OK, let me see if I can better explain the sequence of events here.
I was reading an article on Windows-Help.NET about version 5 of Windows Update and I did not consider beforehand what would happen when I clicked on the 'Public Preview' link.
Cause what happened was it installed version 5. Then once it was installed I changed the setting to manual and started looking around. When I saw that it wanted to install SP2 I clicked no and closed the window.
About 30 minutes later XP opened a balloon window stateing that updates were ready for download. I meant to close the window but clicked in it instead starting the download!
On a DSL connection the download took about 20 minutes and the subsequent install around 1 hour and 40 minutes. The re-boot was where the process hung.
This morning I re-booted and the pc started just fine. SP2 is installed and everything looks like it's working. So far.
Well after several failed reboots, finding that I could not access my external harddrive and a lot of small odd things happening: I uninstalled SP2.
So far everything seems back to normal, although I did get a message from MSN Messenger stating that it was going to have to repair itself. But it seems to be working ok.
SP-2 RC-2 version 2162 beta is out now for those that like to try things out. I have the sp-2 rc-2 running on my computer for the last few weeks and everything is just fine, no problems. SP-2 final will be released in the next two to three weeks.
SR
Dell Dim 4400 ( Purchase June 2002 ) 2.6 ghz (Upgraded from 1.7 ghz) 400 Mhz bus 512 Mb DDR 2100 Ram Windows XP Home SP-2 RC-2 version 2162 Roadrunner Cable modem 17 Inch Dell 1703 FP monitor 15 Inch NEC 1560 NX LCD Dell sound bar for monitor Microsoft firewall SP-2 RC-2 version 2162 AVG 6.0 Free edition anti virus Gainward Nvidia Ti 4200, 128 Mb video card USB 2.0 and 1.1 48 X CDRW SAMSUNG SW-252S Bios A06 APC CS 500 UPS Back up 250 watt (345 max) power supply
It takes toooooooo long. I installed it and my system became so slow I uninstalled it. In addition it deleted some of my loaded software. The uninstall took 2-3 hours. What a waste of time.
@GreekThunder wrote:
It takes toooooooo long. I installed it and my system became so slow I uninstalled it. In addition it deleted some of my loaded software. The uninstall took 2-3 hours. What a waste of time.
That's why I told you guys out there it's not even ready yet in my last month post. The 266MB pre-release specially for NT-pro IT only. Thus, it will killing you and your system to download such a big size. But for your infor, SP2 has just released last week(August 25th) for home and personal user officially. It's about 72MB of size and it will download and install smoothly. Just follow what it ask and you'll be safe. I had it download and it works pretty good on my system except my personal Firewall had a conflic with this SP2, I unistalled the Firewall and now my system run like a new machine! New SP2 has its own enhanced Firewall and security system, so I think it should be good enough for my protection at the moment.
So, guys and girls.. go and download the newly released SP2 and get the one for home/personal user only... forget the big 266mb. Rushing will only kill you in the end !
SP2's firewall still only protects you from things trying to get in not from things already on your system trying to get out. So I'll just hold on to my Zonealarm for awhile to prevent just such an occurence from taking place. I also want to see what other software has problems before I install so I am reseaching the websites of all the companies I have software from to determine if there will be a problem or not. Some of them say that they are still testing, so I'll wait for now.
I just tried installing Windows XP SP2 update and it failed 3 times. I'm wondering if this is not a blessing in disguise. I received error code 80072EFD and couldn't find reference to it on Microsoft's troubleshooter website. I never had problems with updates before. I'm interested to hear about the experiences of others with this update. I've not seen too many positive comments in other forums.
BT
Dell Inspiron 600m, MS Windows XP Home Ed, ver 2, SP1, Intel Pentium M 1400MHz, 1.40 GHz, 512 MB RAM
FYI...BebeT
I only download SP2 one time...and it work just like that without a problem. After download and installation of SP2,
I clean all cookies - clean all internet files - clean all junks file - and lastly defrag my system.
Then I open SP2 newly security section under control panel and found out it didn't see my personal Firewall in which I was using Sygate Firewall. I went to uninstall Sygate and get EZ-firewall from microsoft and there it work amazingly fine with Security section recognised all my systems such like Antivirus - Firewall and programs in my HD. So far SP2 works really good for me.
