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Maybe one of you IT wizards could help a phone guy?
I keep getting the windoze "critical" update asking me to install service pack 2 on my xp (home version) computer. It looks like I have to jump through a bunch of hoops to do this. I'm wondering what kind of horrors to expect, I've heard a few rumors about software that doesn't run etc.. Any tips on a safe easy way to install it would be appreciated. Or maybe I should continue to ignore the warning since SP1 seems to be just fine for me.
mark

Mark,

I ve already done sp2 on our Home edition and everything seems to be ok, knock on silicon.

Kerry

Well thanks Big. I thought more people would have an opinion on SP2 by now. I guess I'll do the kids puter first and see how it goes.
mark

I upgraded my laptop with the sp2.

No issues here and I have Comdial and NEC software running on it.

Keep in mind this comes with the firewall turned on.

Also the new IE has a built in pop up blocker.

I use both IE and Firefox. Comdial needs IE on their CCC page.

I have experienced trouble with SP2 on a Dell computer with the intel celeron processor. Had to take the computer back to original configuration. Solved the problem with an upgrade to XP PRO. Dell probably has it figured out by now. It works fine on my brothers Compaq laptop with XP Home.

One of mine here is a Dell w/ celron, all are Dell, only one celron. I'm gonna have to do this sooner or later, the update pop's are making me crazy. Thank's for the heads up.
mark

I have done the update sp2 on a number of desktops and laptops as well. I have had no problems at all with any of them.

I've done the upgrade on over 150 computers so far. Not too many issues, I would be ready to upgrade the system bios if it doesn't already have the latest version.

What does Comdial have on their site that i have been missing? i have always used Netscape and up until now have never had any problems.

[This message has been edited by OhioTelecom (edited December 12, 2004).]

Every computer ought to be formatted and reloaded once a year. If you are getting ready to upgrade to SP2, maybe it is time to do a fresh install. Seems to work better that way. Load the OS, then SP2, then AV and apps.

Hey Z,
Too late, I did the xp2 over the weekend on all 3 pc's. Everything worked out ok. It now takes twice as long for the things to boot up since it loads all that extra crap. And it doesn't think my version of norton is a anti-virus software, but I worked around that. The firewall was a pain, I already turned that thing off. All in all, I'd say it was pretty much a waste of time.
mark

Mark, I figured that I would let you know that what you did was a good choice. Microsoft did a lot of development with XP SP2 and there is a lot of security features and enhancements that are running in the background, that you are not able to see. Microsoft's release of Xp was way too early and SP2 has made XP become a stable and secure operating system. I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and have seen Microsoft evolve over the years. I think definately it was a worthwhile upgrade. There has been a few flaws with the install that has known screw up computers but most the time it installs perfectly and you just have that much of a better computer. If anything is not working properly, just let me know and I will try to help you.

-Austin

Austin,
everything seems to be working fine, now that I've had it awhile, I like it. It does take longer to boot up though, there must be a bunch of stuff running in the background. Windoze always has been a memory hog though.
mark


[This message has been edited by markk (edited December 18, 2004).]