SP2 Download

[Karl Neumann]

I run XP Home, have high speed internet cable, 768MB memory and plenty of HD
space, and automatic windows update turned on. This morning the widows
update balloon opened up in the task bar notifying me that SP2 is ready for
download. Clicked the download now button. The window closed and nothing
else happened. I expected a download progress bar and eventual notification
window that the download was complete.

Anyone else experience this?

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I run XP Home, have high speed internet cable, 768MB memory and plenty of HD
space, and automatic windows update turned on. This morning the widows
update balloon opened up in the task bar notifying me that SP2 is ready for
download. Clicked the download now button. The window closed and nothing
else happened. I expected a download progress bar and eventual notification
window that the download was complete.

Anyone else experience this?

Others are reporting the same problem. It should be downloading in the
background, however it appears the servers may be a bit overloaded as it
seems slow for a lot of folks. Have patience, it may take quite a while
for it to pull down what it needs this way.
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[kurttrail]

Others are reporting the same problem. It should be downloading in
the background, however it appears the servers may be a bit
overloaded as it seems slow for a lot of folks. Have patience, it
may take quite a while for it to pull down what it needs this way.

And this is the exact reason why people shouldn't update thru Auto Update.
The slower the download goes, the more chance that it will be corrupted.

To the OP:

DO NOT RELY ON MICROSOFT TO KEEP YOUR OS UP-TO-DATE!

Auto Update adds another layer of BS that can & will go wrong.

Download the IT install of SP2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

MD5 Check Sum:

59a98f181fe383907e520a391d75b5a7

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"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Bobby]

I had the exact same experience earlier this morning and
posted it to the group.

Now, > six hours later, I don't see any sign of a
download and the download icon is gone. I don't know if
there was a partial download or what the status is, nor
if I will ever get the opportunity to download it again.
I also wonder if part of the download is hogging space on
my HD.

Would like to know if there is a way to check the status.

 

[Cooly]

Got to System Information, should show the OS and the version.
Cooly

 

[bullwinkel J. Moose]

I agree with you completely.

And this is the exact reason why people shouldn't update thru Auto Update.
The slower the download goes, the more chance that it will be corrupted.

To the OP:

DO NOT RELY ON MICROSOFT TO KEEP YOUR OS UP-TO-DATE!

Auto Update adds another layer of BS that can & will go wrong.

Download the IT install of SP2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

MD5 Check Sum:

59a98f181fe383907e520a391d75b5a7

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[bullwinkel J. Moose]

That only works if you have "auto-install" which doesn't exist for sp2 as
you have to acknowledge the EULA manually when it is installing.