What do you think about XP service pack 1a?

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What do you think about XP service pack 1a?

« on: August 14, 2004, 10:11:00 PM »

All you experts out there.....

What is the general concensus on Win XP SP1a?

What does one gain by installing it?

The reason I bring this up is I downloaded it this afternoon and installed it, without doing my research. I restarted the computer and all hell broke lose. I couldnt open programs. The computer was slow as a onelegged turtle climbing uphill. After it locked up, I done system restore to the point before the installation of SP1a...... Viola! No more problems.

Is this the norm? Should one stay away from SP1? Or did I possible get a crappy download? Enlighten me please.

Is this download worth my time? Or is it a waste of hard drive space?


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Download SP2

« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2004, 11:04:57 AM »

Why don't you just get SP2

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe

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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2004, 05:29:00 PM »

Ca3le I was wanting to do some research and see if it was worth downloading. Whats crazy is, my download speed is so slow, its like a major decision whether or not I actually need an application/update. The time I spend downloading something that large (which would take me quite awhile), I could spend playing FarCry. Very Happy

Damn what I just said makes it official.... Im a gaming geek. Oh well.... its damn fun!!!


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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2004, 10:05:39 PM »

Since it's so slow, can't you just put it in the background and play FarCry while downloading? Of course, when it's done, you're gonna get a big fps hit Confused


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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2004, 12:34:49 AM »

SP2 is pretty bad ass... everything is very snappy for me Wink


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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2004, 01:56:56 PM »

Downloaded SP2

Installed SP2

Guess what.... the computer kept crashing and I had to reformat evil

. NAhAA just joking Mr. Green

. SP2 is pretty sweet. No problems and Smooth running.


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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2004, 02:00:13 PM »

You are very lucky... there have been a few problems with the installs... Microsoft has delayed the auto update til the end of the month to patch the patch


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« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2004, 05:06:17 PM »

SP2 is sweet! I love the built in Popup Blocker, and my interconnection has never been so fast! I also like that you get a prompt asking if you want to execute a file downloaded from the internet. That may help prevent some nasty executables from running all by themselves.

I just downloaded last night, after a reformat and clean install of XP Pro. Today, I slipstreamed SP2 into a XP Pro installation cd. Cool

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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2004, 06:59:46 PM »

Ah yes SP-2. I installed it in early JULY. It took forever to install. Everything was just peachy. I was installing it on my friends. Got home and had a note from MS that I needed to install a "Rollover" patch. Big mistake!! :321:

A crash from HELL!! Was able to restore. Yesterday I was told to go to auto update for sp2, but first install the Rollover first.. Would not reboot and all my restore points were gone. Watch out for that patch.. It will bight ya .


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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2004, 08:14:25 AM »

works for some doenst work for others.. u do know that you dont need SP2 if you do a good job maintaining your system.. Very Happy


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« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2004, 12:13:29 PM »

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works for some doenst work for others.. u do know that you dont need SP2 if you do a good job maintaining your system.. Very Happy

I agree with you Swimmer , I believe from what I know and have read that if you maintain your "puter" and stay on top of whats going on ALL these so called fixes for security leaks are not necessary for most people. I rarely have downloaded any of their so called fixes because from the beginning I was able to notice some of the fixes caused different problems,but of course they come out with a fix for the fix that didn't fix anything.....lol I am not advising anyone not to download this stuff, I'm just saying what I do.....and of course its just my opinion .....and I could be wrong....hehe..... At the very least I would not be the first on my block to use this stuff, I would wait awhile and let the techies test .......
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2004, 05:19:51 PM »

Techies have tested SP2 and they are not adopting it yet... to many bugs and they have found a hole in the firewall.. Laughing


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« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2004, 09:10:26 AM »

why does Microsoft even bother putting something out thats still jacked up?


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« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2004, 09:25:44 AM »

Microsoft rules the world.... So when something it broken or exploited they have to put a bandaid on it so that the Industy people dont bitch... That is why we have so many patches for the lovely windows xp os... Other than it is like a car... new models come out... but you dont want the consumer to have to buy $500 software evey year or so... I think that Microsoft is attempting to prolong the life of XP until Longhorn is out and running.. Then I can see 98 being dropped from the support list and 2000/xp becoming the base os for all systems... I hope that you dont have that 400MHz system still running... Laughing


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« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2004, 09:55:04 AM »

Sorry about the double post... But here is the article that explains the flaw that has already been discovered.. It is from pcmag so it is in plain english...http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1639373,00.asp


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