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July 18th, 2005 00:00

SP2

Over the past year, I've installed SP2 about 4 times. Each time the computer slows down for some functions, e.g., the icons for MY COMPUTER take about 3 minutes to appear on the screen. Also,Dell Image Expert won't function and other items don't work properly. I've tried using Spyware and the other suggestions in Troubleshooting Windows XP Service Pack 2 Errors/Problems, but nothing helps. Each time, I uninstalled SP2 and the computer returns to normal. From what I've read, SP2 isn't all that important as long as I have a good anti-virus and firewall program. SP2 doesn't seem to be worth the trouble. Any comments? Thanks.
  • simpswr

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    Posted July 18th, 2005 12:00

    Did you do the things reccomended here?
     
    I have installed SP2 on well over 100 pc's and have yet to have a problem that was not easily corrected. 
     
    wrs
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    Posted July 19th, 2005 13:00

    Without knowing the details of your system, it is impossible to help . . there are some critical updates to some Dell models for SP2.

    wrs

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    Posted July 19th, 2005 13:00

    Thanks for your input, Simpswr. I installed Adaware, which got rid of a lot of stuff my other spyware program didn't, got latest updates for my Dell, but not the Bios updates yet. So far, same results.