Windows SP2 issue

wellcome to the sp2 stuff up well thats what i call it,I installed it and it removed my networking.crashed broadband connection.among a fell other things could not make sense of my pc . so to the pld add remove and goodbye sp2 forever.

Evening all

I have personally installed this sucker on 3 computers in the past week.

(1) Month old Laptop - no issues

(2) 4 month old desktop - Windows explorer continually went into hang mode when opening the 'tree'

(3) Brand new Laptop (same as above one) - once SP2 was installed none of the external access ports would work. ie Telephone cable, USB, ethernet.

Only solution so far has been to remove the mongrel of a thing.

I have heard of numerous other complaints that have 'flooded' my computer supplier, and the only available 'fix'they can offer is to uninstal it.

Good luck and have a good one

Ken Robinson

Like buying the first of a new model car....you never be the first to install a new major patch!! I still rember NT4 service pack 5 on servers...

Leroy

truckster did u get the cd

Thanx Bruce, Broadband here is Satellite only, and yes its going on this month, maybe I'll use the rollback function until its here, or put up with it, I just want to know what ticked thing to untick as its ticking me off

Rex
not yet.

Bonz..
Google for SP2 issues.. your browser will melt down.
but not everyone has them.. weird chit

was sent over a week ago???

hahahaha jokes on me, I went thru the will I wont I thing and Andrew (a different one) assured me he hadn't had problems as did lots of other happy SP2 recipients.

So jump in the deep end, have a problem and all the other ones fall out of the woodwork, I should have posted this BEFORE I installed it hahahahahaha

Guess I found a problem, thanx CA. I waited a bit but still jumped too bloody warly hahahahah

I'll add my twopence worth too ....
After I upgraded to SP2 my 1.8Ghz/1Gb RAM PC took up to 1 minute to open IE6 (to ExploreOZ), and MS Outlook emails took up to 15 seconds to open. (Optus 2Mbps cable).
After removing SP2 and thus reverting to SP1 it now takes perhaps 2 seconds to open IE6 and the emails open immediately.
The old expression about "pioneers get arrows in the back" applies once again and so I've asked my wife to thump me if she hears me say that I'm going to upgrade this or that - I'll stay one release behind whatever MS put out.

had a similar issue with SP1 for XP

Lost modem connection....could not get it back...some areas of setup greyed out...
Rang microsoft and afetr they took credit card details the tech support person took me way way back into registry and we made a back up of a particular file and deleted it...went to create new ADSL connection and no probs

Some months later I had hard disk failure so went took oportunity to upgrade computer. Loaded xp and started working setting evrything up and went on my way for a couple of weeks. Relaising i hadnt put SP1 on i installed it....same thing happend lost ADSL connection & could not get it setup. Rang microsoft and agin after taking my credit card details escorted me thru same proceedure.

A yr or so later I upgraded again and guess what, same problem. Only happens after sp1 loaded...3 differnt machines so it cant be hardware...rang microsoft who again help me delete file and I asked what it might be ...probably a software conflict but they dont know with what. Could be anyone of a number of programmes?
works okay on my sons comp....but he doesnt have some programmes I have like quickbooks and shareanalyser??? I wonder if its one of these...

Although Microsoft took credit card details on all occasions they did not charge me. Standard practice to take card details just in case it aint their fault I guess?