I didn;t use automatic update anyway...however it's always ON in my system. have you tried to get SP2 manually with automatic update ?? Is it you got the error mid-way of downloading SP2 or during installation os SP2 ??
Normally SP2 should work on any XP base OS without any problem... unless if your internet connection having some distortion or some of your program trying to block it from downloading...check if your Firewall is the one blocking your SP2 downloading ?? If it is your firewall...disable it and try again dawnload SP2...
please be more details of your problem so we chould somehow help you out...
Me_Myself -Thank you for your reply. I do work behind a corporate network firewall that could be preventing the download. I intend to try and download from home. Just haven't gotten around to it yet....late night meetings and classes. sigh. Since I haven't had problems in the past, I originally didn't think this was the reason, but it could very well be.
ricmaelj - Thank you for your response as well. I started to fill out the information for the free CD before I wrote my posting but then I saw all these negative comments about the release and I decided to look for more information in this forum. I thought somebody might know what the error message meant since it is very close (-EFF instead of -EFD) to one that MS has posted on their website.
This does not sound like a positive experience to me. This is what I want to avoid. What I would like to understand is why some are having so much trouble and others are having none. I still haven't had time to try from home. I don't see the value in upgrading if I'm having no trouble now and I may have trouble if I upgrade.
From what I'm reading it appears that the combination of your current system configuration and what applications you have installed are causing some of these problems. The first time (and thus far the only time) I tried to install SP2 (before the offical release date) the installation hung up and I had to reboot. When I re-booted everything appeared fine. When I attempted to boot again I started getting strange error messages. So I uninstalled SP2 and restored my systems settings. But in fairness I suspect that my problem was because I had both the firewall and Norton AV running when the download and install were running and this may have caused some problems.
I thought I had seen a tool that you could run against your PC to find any software that may have a problem with SP2 as I cannot find it maybe I was dreaming.
ricmaelj
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July 24th, 2004 10:00
OK, let me see if I can better explain the sequence of events here.
I was reading an article on Windows-Help.NET about version 5 of Windows Update and I did not consider beforehand what would happen when I clicked on the 'Public Preview' link.
Cause what happened was it installed version 5. Then once it was installed I changed the setting to manual and started looking around. When I saw that it wanted to install SP2 I clicked no and closed the window.
About 30 minutes later XP opened a balloon window stateing that updates were ready for download. I meant to close the window but clicked in it instead starting the download!
On a DSL connection the download took about 20 minutes and the subsequent install around 1 hour and 40 minutes. The re-boot was where the process hung.
This morning I re-booted and the pc started just fine. SP2 is installed and everything looks like it's working. So far.
ricmaelj
46 Posts
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July 24th, 2004 12:00
Well after several failed reboots, finding that I could not access my external harddrive and a lot of small odd things happening: I uninstalled SP2.
So far everything seems back to normal, although I did get a message from MSN Messenger stating that it was going to have to repair itself. But it seems to be working ok.
More if I find out anything.
hsmom
64 Posts
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July 25th, 2004 02:00
Me_Myself
33 Posts
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July 30th, 2004 16:00
We only using SP1 currently...
Thirdrockfromsu1
366 Posts
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July 30th, 2004 18:00
SP-2 RC-2 version 2162 beta is out now for those that like to try things out. I have the sp-2 rc-2 running on my computer for the last few weeks and everything is just fine, no problems. SP-2 final will be released in the next two to three weeks.
SR
Dell Dim 4400 ( Purchase June 2002 )
2.6 ghz (Upgraded from 1.7 ghz)
400 Mhz bus
512 Mb DDR 2100 Ram
Windows XP Home SP-2 RC-2 version 2162
Roadrunner Cable modem
17 Inch Dell 1703 FP monitor
15 Inch NEC 1560 NX LCD
Dell sound bar for monitor
Microsoft firewall SP-2 RC-2 version 2162
AVG 6.0 Free edition anti virus
Gainward Nvidia Ti 4200, 128 Mb video card
USB 2.0 and 1.1
48 X CDRW SAMSUNG SW-252S
Bios A06
APC CS 500 UPS Back up
250 watt (345 max) power supply
GreekThunder
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August 27th, 2004 01:00
Me_Myself
33 Posts
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August 29th, 2004 05:00
That's why I told you guys out there it's not even ready yet in my last month post. The 266MB pre-release specially for NT-pro IT only. Thus, it will killing you and your system to download such a big size. But for your infor, SP2 has just released last week(August 25th) for home and personal user officially. It's about 72MB of size and it will download and install smoothly. Just follow what it ask and you'll be safe. I had it download and it works pretty good on my system except my personal Firewall had a conflic with this SP2, I unistalled the Firewall and now my system run like a new machine! New SP2 has its own enhanced Firewall and security system, so I think it should be good enough for my protection at the moment.
