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Service Pack 2

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  1. Spider323

    Spider323 Regular member

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    Hey, is Windows Service Packs 2 any good? Is it worth downloading and installing? An willl everything I have now still work? Will I be able to uninstall it? Thanks
     
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    It's a bunch of supposed security updates and a boatload of security nagging to go with it. I've no use for it and never installed it.

    If you do install it you should plan on having to update some of your apps to work with it.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    it might also cause some things not to work such as printers so you take your chances
     
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    I don't plan on putting it on my computer but may on parent's since they hardly do anything on theirs except for browsing on the internet and checking e-mail
    :)
     
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    I've put it on three computers with no problems. Maybe I'm just lucky. They all had Athlon XP CPUs and Via chipsets. Don't know if this made a difference or not. It actually seemed to improve the operation of these three computers.
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    I could not get it off my PC fast enough! I have been doing a bunch of Javascript stuff and it thinks everytime I do something with the code that some virus is attacking. Liked to make me insane with those "takes three clicks to get rid of them" warnings. I happily restored my unit to an earlier time.
     
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    i actually just installed it and it works great
    couple more additions popup block, firewall, virus protection,(both of which i disabled anyway) and it actually improved my wireless signal strength from very low to good. Everything else works fine. im happy with it
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  8. Nephilim

    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    I imagine SP2 will benefit some more than others.

    I don't network, use wireless or trust Microsoft's updates so that why I never even considered updating. Plus my PC is running ship-shape without it so no need to rock the boat :)
     
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    service pack 2 sucks. ive tried downloading right off the bat on the new comp i built and had to reformat multiple times after trying becuase windows would not start with it installed
     
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    thing is with sp2 is that you should update bios if you hadn't already
     
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    i installed the 266 meg upgrade but it found a distinct dislike to my current virus protection so i have had to alter the functions on the virus software .
     
  12. Arnold2

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    Hello,

    Thank you for the helpful information
     
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    try uninstalling sp2 than retry download
     
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    Thank you for the helpful information

     
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    If everything worked before the SP2 install it has to be that. As Nephilim stated it is a bunch of junk (I'm still being nice). I can't understand why everyone thinks because its from Microsoft its great stuff. Unless you are having extreme security issues with you present system, stay away from it.

    Jerry
     
  16. Arnold2

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    thank you

    going to un install.. thought I read some where win was not going to up date if you did not have sp2.

    maybe they were wrong.

    After further investigation I have had sp2 for a couple of weeks now.
    I up date a files from AfterDawn a day or two ago with no problem.

    Wonder if anyone else has had download problems?

    That would be a new topic?
     
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    I agree with Nephilim if your pc works fine and your happy with it then why upgrade!

    Problem i got is i left my pc on over night downloading stuff and i have seemed to have downloaded sp2, thought my auto updates were turned off. Does anyone know how to remove the "updates ready to be installed" icon sitting in my task bar as its been there for over a week and is getting annoying now.
    thanks

     
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    check your msconfig or registry
     
  19. Nephilim

    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    You permanently disable Windows Update like this:

    Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > find Automatic Updates, double click it then set the startup type to disabled :)
     
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    Hello,

    I removed sp2 a couple of time before- had to re install, programs would not run. Also programs are being updated for sp2. What happens then? Stay with the older ver.?

    if you have it and want to remove:
    start/ control panel/ add remove programs / sp2 / remove / If you have updated programs sense the sp2 your programs may not run or be unstable. It will tell you when you click remove. GOOD LUCK!
     
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