If Ms is not coming out with a sp2a, then how come 4 ppl i know who are Ms Beta testers are now test

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There are no beta testers testing SP2a as there is no such thing.
You are getting false information from a highly unreliable source.

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| maybe what dell is telling its customers is true then
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| robin
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Maybe you should check your sources too because it would not make any sense
that 4 ppl have this sp2a and they got it from microsoft

i just rechecked and this is what he told me in my email
" You are correct, unless MS changes mine. The lastest beta we have to test
is labelled sp2-A.
I thought it was sp3 but that is just what the software guys put on CD. "

I emailed him back asking him for more info about this- when i get it I will
post it here

robin
 
robin said:
maybe what dell is telling its customers is true then

robin
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If these people you know are really Microsoft beta testers, then
they would not legitimately be able to tell you what they're testing.
They'd have signed Non-Disclosure Agreements.


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i would just hate to fight with this sp2 again- then find out in a month
there is a revision called sp2-a
So I will try to get more info before i go and put this on my computer again
robin
 
Q. "Maybe you should check your sources too...."

A. I did. There is no SP2a (Windows XP) beta testing going on.
SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not be changed.

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| Maybe you should check your sources too because it would not make any sense
| that 4 ppl have this sp2a and they got it from microsoft
|
| i just rechecked and this is what he told me in my email
| " You are correct, unless MS changes mine. The lastest beta we have to test
| is labelled sp2-A.
| I thought it was sp3 but that is just what the software guys put on CD. "
|
| I emailed him back asking him for more info about this- when i get it I will
| post it here
|
| robin
 
robin said:
Maybe you should check your sources too because it would not make any
sense that 4 ppl have this sp2a and they got it from microsoft
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You know at least 4 liars or 4 idiots. I'm very sorry to be the one to break
this to you.
 
Q. "Maybe you should check your sources too...."

A. I did. There is no SP2a (Windows XP) beta testing going
on. SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not
be changed.
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[q]
SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not be changed
[/q]

Yeah.....that is a real Microsoft style statement.
Why then do many people have problems getting SP2 installed or
get it to work?

Please have a look at my question here and maybe rephrase the
above statement:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment

Upgrade from SP1 to SP2: ntdll.dll error
 
Wouter said:
Q. "Maybe you should check your sources too...."

A. I did. There is no SP2a (Windows XP) beta testing going
on. SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not
be changed.
Click to expand...

[q]
SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not be changed
[/q]

Yeah.....that is a real Microsoft style statement.
Why then do many people have problems getting SP2 installed or
get it to work?

Please have a look at my question here and maybe rephrase the
above statement:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment

Upgrade from SP1 to SP2: ntdll.dll error
Click to expand...

Well, it is not SO MANY in reality. It is very few that have problems. When you come into the MS venues, and see SP2 problems (as was the same thing when SP1 came out), you are not going to see people come here to post how great things are, rather, to get help with issues. Considering that there has been well into the millions of dowmloads of SP2, I think the issue encounters are extremely fractional at best.
 
No such thing as SP2a - you are being bamboozled by 4 people.

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I beg to differ,
read all the articles about sp2
read other newsgroups from ppl that are having so many problems
talk to Dell like I did and let them tell you the hundreds of phone calls
they are getting about problems on sp2.
Sure you might not see alot here but this is only one newsgroup among
hundreds

It makes so many new changes to Xp, not like sp1 which was a breeze to put
on.
I followed all the advice from everyone in here and many websites that gave
good advice on how to install it and I still had problems and had to
uninstall it.

That is why if there is even a micro chance that MS is going to revise it- I
for one am going to wait and see!

I did install it on my ibm lap top and there i was lucky but not with my
desktop, Alot installed it in a "breeze" and so many installed it and are
crying now.

Maybe beta testers should be regular ppl instead of techies- those are the
ones that have most of the problems, at least MS would get a broad view of
what is going on with people's computers before they send out something so
big that complicates and messes up a whole lot of computers "out there"

robin





robin

Wouter said:
Q. "Maybe you should check your sources too...."

A. I did. There is no SP2a (Windows XP) beta testing going
on. SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not
be changed.
Click to expand...

[q]
SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not be changed
[/q]

Yeah.....that is a real Microsoft style statement.
Why then do many people have problems getting SP2 installed or
get it to work?

Please have a look at my question here and maybe rephrase the
above statement:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment

Upgrade from SP1 to SP2: ntdll.dll error
Click to expand...

Well, it is not SO MANY in reality. It is very few that have problems. When
you come into the MS venues, and see SP2 problems (as was the same thing
when SP1 came out), you are not going to see people come here to post how
great things are, rather, to get help with issues. Considering that there
has been well into the millions of dowmloads of SP2, I think the issue
encounters are extremely fractional at best.
 
