WinXP SP2 Withdrawn?

According to a posting in 'Dell Talk', Microsoft have temporarily stopped
WinXP SP2 downloads because of bugs in SP2. Does anyone know if this is
true?

I've certainly been having probs in downloading SP2. As recommended, I
switched on 'Auto Updates' about a week ago and nothing seems to be
happening. (I've got XP Home and a broadband connection).

Cheers,
John
[To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']

No rumors here but then what do I know? The only thing I do know is that
SP2 will take some time to appear in everyones WU due to the sheer volume
(100+ million downloads)

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
Pentium4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.
"john" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> According to a posting in 'Dell Talk', Microsoft have temporarily stopped
> WinXP SP2 downloads because of bugs in SP2. Does anyone know if this is
> true?
>
> I've certainly been having probs in downloading SP2. As recommended, I
> switched on 'Auto Updates' about a week ago and nothing seems to be
> happening. (I've got XP Home and a broadband connection).
>
> Cheers,
> John
> [To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']
>
>

Hi Peter

Many thanks for your posting. I've been chatting to people on other
newsgroups and have now decided to steer well clear of SP2 for a while
because there seem to be so many reports of problems. I have switched
'Automatic Updates' off!

Cheers,
John
[To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']



" <0spam0 AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:...
> No rumors here but then what do I know? The only thing I do know is that
> SP2 will take some time to appear in everyones WU due to the sheer volume
> (100+ million downloads)
>
> --
> Peter.
> Toronto, Canada.
> Windows XP Home SP2.
> Pentium4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.

john wrote:
> According to a posting in 'Dell Talk', Microsoft have temporarily
> stopped WinXP SP2 downloads because of bugs in SP2. Does anyone know
> if this is true?
>
> I've certainly been having probs in downloading SP2. As recommended,
> I switched on 'Auto Updates' about a week ago and nothing seems to be
> happening. (I've got XP Home and a broadband connection).
>
> Cheers,
> John
> [To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']

Did not hear that. I downloaded the full SP2 network-install just on this past Monday.

On the Auto updates, take a good look inside (at the bottom) your Windows Update.log file.
On your C drive (that's usually the case. If you have multi-boot setup, you'll know where to look).
Your Windows is either at C:\Windows or C:\WINNT (like Pete).
Then if it is V4 of Windows Update, look for file Windows Update.log (space after *s* , before *U*)
For V5, no space WindowsUpdate.log

Use Notepad or Wordpad to open & view contents. Scan down to the very bottom. Copy the set of lines for that last session-date & paste back into a reply in here.

You may see some "Error" for your last session with Automatic Updates. Or it may have posted the "next" scheduled date-time.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Hi "Maurice N ~ MVP"

Thanks for your posting. I did as you said and found a file "Windows
Update.log" (i.e. space after *s*, before *U*, so must be V4).

But then I also found a file "WindowsUpdate.log" (i.e. no space, so V5). I
copied the set of lines for the last session: these are below:-