So, guys and girls.. go and download the newly released SP2 and get the one for home/personal user only... forget the big 266mb. Rushing will only kill you in the end !
ricmaelj
46 Posts
0
August 29th, 2004 10:00
BebeT
19 Posts
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August 30th, 2004 12:00
I just tried installing Windows XP SP2 update and it failed 3 times. I'm wondering if this is not a blessing in disguise. I received error code 80072EFD and couldn't find reference to it on Microsoft's troubleshooter website. I never had problems with updates before. I'm interested to hear about the experiences of others with this update. I've not seen too many positive comments in other forums.
BT
Dell Inspiron 600m, MS Windows XP Home Ed, ver 2, SP1, Intel Pentium M 1400MHz, 1.40 GHz, 512 MB RAM
ricmaelj
46 Posts
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August 31st, 2004 13:00
Here is the address to order the free SP2 CD from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx
If you are interested.
Me_Myself
33 Posts
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August 31st, 2004 13:00
I only download SP2 one time...and it work just like that without a problem. After download and installation of SP2,
I clean all cookies - clean all internet files - clean all junks file - and lastly defrag my system.
Then I open SP2 newly security section under control panel and found out it didn't see my personal Firewall in which I was using Sygate Firewall. I went to uninstall Sygate and get EZ-firewall from microsoft and there it work amazingly fine with Security section recognised all my systems such like Antivirus - Firewall and programs in my HD. So far SP2 works really good for me.
I didn;t use automatic update anyway...however it's always ON in my system. have you tried to get SP2 manually with automatic update ?? Is it you got the error mid-way of downloading SP2 or during installation os SP2 ??
Normally SP2 should work on any XP base OS without any problem... unless if your internet connection having some distortion or some of your program trying to block it from downloading...check if your Firewall is the one blocking your SP2 downloading ?? If it is your firewall...disable it and try again dawnload SP2...
please be more details of your problem so we chould somehow help you out...
All the best !
BebeT
19 Posts
0
August 31st, 2004 16:00
Me_Myself -Thank you for your reply. I do work behind a corporate network firewall that could be preventing the download. I intend to try and download from home. Just haven't gotten around to it yet....late night meetings and classes. sigh. Since I haven't had problems in the past, I originally didn't think this was the reason, but it could very well be.
ricmaelj - Thank you for your response as well. I started to fill out the information for the free CD before I wrote my posting but then I saw all these negative comments about the release and I decided to look for more information in this forum. I thought somebody might know what the error message meant since it is very close (-EFF instead of -EFD) to one that MS has posted on their website.
halvvi
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August 31st, 2004 20:00
I went to windows update and it downloaded sp2, set restore point backed all files and rebooted... never to return.
I spoke with microsoft PAID tech support for 3 hours and we uninstalled the sp2 upgrade and the system still did not reboot in any mode.
So, I bought a new hard drive and installed xp sp1 and copied all my good data to it. I'm still working on it.
There is an IT professional sp2 upgrade available which I installed and it workes fine now.
Have fun
BebeT
19 Posts
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September 1st, 2004 11:00
ricmaelj
46 Posts
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September 1st, 2004 13:00
From what I'm reading it appears that the combination of your current system configuration and what applications you have installed are causing some of these problems. The first time (and thus far the only time) I tried to install SP2 (before the offical release date) the installation hung up and I had to reboot. When I re-booted everything appeared fine. When I attempted to boot again I started getting strange error messages. So I uninstalled SP2 and restored my systems settings. But in fairness I suspect that my problem was because I had both the firewall and Norton AV running when the download and install were running and this may have caused some problems.
Here is Microsoft's site for troubleshooting SP2 problems: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;windowsxpsp2
I thought I had seen a tool that you could run against your PC to find any software that may have a problem with SP2 as I cannot find it maybe I was dreaming.
Message Edited by ricmaelj on 09-01-2004 09:18 AM