I have a Dell, and Dell has an excellent SP2 site regarding how to prepare for SP2. Seems some didn't sign up for their advisories through emails. You still need to keep in mind, that it is very fractional at best, considering the millions of SP2 installed, otherwise, MS would be on their heels, and going under, if it were so catastrophic. Don't spread FUD, and take care of your PC before you install things you think should just be plug-n-chug, which isn't how PCs work!


robin said:
I beg to differ,
read all the articles about sp2
read other newsgroups from ppl that are having so many problems
talk to Dell like I did and let them tell you the hundreds of phone calls
they are getting about problems on sp2.
Sure you might not see alot here but this is only one newsgroup among
hundreds

It makes so many new changes to Xp, not like sp1 which was a breeze to put
on.
I followed all the advice from everyone in here and many websites that gave
good advice on how to install it and I still had problems and had to
uninstall it.

That is why if there is even a micro chance that MS is going to revise it- I
for one am going to wait and see!

I did install it on my ibm lap top and there i was lucky but not with my
desktop, Alot installed it in a "breeze" and so many installed it and are
crying now.

Maybe beta testers should be regular ppl instead of techies- those are the
ones that have most of the problems, at least MS would get a broad view of
what is going on with people's computers before they send out something so
big that complicates and messes up a whole lot of computers "out there"

robin





robin

Wouter said:
Q. "Maybe you should check your sources too...."

A. I did. There is no SP2a (Windows XP) beta testing going
on. SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not
be changed.
Click to expand...

[q]
SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not be changed
[/q]

Yeah.....that is a real Microsoft style statement.
Why then do many people have problems getting SP2 installed or
get it to work?

Please have a look at my question here and maybe rephrase the
above statement:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment

Upgrade from SP1 to SP2: ntdll.dll error
Click to expand...

Well, it is not SO MANY in reality. It is very few that have problems. When
you come into the MS venues, and see SP2 problems (as was the same thing
when SP1 came out), you are not going to see people come here to post how
great things are, rather, to get help with issues. Considering that there
has been well into the millions of dowmloads of SP2, I think the issue
encounters are extremely fractional at best.
Click to expand...
 
Robin see below

Tom,
I even had a small problem. I fixed on my own. Hard to turn off the
Dep protection. You need to read this newsgroups and others there
are a lot of problems with xp sp2. I still don't think it secure-but
that for another thread. I have not had time to prepare what I think
is wrong with security ix xp sp2.


Robin, It theses groups you could post 1,000,000 million problem.
But you will still get people like Tom to say something is wrong.

I used to be like Tom, saying it must be you. I waving to the other
side.


Greg R
 
Corrected Post

Robin see below

Tom,
I even had a small problem. I fixed on my own. Hard to turn off the
Dep protection. You need to read this newsgroups and others there
are a lot of problems with xp sp2. I still don't think it secure-but
that for another thread. I have not had time to prepare what I think
is wrong with security in xp sp2.

Robin, In theses groups you could post 1,000,000 million problems.
But you will still get people like Tom to say something nothing is
wrong must be you.

I used to be like Tom, saying it must be user error. Now, I waving
to the other side.


Greg R
 
Greg R said:
Corrected Post

Robin see below

Tom,
I even had a small problem. I fixed on my own. Hard to turn off the
Dep protection. You need to read this newsgroups and others there
are a lot of problems with xp sp2. I still don't think it secure-but
that for another thread. I have not had time to prepare what I think
is wrong with security in xp sp2.

Robin, In theses groups you could post 1,000,000 million problems.
But you will still get people like Tom to say something nothing is
wrong must be you.

I used to be like Tom, saying it must be user error. Now, I waving
to the other side.
Click to expand...

Funny thing is, I never stated anything about "user errors". If you're going to quote and reply, at do so within the context, and not put words in that were not put there before. Again, everyone has an opinion, and feels SP2 broke their PCs. Considering how many downloads there have been of SP2, the problems are again VERY FRACTIONAL, in comparison to how many have been downloaded and installed.

These very same opinions and claims came around when SP1 was released, downloaded and installed. There was a plethora of posted complaints. Instead of stating it is a bad SP, one should take care of their PCs, and do a check list (as MS provided) on what "to do" before installing a major pack (almost another OS build).
 
Carey said:
Q. "Maybe you should check your sources too...."

A. I did. There is no SP2a (Windows XP) beta testing going on.
SP2 installs and performs just fine and will not be changed.
Click to expand...

What a joke ROFL
 
well i called MS and they would not confirm or deny a sp2-a
in fact he avioded the question by saying "if you want to wait until the end
of the month to reinstall sp2 that is ok too"

with not a firm -no there is no sp2-a coming ot= this tends to make me
believe somthing is coming on thw horizon so i am goona wait and see
robin
 
Robin
WHY don't you just wait and see and not keep changing what you say about
where and when,
IF there is going to be any form of "New"SP2 it will be as patches/updates.
Why would MS scrap the present SP2 and have to start over?
 
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