i had error msges in event viewer saying that the device\device\ide\ideport1
did not respond within the timeout period, after a reboot or startup of the
computer
I uninstalled sp2- error msgs went away
I also had problems with norton firewall 2003- it was locking up after a
reboot and sp2 security center was taking over by putting back sp firewall.
this problem I researched and found there is no patch for any of symantec
2003 products.
I felt I could live with this because i was manually going into the security
center and unchecking the firewall and then my firewall would come back to
life- I plan on getting the 2005 firewall when it comes out in Oct to fix
this issue.
I also found my computer slowed down to a crawl- when double clicking icons
it took up to 5minutes for any one in particular to open and when one
finally did open, i found that when i tried to do anything I would get the
"this program is not responding" and had to end task.- this problem i could
not figure out- was it the cd rom that was haning up at startup? or the
problem with norton?
again after uninstalling sp2 the icons now open very fast with no error msgs
Well after opening the computer we did some of our own testing and found
that the second cd rom drive was causing the error msges, did sp2 contribute
to this? well without sp2 i had no errors with- errors.
We then called dell and explained what happened. they sent us a new cdrw
drive which we installed. I do not know if I am going to get the error msg
again till i reinstall sp2. Yes sp2 could be more sensitive to problems and
that is why i was seeing the error msgs but after looking at all the
problems on many newsgroups, I found I am not the only one with problems.
When I had called dell they informed to to uninstall sp2. I had talked to a
level 2 person not the level 1 person and he told me there was going to be a
revision or update to sp2 at the end of sept. I asked him if he was sure
and where he got this info and he said he got it from Microsoft. Well this
is dell i was calling so why not believe him? Funny though, a client of
mine had called Dell for a problem with lost icons after installing sp2 a
day after I talked to them and Dell told him the same thing. Now this is 2
days later, a different tech person, and a different problem.
Well, i am still going to wait till Oct, first to fix the norton issue, 2nd
to see if anything develops with changes, just in cast they are actually
telling the truth.
robin
