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Old June 23rd, 2004, 02:01 AM
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Arrow Windows XP Service Pack 2, (Release Candidate 2)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../winxpsp2.mspx
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 02:06 AM
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Oh yeah almost forgot itz still beta.

Seems there is a big load on the update site it is taking for ever to download. Strange thing is that i had the auto update featured turned off.
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 03:44 AM
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If you contact your local Microsoft office they will post you SP2 free of charge when it is made available to the public.Saves a lot of downloading !!!
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 06:25 AM
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Thanks I did not know that. Have you been able to download it yet? My download has been stuck at 74% for a few hours guess I am going to reboot.
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 07:31 AM
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Cool
Finally got it to work, took two reboots, and then there was no indication of a download, a lot of hard drive crunching, and presto.



Damn thing turned on all the services I had disabled... Including system restore. I don't like that one bit, where is that bug report form?
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 07:54 AM
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System Restore is a good one to keep on. You might find that the firewall is also on (Security in control panel).
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 01:43 PM
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Sound like a company person. I no like system restore and do not use it. I have other things in place that I like better, like backups, and years of computing experience, must be at least a million years worth here alone. Router and ZA in place, as well as too many layers to list here. Come and get me you bad guyz!!
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 05:23 PM
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Finally got it to work, took two reboots, and then there was no indication of a download, a lot of hard drive crunching, and presto.
Goto Automatic Updates and choose the settings you want.
I think there are settings to
Download and Install
Download but notify before install
Notify when downloads are available
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Old June 23rd, 2004, 11:06 PM
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The new XPSP2 seems to care little for what my wishes are concerning this. Some good features but if MS tries to cram them down the user's throat they'll choke. I guess it is hard to find a balance. Most of the problems are because users do not keep their OS updated. I have no solution, but I do like several of the enhanced features I have explored thus far.

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