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Doug
Hi,
I've tried twice now to install SP2 without much luck. Well, the actual
install seems to go smoothly enough, but once installed, windows XP freezes
immediately. I know it had something to do the right click menu, since
every time I tried to right click anything the system would freeze. I
"might" get the main drop down menu, but no sub menus. At any rate, I
uninstalled SP2 and everything worked fine. So at that point, I uninstalled
DivX software, and used a program (can't remember the name off hand) to
disable all the right click extensions. Installed SP2 again, and the
problem came back.
I checked and rechecked for a possible virus, malware, or spyware. Nothing
found. I suspect there is some program on this computer that is causing
this, but what it is I do no know. I really hate to uninstall every program
one by one just to test this. Other than that, does anyone have any
suggestions?
I have a Dell Dimension 8200, 2.4G P4, Windows XP SP1, 768 MB Rambus RAM.
Thanks!
~ Doug
PS. Up until SP2 I have installed every update without a hitch. Windows
Update has always worked flawlessly. I don't really need the SP2 update
right now I suppose, since I don't have any problems with spyware, spam,
malware, etc. At least not that I know of. That being said, I suspect I
will need SP2 in the future if/when Windows Update requires that SP2 is
installed before installing any further updates:-(
I've tried twice now to install SP2 without much luck. Well, the actual
install seems to go smoothly enough, but once installed, windows XP freezes
immediately. I know it had something to do the right click menu, since
every time I tried to right click anything the system would freeze. I
"might" get the main drop down menu, but no sub menus. At any rate, I
uninstalled SP2 and everything worked fine. So at that point, I uninstalled
DivX software, and used a program (can't remember the name off hand) to
disable all the right click extensions. Installed SP2 again, and the
problem came back.
I checked and rechecked for a possible virus, malware, or spyware. Nothing
found. I suspect there is some program on this computer that is causing
this, but what it is I do no know. I really hate to uninstall every program
one by one just to test this. Other than that, does anyone have any
suggestions?
I have a Dell Dimension 8200, 2.4G P4, Windows XP SP1, 768 MB Rambus RAM.
Thanks!
~ Doug
PS. Up until SP2 I have installed every update without a hitch. Windows
Update has always worked flawlessly. I don't really need the SP2 update
right now I suppose, since I don't have any problems with spyware, spam,
malware, etc. At least not that I know of. That being said, I suspect I
will need SP2 in the future if/when Windows Update requires that SP2 is
installed before installing any further updates:-(