RE: Sevice Pack 2

eeh--

I have tried several times to download the file that you recommended. I
have tried to download directly to my laptop computer's desktop and also to
an external drive that has an 80 GB capacity. However, I keep getting a
pop-up that the download was interrupted because the connection to the server
was reset. This laptop is not on a network, uses XP Professional and is
connected to the Internet by DSL.

Any suggestions for downloading?

TIA,
Linda


"eeh" wrote:

> Bill,
> There is another solutions that is much easier.
> For some home users receiving SP2 over different days and a download
> time that takes hours is a lot of hassle.
>
> Instead...Go to the MS SP2 page at:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../winxpsp2.mspx
>
> Choose the "Download and deploy SP2 for Multiple Computers". It's the full
> Service Pac that works for all XP computers and contains all past patches
> and updates. It will take approx 15 minutes to download the 272,391kb file
> over broadband, because it's not being parceled out sloooooooly.
>
> Once downloaded execute the file and it automatically installs all past
> patches you need and then upgrades to SP2. Works for Pro and Home. It only
> requires you to click the button to accept the End User License Agreement and
> click next 2 or 3 times. Works great and has been verified by MS and many
> other posters that it works. Very straight forward and simple. Reboot and
> you're good to go. The EXE file is the key for this upgrade, not WU. So,
> if you are experiencing problems with WU or you just don't have it yet this
> is a much simpler approach and its on your timetable rather than MS's. I
> updated my 4 computers, 2 Pro and 2 Home, this way and it is so very simple.
>
>
> "bill" wrote:
>
> > For several days, there has been an icon in the taskbar tray with the Windows
> > logo.
> > Hovering over the icon it states "Downloading Updates: 0%". Does anyone know
> > why this just sits there and does nothing? I have left my computer on for
> > several days sot that the update can download. Thank you