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James Silverton
Well, I finally got SP2 downloaded, no mean feat with a phone
connection, and it *did* install. The first shut-down was agonizingly
slow but, surprisingly enough, things have speeded up after a few
shut-downs and shutting down is now faster than before the up-date.
However the "automatic update" function still has more bugs than is
reasonable. The computer offers to install updates before they have
finished downloading and goes into a repeated endless sequence of
Windows updates are being installed. {THE FULL STOP JIGGLES ALONG A
BIT}
Do not turn off or unplug computer. It will turn off automatically.
{IT NEVER DOES}
A reset is necessary to get it out of the idiotic sequence.
In a later session, I carefully ascertained that the down-load was
complete: about 4 Gigs! It then became apparent that Microsoft has
learned nothing since, unasked, it writes temporary files to my USB
hard disk (my back-up device). The only way to get the update to work
is to demount the USB disk. This is just what happened before SP2 but
I thought they might have noticed.
After the attempts to instal incomplete versions of the update, there
were also stubborn demands, after messages of "computer has recovered
from a serious error" to send a report to Microsoft. When I finally
allowed a report to be sent, the Web Page displayed "Microsoft cannot
determine" etc.
Do the geniuses at Microsoft ever test anything?
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA
connection, and it *did* install. The first shut-down was agonizingly
slow but, surprisingly enough, things have speeded up after a few
shut-downs and shutting down is now faster than before the up-date.
However the "automatic update" function still has more bugs than is
reasonable. The computer offers to install updates before they have
finished downloading and goes into a repeated endless sequence of
Windows updates are being installed. {THE FULL STOP JIGGLES ALONG A
BIT}
Do not turn off or unplug computer. It will turn off automatically.
{IT NEVER DOES}
A reset is necessary to get it out of the idiotic sequence.
In a later session, I carefully ascertained that the down-load was
complete: about 4 Gigs! It then became apparent that Microsoft has
learned nothing since, unasked, it writes temporary files to my USB
hard disk (my back-up device). The only way to get the update to work
is to demount the USB disk. This is just what happened before SP2 but
I thought they might have noticed.
After the attempts to instal incomplete versions of the update, there
were also stubborn demands, after messages of "computer has recovered
from a serious error" to send a report to Microsoft. When I finally
allowed a report to be sent, the Web Page displayed "Microsoft cannot
determine" etc.
Do the geniuses at Microsoft ever test anything?
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA