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SP2 :)

Windows XP sp2 express Install - English :)

XP sp2 express Install - English

I think I will wait a few weeks :D

I'd suppose the Single comp update will be out soon. I'll wait for that one. Nice find though!

Hell no, I'm not going to touch it. You touch it. :lol:

I ordered the CD. *shrugs* I'm in no rush and I don't even have my new computer built yet, but I don't know if I want to defile my brandy new comp with it...=p ( kidding, I'll prollay throw some form of windows on it when it's done, cause I do need it for some things.)

Been touching it since early beta.....:D

/MrSoftie beta tester

You can use this file to up-date a Single comp :)

SP2 Is running great on all of my PCs.

You can use this file to slipstream SP2 Into your copy of XP. :D

Is that the final version? I'm using SP2 RC2.

Yes, this Is the final version. :D

Wewt, downloading at 400 kb/s !

I'm hovering around 150kb/s with my humble DSL connection.

Ha! I'm geting it at 1.33 MB/sec... or roughly 1331 kb/s

[edit] I just realized I'm a nerd... I was bragging about my bandwidth :(

When I sent SP 2 from my computer to my brother's in the next room through AOL Instant Messenger, it was going at 2,500kb /s, so I beat you. Well, not really, since it was over a LAN. But still...

I installed it just fine.

*shrug*

Dunno why people get so worried.

I'll wait a while. Soon I will want to reinstall anyway, so if SP2 goes bad, I will just reinstall.

i have a burned copy of office xp for trial and educational purposes. does anyone know if sp2 will affect it in anyway?

Downloaded it off the net at 2.5MB/sec from MSFT's website (mmm, SONET) - and proceeded to have it fail to install on my workstation. However, it worked fine on all of my home machines. So now it's time to kick around the office and find out what security setting I broke.

Xepidemic: it shouldn't affect it. As far as I know, OS Service Packs don't check validity of software (even MSFT software).

much like SP1, not going on my system anytime soon

Not much use to me, but for those so inclined, there's a torrent here.

Are you serious? SP1 was programmed to kill installations of XP with blacklisted serials

Only keys starting with FCKGW. SP2 blocks other well known keys, but most go through.

I just installed it, no probs here. Except for the stupid firewall it installs (even though I told it not to), it seems to be running fine.

I also notice a speed boost as well. Nice. :)

A little birdie told me that if the key is indeed on the block list, SP2 will install fine, but Windows Update will be disabled. However, if the key is randomly generated by a certain program starting with a "k" and ending with a "eygen", Windows Update will continue working after installing SP2.

ok, so why are some of you not wanting sp2, or even worse sp1.

whats wrong with them, you do realise that if you run a pre sp1 xp you are open to a number of vulnerabilities and unstabilities .

let alone the speed increase. if you have a game, do you not patch it. this is surely the same thing, if not more important

What's the best place to keep an eye on how XP/SP2 installations are going? I know where to track Mac stuff well, but not general information Windows sites.

Have dome the SP2 upgrade on my box. Not much to say really. Doom3 still works, which I guess is the main thing :)

The firewall is a bit crappy so I'm still using Kerio which is better IMO. However, SP2 doesn't recognise it so keep asking me if I want to "correct the problem" and turn on the XP SP2 firewall. On the bright side SP2 does recognise AVG Anti-virus so doesn't warn me about having no virus protection.

Not looked at the IE changes as I use Firefox so they've not very intersting to me.

Neowin. Lots of info in the forums.

I installed SP2 last night, and I think it's a good upgrade. I think the firewall does a fine job; better than nothing.

However, the security center didn't recognize my antivirus software (AVK) and kept bugging me, so I just disabled it.

There's no excuse for not running SP1, but SP2 has had a number of well documented compatibility problems--crashing machines, corrupting data on hard drives... A whole lot of things a lot of people dont want to deal with, myself included. Once its been out for a couple of weeks and we know it works pretty well, then Ill upgrade.

Microsoft is well know for causing compatibility issues with their service packs. We (my companies IT dept) usually hold off on installing SPs for our users for a little while. Especially, until we have tested the SP sufficently.

It turns out that the issue installing SP2 on my work machine was a corrupted local security database (C:\windows\security\database\secedit.sdb). Fun times indeed :-/

The only other instance of anyone ever having that problem on the entire internet was a guy who decided to just reformat the machine. However, I finally managed to uncorrupt the database - and then SP2 installed with no problems at all.

So far I've got SP2 installed onto 8 different computers, 6 different hardware platforms. No problems on any platform. Some with the firewall turned on, some with turned off.

I don't see any reason to hold back on upgrading to it, unless you've got some exotic hardware configuration. Time to work on rolling it out to the users.

installed sp2 last night, worked on my machine all day today. I havent noticed any performance increase at all.

a key easy enough to fix with the proper tools.

Question. My HP didn't come with an xp cd, so I'm currently making an sp2 slipstream from a cd from a different computer. Will it work if I give it the key from my HP even though it's not the HP cd?

It may work, If both CD's are a OEM version, or a retail version.

If your CD was a OEM CD, and the other CD Is a retail CD, you can edit the "setupp.ini" file on the new CD to accept your key.

I have sent you a PM :)

Both were OEM, but I managed to make it into a retail. This way, I can repair windows without a reformat, right? Either way, thanks.

Not us. We just copied IBM and sent a directive to not install this patch to all our users. So far we have a workstation running DB2 that has issues with the patch. Plus, we run quite a few propietary apps and have about as hetrogeneous of an environment as is possible.

I think our directive came out before IBM, but we all have the same stance "don't use it until we can test it".

Anyways, Microsoft does have a history of releasing patches that still have holes in them... It'll be interesting to see when they release the next critical security update.

Our company has had this policy since a horrible experience with what I believe was an NT SP. I think it was the original SP 6. It broke so many apps and servers that they had to uninstall it. Thus, the paranoia.

i am waiting. SP2 apparently causes major headaches for development in .net, which I do a lot of....I don't need anymore headaches than I already have.

especially for a developer. :)
Y'all already have a tough enough job.