP2 To Be Forced Out
Talkback Yes I've also got a Mesh Matrix AMD64 system and SP2 will not run on my machine. After SP2 has installed the machine will only start in safe mode and I have to use a pre SP2 restore point to get it running properly again.
[April 11, 2006, 13:21]
Interoperability Issues
Talkback Since Microsoft has a stranglehold on PC's OS, it is no wonder that lack of knowledge, of open source, is high on list of companies. But, I have to think that Microsoft's ability to control the interoperability has a lot to do with that lack of...
[May 2, 2007, 13:46]
Looking For True Permanence In File Storage
Blog Comment Thanks for the link. Looks like its all Windows. I guess its my fault I didn't really make it clear that that Debbie is my Debian 4.0 Home Server, or DHS with Samba 3.0 on it for the Windows client machines to have storage.
[April 22, 2008, 2:14]
Why Am I Spending Hours Downloading A 100MB Update?
Member Review Not only do I have to spend 2 hours downloading this thing (and I'm on broadband), but when I finally get it installed (worked OK), I discover that I have a glorified personal firewall and pop-up blocking (which I had before) and that's about it.
[September 20, 2004, 15:36]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment The significant bit of data that you included was that you did the following: In some cases, SP3 has been been applied progressively through the Betas and Release Candidates (without being uninstalled in most cases).
[June 18, 2008, 9:25]
"♬ Service Pack 3 Done Give Me The Blues♬♬"
Blog I stupidly went at it again. This time I installed all the idiotic updates and security patches to bring the SP2 machine that wouldn't update to SP3 to SP2 up-to-date. In other words I took the RED PILL.
[June 17, 2008, 1:44]
Evidently There's A Rattled Cage In Redmond.
Blog I received this email via the zdnet.co.uk webmail today and I thought it would be more appropriate to answer here so jayaram I hope you come back to read it. Original Message ---- From: jayaram To: Xwindowsjunkie
[July 30, 2008, 0:57]
A Challenge To All Linux Users In The World
Blog Comment Slaving over a hot DVD/CD Burner making WHS-Stew Well it looks as if everything for Windows Home Server RC1 got burned onto DVD-R and CD-R's OK. Discs are all readable. Then I realized that my Celeron test machine doesn't have a DVD reader!
[June 16, 2007, 7:20]
Lights Go Out For Microsoft's Anti-SP2 Tool
News Microsoft is today disabling its own software tool that prevented Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) from automatically downloading itself onto business computers. This means that people who wanted to prevent the roll out of SP2 may now be forced...
[April 12, 2005, 13:00]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Sometimes I think I am a masochist. I just finished installing a volume license of Windows XP Pro with slipstreamed Service Pack 2 on it onto a computer for which I only had to supply a Video driver. All of the relevant drivers are part of the...
[June 16, 2008, 6:34]
Finally My Last Words On XP SP3, (yeah Right, You Hope So!)
Blog BTW this is being entered into the blog using FireFox 3, I managed to get one of the 24-hr downloads, but sadly not on this machine. Well we finally figured out the magic cookie for SP3. Assuming that you're an IT/IS guy and you spent a lot of time...
[June 18, 2008, 19:43]
Firefox Flaw Sparks A Fiery Debate
Talkback According to http://www.securityfocus.com/bid the Vendor Mozilla with Title FireFox of Version 1.0 scores 3 vulnerabilities whereas Vendor Microsoft with Title Internet Explorer of Version 6.0SP2 (which means you run Internet Explorer on XP with...
[January 7, 2005, 20:51]
