You might want to check around and see if you can order the SP2 CD from
someone/somewhere. It can be ordered from the Microsoft web site here in the
States but out there in the middle of the Mediterranean may be a problem.
Maybe your local Microsoft web site has a link. Having it on CD will prevent
download amd installation delays in the future.
Also, if you try the CD the IT guys made for a second time, I would re-run
the Upgrade Advisor to see if anything had changed.
It has been my experience that a power loss SHOULD not cause major problems
with anything except whatever it is you're working on.
How did you arrive at the conclusion "a firewall was created"? Pretty
magical of a power outage.
Downloading SP2 in pieces is not an option from the downlaod site. I use
GetRight when downloading large files, it will allow you to restart a
downlaod if the downlaod itself is interrupted.
www.getright.com
"Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
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> had installed SP 2 recently.
> installed SP 2 from a disk that was created by IT guys at work.
> though i have Home version, again it semed to work fine.
>
> it worked fine till this past saturday, the power failed island wide.
> my computer was on at the time and system in effect crashed.
>
> sunday i turned on computer, when power returned,
> i found i could not access my wireless connection to the internet.
> i could however access wireless connection to internet only via safe mode.
>
> suspected a firewall was created that i could not penetrate.
>
> i tried and tried to penetrate or change the firewall and when i went to
> firewall portion of SP 2
> in control panel a message said i could not access firewall as "an unknown
> problem occurred."
>
> went to system restore to try and get to system before power failure.
> after many unsuccesful attempts, as i could still not remove or adjust
> firewall,
>
> so, i decided to uninstall SP 2.
> could not uninstall normally from add/ remove programs..
> i was however able to uninstall from safe mode.
>
> i uninstalled SP 2 and my system seems to work fine.
>
> in attempting to download updates, my system tells me the 75 MB update
> will take more
> than seven (7) hours to download, as my IP, though adsl, is extremely
> slow, as i live in malta.
> they sell us 512 k and give us 45 k. no kidding!!!!!!
>
> question, okay i am sure you were wondering when i would get to the
> question:
>
> ought i install/ reinstall SP 2 from the IT disk or allow it to come to
> my computer via update download?
>
> another query: can SP 2 be downloaded in smaller blocks than 75 MB? if
> not, why not?
>
> when my computer tried to download sp 2 update, it has inevitably failed
> during the download process at least four
> times since yesterday.
>
> it is a problem as downloading also blocks my internet connection.
>
> please advise,
> robert in gozo.
>
>
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