FYI SP2 download causing computer lockups

[Jmax]

Turned on the computer this morning ,and every 20 or 30 seconds it would
freeze up requiring a softboot to get it going again. Finally I saw in
Windows Task Manager that automatic update was consuming nearly 100% of the
CPU available. I turned off automatic update, set it to notify me of update
,but not to download or install. Rebooted, and it did not freeze up. Then
I was notified I had updates pending down load. I proceeded with download
and 10 minutes I was advised that SP2 was downloaded and ready to install.

Now I am hesitant to install SP2 as I have been reading of the problems it
is causing on some computers. Whatever happened to the days of turning on
your computer of a morning and working all day without spending all your
time trying to figure out what to or not to fix next?

 

[QWERTY]

Turned on the computer this morning ,and every 20 or 30 seconds it would
freeze up requiring a softboot to get it going again. Finally I saw in
Windows Task Manager that automatic update was consuming nearly 100% of the
CPU available. I turned off automatic update, set it to notify me of update
,but not to download or install. Rebooted, and it did not freeze up. Then
I was notified I had updates pending down load. I proceeded with download
and 10 minutes I was advised that SP2 was downloaded and ready to install.

Now I am hesitant to install SP2 as I have been reading of the problems it
is causing on some computers. Whatever happened to the days of turning on
your computer of a morning and working all day without spending all your
time trying to figure out what to or not to fix next?

Can we have some posts about positive experiences with the installation of
SP2 please. It's looking kinda scary from reading the posts in this forum.

 

[Jmax]

I stumbled across this today. If you are interested in SP2 you might want
to read. Lots of stuff here and I am still in the process of reading.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/index.htm

 

[stell]

Before installing SP2 on my daughter's laptop running XP Home, I deleted
temps and cookies, AV scan, adaware, spybot, defragged, closed all other
programs. The install went without a hitch. The only problem I encountered
was getting her wireless connection to work. I got an "Invalid IP address"
message. I tried repair and windows explorer wanted to access the internet,
I told it no. The repair didn't work so I did all the "newbie"
stuff....uninstall, reinstall, etc. still no go. I tried the repair again
and this time let windows explorer connect and Voila it was fixed and she
was online. <sigh> Wish I knew why win explorer needs to access the
internet. Would have saved me some time.

 

[Gene K]

Can we have some posts about positive experiences with the
installation of SP2 please. It's looking kinda scary from reading the
posts in this forum.

Here is a positive one! Had only a couple of minor problems which I may have
caused [I do not qualify for the "brightest in the building" nor the "think
before you act" awards nor frankly the "throughly read all the instructions
first" award either] my self.

 

[Maureen]

Can we have some posts about positive experiences with the
installation of SP2 please. It's looking kinda scary from reading the
posts in this forum.

Here is a positive one! Had only a couple of minor problems which I may
have caused [I do not qualify for the "brightest in the building" nor the
"think before you act" awards nor frankly the "throughly read all the
instructions first" award either] my self.

Completed my update this afternoon with no problems whatsover. 40 minutes
to download then around 20 to install. I think I have tried out most of my
software plus printer and, so far so good.

 

[Gordon]

Can we have some posts about positive experiences with the
installation of SP2 please. It's looking kinda scary from reading the
posts in this forum.

Certainly. I installed the Network Download on a three-year old Toshiba
Tecra 9000 ( 30GB HDD and 768MB RAM) with NO problems whatsoever. All my
apps (Office 2002) seem to be working perfectly OK!