SP2: any problems?

Any problems to report with Service Pack 2? I'm curious to know how
it's going for you.

"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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Any problems to report with Service Pack 2? I'm curious to know how
it's going for you.

i had been running it on a test machine for a few weeks without even a hint
of a problem...so i put it on my main machine and all is well.

sp2 has excellent pop-up stopping capabilites...so i uninstalled the pop-up
stopper software i had.

thus far *nothing* has gotten past it

bill gates deserves a raise for this one G

philo wrote:
sp2 has excellent pop-up stopping capabilites...so i uninstalled the pop-up
stopper software i had.

thus far *nothing* has gotten past it

bill gates deserves a raise for this one G

He deserves the sack for releasing that piece of **** browser onto the
world.

"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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Any problems to report with Service Pack 2? I'm curious to know how
it's going for you.

You mean besides destroying partitions of computers with Prescott processors
on brand new motherboards of various chipsets? Other than that, no problems
to report. -Dave

"Dave C." wrote in message
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"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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Any problems to report with Service Pack 2? I'm curious to know how
it's going for you.

You mean besides destroying partitions of computers with Prescott
processors
on brand new motherboards of various chipsets? Other than that, no
problems
to report. -Dave


I haven't seen that problem. Did it happen to you personally? Do you have
links to a news story?

Oh your limiting your fear to just the browser, be truthful your
afraid of all MS products. You would rather let the losers run the
net, and make you change your life to suit theirs. I don't let people
tell me how to speak, post and least of all, what products I would
use. If somebody picked All blue houses to burn or rip-off, would you
run and paint your house or move to a red house? Screw all those
script kiddies and their mentors, they will not force me to do
anything.



"NoSpam" wrote in message
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philo wrote:
sp2 has excellent pop-up stopping capabilites...so i uninstalled
the pop-up
stopper software i had.

thus far *nothing* has gotten past it

bill gates deserves a raise for this one G

He deserves the sack for releasing that piece of **** browser onto
the
world.

I haven't seen that problem. Did it happen to you personally? Do you
have
links to a news story?



It's a well-known problem, someone else posted the link. I've seen SP2
destroy a perfectly good and working NTFS partition. Luckily, it wasn't my
computer (one I was rebuilding for a friend), and there were no data files
on it YET. So nothing was lost, other than several hours of software
installation.

If you are thinking of SP2, I'd advise you to wait at least six months.
Maybe by then the problem will be worked out. -Dave

The only references I can see to this, is HYPE from the partition
software makers. Give the link, as I would figure if its that dramatic
it should of hit the news reel by now.




"Dave C." wrote in message
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I haven't seen that problem. Did it happen to you personally? Do
you
have
links to a news story?



It's a well-known problem, someone else posted the link. I've seen
SP2
destroy a perfectly good and working NTFS partition. Luckily, it
wasn't my
computer (one I was rebuilding for a friend), and there were no data
files
on it YET. So nothing was lost, other than several hours of
software
installation.

If you are thinking of SP2, I'd advise you to wait at least six
months.
Maybe by then the problem will be worked out. -Dave

"ToolPackinMama" wrote:
Any problems to report with Service Pack 2? I'm curious to know how
it's going for you.

I've been playing with it for the last week or so. WordPad will no longer open any
"Word for Windows 6.0" files, so make sure you have CetusWordPad somewhere.

Other than that, the only thing that bugs me is having convince my computer that I
really *have* given careful thought as to what files I want to open up. I guess
having an OS nanny isn't such a bad idea, if it keeps those less experienced from
bonking their installations.

Jon

"Dave C." wrote in message ...
I haven't seen that problem. Did it happen to you personally? Do you
have links to a news story?

It's a well-known problem, someone else posted the link. I've seen SP2
destroy a perfectly good and working NTFS partition. Luckily, it wasn't my
computer (one I was rebuilding for a friend), and there were no data files
on it YET. So nothing was lost, other than several hours of software
installation.

If you are thinking of SP2, I'd advise you to wait at least six months.
Maybe by then the problem will be worked out. -Dave

The article which Ed linked to doesn't seem to describe a case where
a partition is destroyed or data is lost. Plus, it appears that updating
the BIOS to a version that loads the latest microcode will help you to
avoid/resolve that problem. Are you referring to another scenario?

As an aside, the article that Ed pointed to, as written, implies that one
should remove SP2 before updating the BIOS. I wonder if that is
really necessary.