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SP2 - worth it?
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Is SP2 worth downloading? I hear you have major problems to setup/sahre a wireless netowrk and I cannot be arsed to to pee about with it.
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i've installed it ...not noticed anything different at all.
didn't microsoft threaten to sue magazines for distributing it's service packs? o_O
maybe it was only in america.
I think they did, yes. But they seem to have relented as most of the service pack discs look "official".
You should install the service pack. Most of the problems it introduced, if any, are down to the automatic enabling of the firewall, and they can be worked around by any competent person.
for someone on dial up it would take forever.
See, i would say im relatively computer competent, when i installed sp2 it gave me nothing but grief, and i tried fidling around the the windows firewall on and off, and with norton firewall on and off but nothing worked so i gave up...
I still think im relatively pc competent but ii couldnt fix the problem.
theshyboyinthecorner mentioned a few weeks ago something about how he changed 10 something to 1000 but i currently cant remember what that was or indeed How to do that...
I'd go for it mate.
shyboy patched his tcp/ip stack to support more than 10 connections per port, so that bittorrent etc worked faster
If it's an old pc you may find you have so much crap on there that it may be worth a full reinstall , personally i have a windows xp with sp2 intergrated onto it, with an unattended install so I can just put the disc in press a few buttons and in 20/30 mins i'm in windows xp
I dont think i will bother with it then
Even so, only about an hour and a biy ;<
"It was supposed to screw half my system, everything's fine. There are programs you can't use with it, but it comes with replacements. Like winzip Vers 6. but it comes with a zip program."
What do you mean? I didn't know it came with anything else.
It's not like buying a PS2 with splinter cell included. It's a intergrated part of SP2. Like you right click and zip, which for other windows versions you'd have to have a zip program installed, but SP2 includes it, like it includes minesweeper.
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My point is he didnt tell me what he was doing so i dont know whats been changed and fiddled with
and terrorists, dont forget them!
Generally-speaking, once a service pack is part of the standard Windows update, then it is safe to install. Only when it is a beta you are at most risk. For the computer enthusiasts amongst us, only install a beta service pack on a secondary computer. Always make backups on your primary computer!
Regarding XP SP2, there is a list being maintained on the programs that are known to conflict such as Nero.