I might bite bullet on SP2..but!

[Tom]

Can I back it out easily? or when SP2 becomes official, can I upgrade from
SP2-RC1 to the 'real' SP2? Or do I have to nuke my box reinstall the OS and
then install it.

Cheers
Tom

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

One should not install the SP2 RC1 beta on a computer that
is vital. Only install it if you understand the ramifications of
using beta software since you may end up reinstalling your
Windows XP operating system. And no, one cannot "upgrade"
from SP2 RC1 beta to the released version later on. You'll
have to uninstall it first.

There is a new newsgroup dedicated to SP2 beta you should post to.
Please visit the following website for information:

Welcome to Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview Newsgroups
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=xpsp2&slcid=us


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Can I back it out easily? or when SP2 becomes official, can I upgrade from
| SP2-RC1 to the 'real' SP2? Or do I have to nuke my box reinstall the OS and
| then install it.
|
| Cheers
| Tom

 

[Plato]

Can I back it out easily? or when SP2 becomes official, can I upgrade from
SP2-RC1 to the 'real' SP2? Or do I have to nuke my box reinstall the OS and
then install it.

There is currently no "real" SP2.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Tom;
First of all SP2 is a Release Candidate not the release version due in
a few months.
Because of that, do not install on a production machine or any machine
with data you value.
RC1 is intended for evaluation and testing.
RC1 is unsupported and strictly at your own risk.

Once installed, SP2 can be uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs.
It is best to uninstall RC1 SP2 before installing the release version.

 

[S.Heenan]

Can I back it out easily? or when SP2 becomes official, can I upgrade
from SP2-RC1 to the 'real' SP2? Or do I have to nuke my box reinstall
the OS and then install it.

Don't bother unless you feel a real need to reinstall your OS. SP2 RC1 has
several bugs, none of which affected stability, all of which were annoying.
ie. fonts, loss of C & P, etc. It did not offer an uninstall option. YMMV

 

[Tumbleweed]

Don't bother unless you feel a real need to reinstall your OS. SP2 RC1 has
several bugs, none of which affected stability, all of which were annoying.
ie. fonts, loss of C & P, etc. It did not offer an uninstall option. YMMV

Hmm, that sounds very similar to windows xp itself.

 

[Testy]

Don/t bother. It gave me constant crashes. Besides I figured I don't use
XP's firewall, don't use Outlook Express, don't use Internet Explorer, and
don't use automatic updates,,,,so there is not much it in for me personally.

Testy

 

[Chris Lanier [MVP]]

LOL...

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[TonynMI]

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!! Yes I am shouting. I tried it this
weekend. After 6 hours of downloading (Cable 13Mb), 48
minutes install I received an error message that would not
let me continue. It took me another 20 minutes to back it
out. Not worth the effort. Another bigggggggggg file of
nothing. If you try, GOOD LUCK!!

 

[Sam]

I am trying to setup and visit the Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview
Newsgroups based on the information given in the URL below. I entered all
of the listed information but the newsgroups will not download. After I
setup the server account, it asks if I want to download the newsgroups and I
click yes. The newsgroups will begin to download very briefly but then a
small logon dialog box appears with the User Name and Password filled in. I
click on the OK button and the newsgroup will again try to download, but the
logon dialog box will appear again, and so on. No luck on the newsgroup
download. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated, Sam.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You'll have to uninstall the SP2RC1 before you can install the
final version. Should you decide to install it , you'll notice that
you're not given a choice of archiving the old systems files (to
facilitate the removal of the service pack) or not; it just happens.
Unless something goes wrong, however, you shouldn't have to nuke your
system.

Bruce Chambers

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[Sharkman]

Just curious.. I'm very happy with zone alarm and popup killer and I
understand that sp2 has something similar to these apps. Is it easy to
select what functions I want to add to my system when I install sp2? Anybody
here know?
Thanks

 

[S.Heenan]

Just curious.. I'm very happy with zone alarm and popup killer and I
understand that sp2 has something similar to these apps. Is it easy to
select what functions I want to add to my system when I install sp2?
Anybody here know?

If you're "very happy" with your current setup, do not install SP2 RC1. It's
still very much a beta. The firewall does add outgoing protection this time
around.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Just curious.. I'm very happy with zone alarm and popup killer and I
understand that sp2 has something similar to these apps. Is it easy to
select what functions I want to add to my system when I install sp2?

Hi

There is no options to not install the functions, but you can enable
and disable them as you want after the installation is finished.

 

[CZ]

If you're "very happy" with your current setup, do not install SP2 RC1.
It's
still very much a beta. The firewall does add outgoing protection this time
around.

S:

What have you experienced re: outgoing protection in SP2 beta?
In have not seen any outgoing protection in either build 2055 or 2096 (RC1).

TIA

 

[CZ]

Just curious.. I'm very happy with zone alarm and popup killer and I
understand that sp2 has something similar to these apps. Is it easy to
select what functions I want to add to my system when I install sp2? Anybody
here know?

Sharkman:

The installation basically installs all items.
I have seen it be somewhat selective re: the Windows Firewall settings that
it enables.
It is easy to disable most items.

I have run ZA free and BID in SP2 RC1 w/o problems.

 

[wojo]

I've had no problems what-so-ever with SP2 the firewall is much more
controllable and the pop-up stopper actually works (even on sites that my
provious FREE pop-up stopper failed to work on)
What I'm curious about though is does anybody know a good site to TEST the
firewall?

 

[CZ]

I've had no problems what-so-ever with SP2 the firewall is much more
controllable and the pop-up stopper actually works (even on sites that my
previous FREE pop-up stopper failed to work on)
What I'm curious about though is does anybody know a good site to TEST the
firewall?

wojo:

http://grc.com/default.htm

Scroll down to the ShieldsUp hotlink

 

[Alex Nichol]

Can I back it out easily? or when SP2 becomes official, can I upgrade from
SP2-RC1 to the 'real' SP2? Or do I have to nuke my box reinstall the OS and
then install it.

You have to use the uninstall back to as it was; nuke and reinstall; or
(what I do) have an image backup of the prior state of things to
restore.

 

[Tom]

thanks everyone for your input. Sorry I couldn't reply. I forgot about this
post until now. Reason I was interested was merely for the firewall and
testing the popup protection, but I think I can wait.

My XP is running nicely now and I don't think I'm going to break that right
now. My data and stuff is always backed up to DVD.. I could suffer a dual HD
crash and not be too upset(oh wait, that happened last week) but thanks
again.. to the MVP's telling me to post on the SP2 newsgroup, I knew that,
thanks. I didn't think subscribing to a newsgroup to ask 1 question about
SP2 was required, thus my reason for posting here.


Thanks again, everyone.
Tom