Jim,
Microsoft issued a reg key that IT staff could distribute to "block" pc's from pulling the SP2 update. Automatic updates keeps working for other critical security updates but SP2 is side stepped when this key is found on any client pc. Anyone can read about it on Microsoft's webpages for WinXP.
Microsoft has even announced that the block will be effective beyond the initial 180 days to April 12, 2005.
Also surprising your IT guys would be loading SP2 on production machines and not test beds.
B H
"Jim Sloey" <> wrote in message news:20FEE4B9-D81B-4837-846B-...
: I've made the mistake of relying on the update site to keep my machine
: current and protect against the never ending supply of security holes in MS
: operating systems.
: Unfortunately this has on occasion gotten me into trouble with updates that
: are full of bugs and not completely tested.
: The XPsp2 update is a prime example of one of those mistakes and a poster
: child for not using automatic updates. My wireless connections no longer work
: through a router, the VPN connections to my office fail even when hardwired,
: IE fails to connect, and returning to the windows update site produces Error
: number: 0x80240030 which doesn't resolve using any of the tips.
: Uninstalling sp2 does no good and the machine is essentially trashed and
: useless.
: I will be spending hours reloading from scratch but I will not be alone.
: As I walk through the office I hear various 4 letter words floating over the
: partitions and cries for install disks from IT professionals with 10-20 years
: experience. Most have been up all night trying desparately to get this latest
: mess cleaned up. This fiasco even made the local news papers as MS once again
: has blown it big time and crippled unsuspecting users and businesses.
: Fortunately I have 4 machines at home and 2 others in work in addition to my
: now crippled laptop (which was only a few weeks old and non-critical).
: Warn your friends and recommend this update to only your worst enemies.
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: JS
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