The Newest Service Pack for XP

**Thew** · October 6th, 2004, 11:27 PM

i think it's ervice pack 2 or soemthing

i have been readin bad things about it
should i update and get the thing or not?

**Joranthalus** · October 6th, 2004, 11:28 PM

yeah, sp2 is great, but you gotta go thru the list of everything it breaks and patch them first...

**0193081** · October 6th, 2004, 11:28 PM

Some people have been fine with it, but it fucked up Windows Explorer for me.

I suggest installing it, but choose the option that allows you to uninstall. (I think it asks if you want to archive the files or not. Pick yes.)

**0193081** · October 6th, 2004, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Joranthalus:
yeah, sp2 is great, but you gotta go thru the list of everything it breaks and patch them first...

Care to elaborate? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

**Moviemaniac4** · October 6th, 2004, 11:29 PM

What is new or different in that SP ?

**Thew** · October 6th, 2004, 11:38 PM

Originally posted by Peter Hoffman:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Joranthalus:
yeah, sp2 is great, but you gotta go thru the list of everything it breaks and patch them first...

Care to elaborate? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] <hr /></blockquote>yes please
i have no idea what you are talking about

**thatchetguy** · October 7th, 2004, 12:14 AM

I've had a lot of bad experiences with it. I repair computers on the side, and every single problem in the last month or so has been SP2 related.
It really improves security a lot, and if you had a NEW computer installed with it, that would be fine (although one I bought and installed last week was still SP1 for some reason). *OR* you can go the easy and safer route. Use a firewall program like Nortons, McAfee, or others. Update your antivirus program (a great free one is at avast.com). And most importantly, switch to Netscape Navigator or other Mozilla-based web browser. Navigator adds so much more to your browsing experience (open in new tab, for instance) and has built in pop-up blocker.

That's my 2 cent worth, although I usually charge $30 an hour onsite to tell people the same thing.

**Thew** · October 7th, 2004, 12:34 AM

what the hell
i went though windows update
and got a failure to install after 10 minutes

**Drau** · October 7th, 2004, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by Peter Hoffman:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Joranthalus:
yeah, sp2 is great, but you gotta go thru the list of everything it breaks and patch them first...

Care to elaborate? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] <hr /></blockquote>I second the motion!!!