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WAit a second, there's a problem with SP2 and AMD 64 processors?
Going to get a whole newsystem tommorrow that includes a AMD Athlon 64....any way to get around said problem with SP2?
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Quote originally posted by dlh6213 ...
A link to some more useful information:
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#C...Service_Pack_2
I should have included this when I originally posted, but this link is useful if you're getting an error message that says "unable to read from or write to the database".
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Problems connecting after upgrading to SP2? Try this SP2 Update from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

(Thanks to antioed for finding this)
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Upgraded to SP2 and now Defragment doesn't work? Try this:
Go to the Control Panel and open Administrative Tools; double-click on Services, scroll down to Windows Installer, right-click on it and select Properties. Change Startup Type to Automatic. Reboot and try Defrag again.

For links to more advice and tips, check this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread11701.html

(Thanks to Catweazle)
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Article written by TallCool1 with lots of good info:
http://www.ameritech.net/users/mpr_support/XP-SP2.html
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Quote originally posted by dlh6213 ...
Problems connecting after upgrading to SP2? Try this SP2 Update from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

(Thanks to antioed for finding this)
If that link doesn't work, try this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884020
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Quote originally posted by Mastadex ...
An article I read not too long ago about SP2 and its encounters with dell computers. Here is the link:

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/win...9165428,00.htm

For those that don't really want to read it, its basically telss you how people with dell computers (mainly laptops) have had performance decreases. I have noticed on my computer too, it being at 2.8Ghz (800FSB, 1MB L2 Cache) was running alower then my PII 450Mhz.
Hopefully this is of some assistance to some.

Rather on the same note, since it may be a Dell laptop issue - I have a Dell Inspiron 5150, I was doing a complete re-install of the OS the other day, and patched everything up before bothering to install other software. Microsoft Office 2003 could not complete installlation with SP2 applied :eek: - it asked if the (default) install folder was had permission/was there, checked and everything fine. ReInstalled OS and all software then patched, works fine now
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Trouble with laptop hibernating after upgrading to SP2? Try this link:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...6673~mode=flat

(Thanks to caperjack!)
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I heard that SP2 has problems with your already installed firewall like mcaffe or whatever!That SP2 goes head to head with your firewall & had to uninstall the service pack b/c of it!Have u heard of any problems like this?
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You didn't need to uninstall SP2 because of this, you just need to disable the XP firewall as McAffe (as well as most others) is better anyway. The XP firewall is better then nothing for those that don't have anything else. You should give SP2 another try.
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