Re: Giving Up on SP2!

FWIW to people considering uninstalling SP2, Microsoft (Aus) advised me that
any future updates will planned on SP2 and that the computer may prompt for
SP2 to be installed before the update can be installed.

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Regards
Joe
Tasmania
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"Rich" <> wrote in message
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> I'm with you guys. NO don't uninstall it. My install failed twice. It told
> me
> to remove it from the computer and reinstall. Now my graphics, drivers
> everything is hosed up. I'm not a computer whiz and might have screwed up
> somewhere, but I didn't go anywhere or remove anything it didn't tell me
> to.
> I made the mistake of not backing up my files and now I'm screwed.
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> I too am frustrated with this SP2.
>> MS did their trick last week and autoupdated my PC which was running
>> fine until this monster came along. First thing that happen is that all
>> the
>> Networking icons went away in the control panel including the wizards.
>> It also turned off my notebook ehternet adapter( that took a while to
>> find).
>> Now it has a connection that is hot all the time -- But I cannot turn it
>> off
>> and on with icon as before nor see if active or not. Then Norton
>> Anitvirus
>> went nuts and now says there is something wrong with my license and to
>> reinstall - only problem is Add/Remove Program does not work either.
>> The clock consistently looses time - it is now 1 1/2 hiours behind since
>> start of today. What a piece of junk this is -
>> I would like to know if I "uninstall the SP2" will it go back to previous
>> verison of updated pre SP2 XP? I am concerned I will only get in deeper
>> if
>> I try any thing else
>> --- any answers or comments would be appreciated -- MS does not answer
>> the
>> phone right now and probably wont for a few months. --
>>
>> Regards
>> John
>>
>> "Victor" wrote:
>>
>> > After 2 Successful installs, I have decided to abandon the idea of
>> > updating
>> > my system with SP2. Note that I had successful installs. However,
>> > after
>> > installation, below is a laundry list of problems I run into and simply
>> > could
>> > not get any help here or anywhere else to resolve any one of these.
>> > Before
>> > installation, I completely cleaned and defraged and checked for viruses
>> > on my
>> > harddrive. Then disabled Norton Antivirus ( I dont have norton firewall
>> > just
>> > the antivirus):
>> >
>> > 1. My taskbar went missing
>> > 2. Internet Explorer doesn't work very well - e.g I am able to get to
>> > this
>> > newsgroup but can't open any of the discussion threads
>> > 3. My PC continously rebooted after an error message saying RPC
>> > services
>> > terminated unexpectedly. Someone said it was a virus. I downloaded the
>> > fix
>> > for it and the tool said it could find anything!
>> > 4. The new firewall could not start. If I click on the icon in the
>> > control
>> > panle, i get an error message that it could not open the firewall page.
>> > If I
>> > go into services to start it, i get another error message saying the
>> > firewall
>> > service is not available!
>> > 5. My right click key functionality is lost in services. For those
>> > that
>> > come up, I cant get into properties.
>> > 6. Most of the tools on my pc did not work e.g I could not open help
>> > pages.
>> > 7. I couldnt upload digital pictures because the canon software did not
>> > work. I went to canons site and they had an update to the software. I
>> > downloaded it and tried to install it ...I get a cant install messge!
>> >
>> > So what to do? I am sure some folks here have had "insignificant"
>> > problems
>> > or "installation went like a breeze". But for me, it has been alsmost 2
>> > sleepless nights on this. Can't do it anymore. I am done. Will go the
>> > prodent route of installing incremental patches when they come up. My
>> > old
>> > system worked just fine without a hint of a problem. Thanks
>> >
>> > Victor
>> >