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Posted: 8/16/2004 5:48:48 AM EDT
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Upgraded about 15 computers here, so far all have been a-ok.
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Posted: 8/16/2004 5:49:13 AM EDT
[#2]
Been running SP2 since RC1 without issue.
Since RC2 MS did manage to intergrate Symantic's firewall but not AV with the new Windows Security Alerts application. NAV is the biggest, or second biggest, AV on the planet, and a MS partner, yet they can't do a status check on the product? About two lines of code would do it. Paul --->  <---Bill Gates
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Posted: 8/16/2004 5:49:43 AM EDT
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Update seemed to go well. 802.11 connections work much better, faster. Pop-up blocker is cool and works well. But every so often I get a "Windows must reboot" pop-up that I never did before. That's bad. Typical MS. Two steps forward etc.
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Posted: 8/16/2004 5:51:28 AM EDT
[#4]
faster wireless?
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Posted: 8/16/2004 6:09:32 AM EDT
[#5]
Installed it on four identical Dells (same model, bought same day, with drives copied from a fresh install), and one works fine and the other three won't boot. Figure that one out.z
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Posted: 8/16/2004 6:10:57 AM EDT
[#6]
34 systems. No issues.
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Posted: 8/16/2004 6:30:12 AM EDT
[#7]
Other than windows firewall not playing well with zone alarm and semantic (It's on by default) and power management, cd-rom and soundcard issues. It seems to be ok.
Our laptops and road warriors don't like it but the issues are settling out. Best advice I can give folks having problems is: 1) Use msconfig.exe to kill all your TSRs 2) Restart 3) Set power management to Desktop/always on 4) Restart 5) Gradually turn stuff back on in msconfig 6) Find the problem app and update it 7) If no problem apps. Flash BIOS to fix power management issues. The above came out of a SUS rollout to more than 2500 machines. Note that we had quite a few machines come up with "missing file" errors on the install. You can just skip the file but the install will be hosed either way. (format and reload with a streamlined SP2 disk to fix this error) Hope you find this helpful |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 8:22:01 PM EDT
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Installed on 4 of my computers with no problems, installed on two other persons computers, no problem. Installed it on a third persons computer and the damn thing kept rebooting. Did a system repair (HP computer) and was able to recover without having it on his system. I won't put it on anybody else's but my own computers now.
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Posted: 8/18/2004 10:22:34 AM EDT
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I used XP for the past week or so while waiting for my new video card. Once it arrived I went back to using linux.
Friends don't let friends use Windows. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:27:58 PM EDT
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The best thing about SP2 is the uninstall. Not too bad! Of course, I waited for the second release of SP1 before I installed that. So I will wait for SP2 second release before I install that garbage again. I have never installed an update from Microsoft that slowed my computer down so much that I couldn't surf the web, or control my security settings.
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Posted: 8/22/2004 3:43:17 PM EDT
[#11]
3 computers
Running way better than before. Jay |
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Posted: 8/28/2004 6:09:07 AM EDT
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Well I updated yesterday. I had to so my XP computer would recognize the 160 gig hard drive. It wanted to only give me 137 gig. Cheap skate.
Any way it seems to be doing OK for me. Not to sure if I like the pop up blocker, time will tell. |
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Posted: 8/28/2004 6:15:54 AM EDT
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i just downloaded mine, no problems yet
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Posted: 8/30/2004 4:25:02 PM EDT
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Several machines here and at work. Only a few firewall issues where we needed to allow certain traffic for applications.... thats about it.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:39:51 PM EDT
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no issues here. had to turn off the virus protection and firewall as i already use symantec's. i noticed when it boots it doesn't say 'windows xp professioanl' anymore, just 'windows xp.' can't comment on the effectiveness of the pop-up blocker either as i have been using google's for a long while.
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Posted: 9/1/2004 2:46:00 PM EDT
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Had to remove it from one of the four computers I have it on. Computer would lock up any time I right clicked any icon. Only appears to happen on that one computer. Disappeared when XP SP2 removed. This is a home built computer, all four are, so it could be a compatibility issue with some hardware i.e. video card or driver that may not be in the other computers.
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Posted: 9/2/2004 12:10:59 PM EDT
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Works fine here,,, had to disable windows firewall as I had another one.. but did test it some seems to work just fine. Popup blocker is good..
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