{SP2} Help

Mitosis · October 12, 2004, 03:01 PM

As some of you may know I reformatted recently do to some problems with my machine. I haven't installed SP2 yet because I don't know if it is the best solution. When I did have it installed on my computer I would get a lot of errors and have problems with their firewall. Is installing SP2 my best choice? If not, any suggestions on a better firewall? Thanks in advance.

dxoigmn · October 12, 2004, 03:37 PM

Don't use a firewall? You can disable the firewall in SP2.

Mitosis · October 12, 2004, 04:11 PM

Yes I know that, but when I installed SP2 before there was problems with the Windows Explorer.

dxoigmn · October 12, 2004, 04:24 PM

SP2 and Windows Explorer work fine for me. Perhaps you had some sort of virus?

iago · October 12, 2004, 05:35 PM

Umm, did you read his post? He wants to go to SP2, and wants to know if there are any side effects.

74% of people surveyed (out of a few thousand, I think) had no side effects. Less than 3% had critical (can't boot). So odds are pretty good.

We've had no problems at work installing it, and generally it seems ok.

dxoigmn · October 12, 2004, 05:49 PM

Quote from: iago on October 12, 2004, 05:35 PM
Umm, did you read his post? He wants to go to SP2, and wants to know if there are any side effects.

I did read his post and he said "When I did have it [Windows XP SP2] installed on my computer I would get a lot of errors and have problems with their firewall." I was commenting about that.

Edit: He also said "Yes I know that, but when I installed SP2 before there was problems with the Windows Explorer." Which I was also commenting about.

Mitosis · October 12, 2004, 06:59 PM

Alright I guess I will install it.

muert0 · October 12, 2004, 11:37 PM

Certain model Dell's will kill theirselves with SP2 but that is the only problem I've heard with it.

I went and looked it up it's a problem with Dell D600 laptops. If you have earlier than BIOS rev A12 you can experience hard drive corruption.

Someone with a emachines 1.8ghz AMD experienced the same thing but he doesn't know the model number.

Stealth · October 13, 2004, 12:28 AM

Quote from: muert0 on October 12, 2004, 11:37 PM
I went and looked it up it's a problem with Dell D600 laptops. If you have earlier than BIOS rev A12 you can experience hard drive corruption.

Interesting - my Latitude D505 had no problem with SP2.

muert0 · October 13, 2004, 01:00 AM

Yeah. Here's where I got it from if you're interested.
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=261307
And the info on the E-machines. Not as concrete but I thought I might should warn people just in case.
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=261351

dxoigmn · October 13, 2004, 01:29 AM

Quote from: Stealth on October 13, 2004, 12:28 AM
Quote from: muert0 on October 12, 2004, 11:37 PM
I went and looked it up it's a problem with Dell D600 laptops. If you have earlier than BIOS rev A12 you can experience hard drive corruption.

Interesting - my Latitude D505 had no problem with SP2.

Same, my D800 has no problems either...but I upgraded the bios before SP2 came out.