Should I install SP2

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Clo

I really don't know what to do, so many people messed up
their pc after installing the sp2 and I'm not too smart
with computers. If you install it and something is not
working properly apparently you can't even uninstall it?
Don't know what to do anymore...please help me
 
Help newsgroups are somewhat like a hospital.....folks tend
to only visit when an illness unfortunately occurs.

SP2 is a solid, secure release. It is a major "Critical Update"
for Windows XP and updates about 5 million lines of code,
enabling much stronger security, stability, and affords a tad better
performance benefit.

You may wish to view the following:

Top 10 Reasons to Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/topten.mspx

List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811113&Product=windowsxpsp2

Learn About Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/preinstall.mspx

What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx

I would suggest performing the following maintenance prior to
installing SP2:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

After installing SP2, run the above maintenance utilities again, then perform a Defrag:

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I really don't know what to do, so many people messed up
| their pc after installing the sp2 and I'm not too smart
| with computers. If you install it and something is not
| working properly apparently you can't even uninstall it?
| Don't know what to do anymore...please help me
 
I would advise not to install sp2 yet.
Wait until they have solved some of the issues.
Youve made it this far without sp2, a little longer won't
hurt.
i have installed sp2 on my desktop computer and now it
won't work at all, lucky I still have my laptop running
on xp sp1a.
cheers
 
Do you change the oil in your automobile ?

Like an auto there is maintenance to be performed on a PC. Fail to do so and down the road
you will face the consequences of your inaction. Not unlike failing to change the oil in
your auto.

Dave




| I really don't know what to do, so many people messed up
| their pc after installing the sp2 and I'm not too smart
| with computers. If you install it and something is not
| working properly apparently you can't even uninstall it?
| Don't know what to do anymore...please help me
 
Clo,

Is your CPU a Pentium 4? If so, it would probably be wise to get
someone to install the service pack for you. Maybe the place where you
bought it, for example. Some computers running the Pentium 4 CPU lock
up when you install SP2, I found this out the hard way. If you update
your BIOS before installing the Service Pack you should be fine. If
you don't know what your BIOS is, be sure to seek the help of someone
who does know! :)

Otherwise, install the Service Pack. You will protect your computer
from hackers, viruses etc.

Besides, the great thing about bumping into problems with computers is
learning how to fix it. Then, when it happens again, or to someone you
know, you can easily fix it again :)


Adam Lyttle
Software Developer
(e-mail address removed)

Lyttlesoft Studios
PO Box 99
Mitcham SC, 5062
South Australia

+61-422-072-537
 
Help newsgroups are somewhat like a hospital.....folks tend
to only visit when an illness unfortunately occurs.

SP2 is a solid, secure release. It is a major "Critical Update"
for Windows XP and updates about 5 million lines of code,
enabling much stronger security, stability, and affords a tad better
performance benefit.
Click to expand...
It's not all gloom and doom. I downloaded SP2 and installed it (it
really couldn't have been any easier to do), and didn't experience any
problem at all.
 
NO!!!! If your machine is running OK now don't install
SP2. It has too many flaws and unpredictable side effects!
 
You seem to spend much more time "defending" SP2 than actually offering any
form of help.

Testy
 
Then you may need to read more than a few selected posts or at least
read the entire post.
With selective reading and editing you could see it that way.

An example is how you somehow missed the suggestion in this very post.
You apparently missed the last 2 lines.
 
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