2004-08-24 17:19:05+0100 792 4c0 Service Main starts
2004-08-24 17:19:05+0100 792 4c0 Using BatchFlushAge = 29824.
2004-08-24 17:19:05+0100 792 4c0 Using SamplingValue = 529.
2004-08-24 17:19:05+0100 792 4c0 Successfully loaded event namespace
dictionary.
2004-08-24 17:19:08+0100 792 4c0 Successfully loaded client event namespace
descriptor.
2004-08-24 17:19:08+0100 792 4c0 Successfully initialized local event
logger. Events will be logged at
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.lo g.
2004-08-24 17:19:08+0100 792 4c0 Successfully initialized NT event logger.
2004-08-24 17:19:08+0100 792 4c0 Successfully initialized event uploader 0.
2004-08-24 17:19:08+0100 792 4c0 Reopened existing event cache file at
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache\{ADCE45 AE-BD83-47A6-A91B-271AD0D5
C447}.bin for writing.
2004-08-24 17:19:08+0100 792 4c0 Successfully initialized event uploader 1.
2004-08-24 17:19:09+0100 792 4c0 WU client with version 5.4.3790.2182
successfully initialized
2004-08-24 17:19:09+0100 792 4c0 Service status is now SERVICE_RUNNING
2004-08-24 17:19:10+0100 792 378 Successfully opened event cache file at
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache\{ADCE45 AE-BD83-47A6-A91B-271AD0D5
C447}.bin for reading.
2004-08-24 17:19:11+0100 2172 888 Trying to make out of proc datastore
active
2004-08-24 17:19:15+0100 2172 888 Out of proc datastore is now active
2004-08-24 17:19:15+0100 792 378 PT: Using serverID
{9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2004-08-24 17:19:16+0100 792 378 PT: Using server URL
https://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...ce/client.asmx
2004-08-24 17:19:16+0100 792 378 PT: Using serverID
{9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2004-08-24 17:19:17+0100 792 31c Service received connect notification
2004-08-24 17:19:17+0100 792 378 PT: Using server URL
https://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...ce/client.asmx
2004-08-24 17:19:17+0100 792 378 URL for server is
http://v5stats.windowsupdate.microso...ebService.asmx
2004-08-24 17:19:17+0100 792 378 Trying to upload 7 events using cached
cookie.
2004-08-24 17:19:21+0100 792 378 DetectCompressionType returning type 0,
hr=0x1
2004-08-24 17:19:21+0100 792 378 Successfully uploaded 7 events.
2004-08-24 17:19:21+0100 792 378 Deleted event cache file at
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache\{ADCE45 AE-BD83-47A6-A91B-271AD0D5
C447}.bin.
2004-08-24 17:19:54+0100 792 4c0 start delayed initialization of WU client
2004-08-24 17:19:54+0100 792 4c0 WU client successfully loaded ongoing
download call {3806F3AD-31F1-4920-BDC6-7F7B56B2F2C8} from datastore
2004-08-24 17:19:54+0100 792 4c0 WU client succeeded to load 1 persisted
Download Calls
2004-08-24 17:19:54+0100 792 4c0 Client Call Recorder finished delayed
initialization
2004-08-24 17:19:55+0100 792 4c0 AU is disabled, not initializing any
handlers
2004-08-24 17:19:55+0100 792 4c0 AU finished delayed initialization
2004-08-24 17:25:08+0100 2172 888 Out of proc datastore is shutting down
2004-08-24 17:25:09+0100 2172 888 Out of proc datastore is now inactive


Like Chinese to me, I fear!

Cheers,
John
[To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']

<> wrote in message
news:...
john wrote:
> According to a posting in 'Dell Talk', Microsoft have temporarily
> stopped WinXP SP2 downloads because of bugs in SP2. Does anyone know
> if this is true?
>
> I've certainly been having probs in downloading SP2. As recommended,
> I switched on 'Auto Updates' about a week ago and nothing seems to be
> happening. (I've got XP Home and a broadband connection).
>
> Cheers,
> John
> [To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']

Did not hear that. I downloaded the full SP2 network-install just on this
past Monday.

On the Auto updates, take a good look inside (at the bottom) your Windows
Update.log file.
On your C drive (that's usually the case. If you have multi-boot setup,
you'll know where to look).
Your Windows is either at C:\Windows or C:\WINNT (like Pete).
Then if it is V4 of Windows Update, look for file Windows Update.log
(space after *s* , before *U*)
For V5, no space WindowsUpdate.log

Use Notepad or Wordpad to open & view contents. Scan down to the very
bottom. Copy the set of lines for that last session-date & paste back into
a reply in here.

You may see some "Error" for your last session with Automatic Updates. Or
it may have posted the "next" scheduled date-time.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

I don't see an outright fail error. It appears that it may have re-scheduled the next scan for downloading.

Please take care when looking at the Windows registry, and if you do know how, take a look at this key & its sub-keys, where you may find the scheduled download date-time :
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Win dowsUpdate\Auto Update

In any event, starting on August 25th, the website at Windows Update will begin to offer interactive on-line selection of XP Service Pack 2.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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