Getting SP2 on a dial-up line

[Guest]

I have a dial-up line, and was trying to get SP2. I tried an overnight
download, but that was "timed-out" by my ISP after a couple of hours.

So I ordered the CD-ROM version from Microsoft, and that said that it would
take 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Dismayed, I re-tried the download, and miracle of miracles, Microsoft has
figured out how to resume a download (finally). It had downloaded about
25Mb. overnight, and picked up there. I had to stop the rest of the download
a couple of times to make phone calls, etc. However, each time, the MS
download software was able to resume the download.

So, it took about a day, but I did get it downloaded. If you have a slow
dialup line like me, don't give up hope, it appears that you can do the
download piece-wise.

-Roger

 

[Barry Watzman]

Copies of SP2 on CD are also reportedly available -- free -- at some
retail stores (places like Best Buy, CompUSA, Circuit City, etc.).

I think that the CDs will be out quicker than you think, I already
received mine in the mail from Microsoft, I ordered on the last day
before they took down the web site before the actual release (of coure,
the web site is back up now).

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a dial-up line, and was trying to get SP2. I tried an overnight
download, but that was "timed-out" by my ISP after a couple of hours.

So I ordered the CD-ROM version from Microsoft, and that said that it would
take 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Look around other sources for CDs in the next few days - at least one
magazine has announced it for a cover disk on an issue to be published
at the end of the week, and it is expected that computer stores and the
like may have stocks too