WIN XP SP1 and SP 2 whats the diffrience

[Guest]

I have a external lite-on dvdrw sohw-832s drive I have been having problems
with the drivers for it. I have connected it to another computer and it
worked. The only thing is the computer that i checked to see if the drive was
working had win xp SP1 and I have win xp SP2 what is the diffrience and what
do i need to do to get the drive to work on my computer.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a external lite-on dvdrw sohw-832s drive I have been having
problems with the drivers for it. I have connected it to another
computer and it worked. The only thing is the computer that i
checked to see if the drive was working had win xp SP1 and I have
win xp SP2 what is the diffrience and what do i need to do to get
the drive to work on my computer.

SP1 is unsupported, behind and is missing all the patches and upgrades
between it and SP2's release. SP2 is a rollup of updates/patches from SP1
until SP2's release as well as many new features and updates not included in
the patches themselves.

You *should* have SP2 - since it was released in 2004. SP3 is slated for
next year. Your problem with your drive is unlikely to be an SP2 issue.
More than likely updating the USB (motherboard chipset) as well as other
hardware drivers on your machines will remedy any issues you are seeing *if*
they are not hardware issues.