Do I need SP2 as it crashed my system before or can I get patches

I tried SP2 when it first came out and ended up with Microsoft Tech Support
for 3 hours getting rid of the blue screen of death.
The rep finally admitted it was for the people without a firewall, pop-up
blocker, antivirus etc. He admitted it was a mistake for me to have tried.
I have all of these and it conflicted and killed my system before and I have
no interest in removing these then reinstalling. I have no interest in
trusting it won't happen again as my system works fine but now I can get the
newest patches and downloads.
Is there a way to receive these without testing fate and installing a non
needed program?

It seems you and the Microsoft tech misunderstood each other or you were
misinformed.
SP-2 does not replace any of those things.
The protection they provide is needed with or without SP-2.
SP-2 enhanced overall computer security as well as some of those tools:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811113

Most problems installing Service Pack 2 are related to preexisting problems.
All problems, known and unknown, need to be resolved before installing
anything especially something as major as a Service Pack.

Nothing can guarantee no problems, but a computer free of problems is the
best place to start.
Follow the Service Pack Installation Checklist to help ensure the computer
is ready for SP-2:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"SP nightmares" <SP > wrote in message
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>I tried SP2 when it first came out and ended up with Microsoft Tech Support
> for 3 hours getting rid of the blue screen of death.
> The rep finally admitted it was for the people without a firewall, pop-up
> blocker, antivirus etc. He admitted it was a mistake for me to have tried.
> I have all of these and it conflicted and killed my system before and I
> have
> no interest in removing these then reinstalling. I have no interest in
> trusting it won't happen again as my system works fine but now I can get
> the
> newest patches and downloads.
> Is there a way to receive these without testing fate and installing a non
> needed program?