Thanks for the link...but is there anywhere that has moviemaker 2.1 for
download individually? i REALLY dont want sp2...
MM21 isn't available anywhere outside of sp2.
I too need it because I have problems with mine. The only solution seems to
be reinstalling sp2. (Either over itself or uninstall / reinstall.) Before
I do that though, I'm going to have to get around to making a backup,
because sp2 can be dangerous. And I'm just not in the mood to spend the
hours needed to do a full backup.
And I too didn't really want sp2.
The reality is there are very few benefits. For the user, the biggest thing
is the pop-up blocker and Outlook Express having the ability to not display
html in email.
They added a firewall, but it's still so weak you still need a real one.
They supposedly recompiled parts of it to reduce the chances of buffer
overflow, but that's no real guarantee. And it wont effect other types of
exploits.
They've enabled "NX" but that's irrelevant for most people. It'll be many
years before enough people have a cpu that supports it to be significant.
Even then it's not really important. (Meaning it could have waited and have
been done in something other than a mandatory service pack.)
They didn't fix any bugs.
They modified the tcp stuff, which now causes problems for legitmate
programs.
They force WMP9 and it's newer DRM onto you, even if you don't want it. (I
don't use WMP.)
A few minor changes to IE, but they didn't do them in a way to actually make
them effectively useful.
There really aren't any significant reason to do sp2, but.....
Unfortunately, sp2 is pretty much mandatory. And as soon as they get most
people upgraded, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they stopped making
patches and security fixes for the original and sp1 versions.
They've said they'll let the companies with xp pro delay sp2 for up to 360
days. That's another few months.
After that.... I wouldn't be at all surprised if sp2 becomes mandatory for
any sort of patch or security update.
(If you it makes you feel better, go over to the sp2 cd order page and order
a couple hundred of them. At least that way it'll cost Microsoft some
money. They wont feel it, but it might make you feel better.)
It wouldn't be so bad if there was actually something in sp2 that made it
worth all the trouble and all the risk to your system. But there isn't.
SP2 is an upgrade, not just a patch. It should be treated just as seriously
as if you were going to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro. Or Win98 to XP.
Etc. But unfortunately, it's a useless upgrade.
However, as for MM21... I've read a very few messages that seem to suggest
it occasionally drops frames. Some people are saying every 27th frame.
Others are just saying the 27th frame of each clip.
I don't know. I can't get MM21 to run, so I can't test it.
But I've seen it in enough places that I'm pretty sure there is something
odd about some 27th frame somewhere.
