lordy-lordy said:
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thanks shenan
good to hear from you
hope this finds you well
or so it should, but common sense kills
safe mode, debug mode, sans network mode, soap & lather mode,
the mode is on to pleasuse the rebooting gods
latest & swankiest drivers, xp, av, ad, spy, all scanned *prior* to
sp2, clean, sp1 running fine, remember ?
including memory
i pray to the rebooting gods constantly
no lord vader, do not underestimate the power of the dark side of
the bg
I took the chauffer trip & valet parking:
DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A
smaller, more appropriate download is now available on Windows
Update. The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 2 is
by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP today.
You can use our step-by-step instructions or, if you prefer, let us
do it for you.
or so they tried
only when xp is up and running to ss/i into a cd
clean everything, remember ?
bg is latin for bug geek
cheers ol'man and ... eat organic
re: "safe mode, debug mode, sans network mode, soap & lather mode, the mode
is on to pleasuse the rebooting gods"
I have no idea what that means... However - if you would explain what
happens when you boot into safe mode - that would be great. (Does it do the
same thing and bluescreen and reboot? Can you choose *not to reboot on
error* when you get the option t safe mode boot and if so - that should
leave the error up longer for you to copy more of it down.)
re: "latest & swankiest drivers, xp, av, ad, spy, all scanned *prior* to
sp2, clean, sp1 running fine, remember ?"...
Windows XP SP1 up and working working and having the latest drivers are not
necessarily connected. There were many software packages and drivers (even
system BIOS - or motherboard firmware) that had to be updated in order to
install SP2 onto a perfectly working and clean install of Windows XP with
SP1 installed already and *not* crash in the process. The need for this
greatly depends on the system in question (hardware specs needed.)
re: "I took the chauffer trip & valet parking: DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU
ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download is now
available on Windows Update."
Take the advice and get the full download next time. Consider yourself an
IT professional in this case. There is no need to use Windows Update for
SP2 - whether or not you are doing one computer or thousands. The advice is
meant as a warning to those with crappy Internet connectivity...
re: "only when xp is up and running to ss/i into a cd"
You obviously have some system up and running - or you would not be
successfully posting here. Any Windows XP system (Windows 2000 as well - I
believe) can be used to integrate/slipstream SP2 and post-sp2 pacthes into a
CD and butrn a copy - given you have a CD burner and the rights needed to
utilize the computer in this fashion.
re: "clean everything, remember ?"
Clean everything means nothing to me. One person's clean is polluted to me.
;-)
See the above for queries - let me know what hardware you have
specifically... Motherboard, video card, sound card, etc. Chekc for a BIOS
update for your motherboard. Do download the IT Professional version of SP2
and keep it to use and/or integrate. Make sure you have the latest drivers
for everything straight from the manufacturer's web pages (not Microsoft
updates.)
You have alluded to this being a clean install - if that is true - the
integration and installation of SP2 from the beginning is your best bet on
the cleanest of systems.