SP2

[Guest]

I just installed SP2 which was sent by Microsoft. So I go the Windows Update
site and it tells me that I need to install SP2, which is 75MB.
What's this all about?????????
I am getting inundated with SP2!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this the new flavor of the month SP2? The one I was sent is RC2 which
supposedly is the final edition?????????

 

[Shane]

I just installed SP2 which was sent by Microsoft. So I go the Windows
Update
site and it tells me that I need to install SP2, which is 75MB.
What's this all about?????????
I am getting inundated with SP2!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this the new flavor of the month SP2? The one I was sent is RC2 which
supposedly is the final edition?????????

RC stands for Release Candidate. RTM is final edition. How on earth did you
manage to both obtain and install a beta version of SP2 without realising
it? If your post was riddled with spelling mistakes one might conclude that
you didn't read too well, but you are clearly quite literate. Didn't you
read anything?


Shane


Shane

 

[Guest]

I think the perception of literacy is more a case of anger rather than
illiteracy.
MICROSOFT sent me the release candidate 2 and I knew what, this yet another
inane acronym in technogy stood for, from the beginning.
The problem is that RC2 is useless then and I will need to order RTM. Now
this acronym I am not aware what it stands for. What does RTM mean?
Bottom line then, I should toss in the GARBAGE the CD microsoft sent me!
And RE-ORDER all over again this RTM? Or will there be another FINAL edition
of the RTM?
This is what makes dealing with this company so hopeless!

 

[Bob Eyster]

The reason this is happening is cause the RC2 you receive has expired and
the final release is on the update site.

When did MS send you the CR2 CD?


Bob Eyster

 

[Guest]

September.
What does RTM stand for then?

The reason this is happening is cause the RC2 you receive has expired and
the final release is on the update site.

When did MS send you the CR2 CD?


Bob Eyster

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I think the perception of literacy is more a case of anger rather than
illiteracy.
MICROSOFT sent me the release candidate 2 and I knew what, this yet
another inane acronym in technogy stood for, from the beginning.
The problem is that RC2 is useless then and I will need to order RTM.
Now this acronym I am not aware what it stands for. What does RTM
mean?
Bottom line then, I should toss in the GARBAGE the CD microsoft sent
me! And RE-ORDER all over again this RTM? Or will there be another
FINAL edition of the RTM?
This is what makes dealing with this company so hopeless!

Released to Manufacturing.
ie: Finished.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I just installed SP2 which was sent by Microsoft. So I go the
Windows Update
site and it tells me that I need to install SP2, which is 75MB.
What's this all about?????????
I am getting inundated with SP2!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this the new flavor of the month SP2? The one I was sent is RC2
which supposedly is the final edition?????????

The reason this is happening is cause the RC2 you receive has
expired and the final release is on the update site.

When did MS send you the CR2 CD?

September.
What does RTM stand for then?

Released to Manufacturing.
ie: Finished.

RC2 is "Release Candidate 2" - not "Released to Manufacturing", so.. Not
Finished.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

September.
What does RTM stand for then?

"Release to Manufacturing."

 

[Malke]

September.
What does RTM stand for then?

Release To Manufacturing.
I don't know where you live, but there are many places you can get SP2
without having to order it from MS, although of course you can do that,
and for free. Many computer stores and office supply stores have the
cd's available, and probably many computer magazines do, too. Of course
in the stores you don't have to buy anything.

Here are some links:

Visiting a Service Center to Get SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/ballew_04sept20.mspx

Download full SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Order XPSP2 cd
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

Be prepared before installing SP2:

Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php - See SP2 forums

SP2 Support Center
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?&pr=windowsxpsp2

How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html

SP2 links to OEMs
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/oemlinks.mspx

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm and
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#General

Malke

 

[Tom]

Release To Manufacturing

September.
What does RTM stand for then?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Order SP-2 again, #1 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
Apparently something went wrong if Microsoft sent RC-2 (Release
Candidate 2) instead of RTM (Release To Manufacturing)

I suggest uninstalling RC-2 before installing the RTM:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
See FAQ #2 & #4