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Have You Tried SP2 Yet?

I'm curious as to how many people have actually tried Service Pack 2 and how many of those people have experienced problems with it.

Kamex
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133 posts since May 2004
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I installed it on one computer after a fresh install and had no problems. I think most problems that occur are due to conflicts with some software that was installed prior to the SP2 Ugrade, or due to malware on the system. Anyone thinking about upgrading should read through this thread first:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread10031.html

dlh6213
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3,117 posts since Jul 2004
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I'd agree. If your system is in a mess, installing a Service pack won't 'fix' it. Clean the system up first, or format and start over. The Service pack is designed to strengthen Security measures, so you need to give it a chance to do so.

Software which gives problems afterwards may simply be 'badly behaved'. For some programs you need to set 'exceptions' to the security measures put in place.

Catweazle
Grandad
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4,335 posts since Mar 2004
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Yeap, and rolling it out on all of the computers at work as they come in for cleaning :)

Zachery
The Geek Father
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894 posts since Nov 2003
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Upgraded without any problems... thankfully :D

KeithMcL
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34 posts since Oct 2004
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Installed on one computer so far. Turned off the XP firewall since the computer has Zonealarm installed. Zonealarm brought up a number of alerts about changed programs (as expected) but no other problems so far.

felgall
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50 posts since Aug 2004
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I've had no problems with it and have it on quite a few (20+?) machines now. The only weird thing I've seen so far, is that on my machine when I sign into windows messenger in a particular way, it resets the font size on my tooltip boxes... very weird, but nothing really problematic.

qt 3.14159
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This article has been dead for over three months

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