well i've had SP2 running on this comp for a few days now with no problems so far.
You do get the option of turning the firewall off and using your own on boot up also it drops another icon in your control panel ( security centre ) where you can make any adjustments you may need.
Also found p2p, ftp, networking and torrents easy to set up. Just hope it stays as easy and gives me no unexpected problems with other progs as i use them

:ok:

Its in the news again:

BBC News

For the most part I haven't had any problems. It seems to have reset the user permissions on the profiles I had set for my brothers (I have XP Pro) and my IIS setup. So far all the programs I have run worked just as they did before.

goates

Charles,

All I can picture in my head is Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan from the 1971 classic Dirty Harry:

http://www.norcalmovies.com/DirtyHarry/dh12.jpg

:D :D :D :D :D

Richard

Richard, I was thinking about that whn I wrote it, but I guess the words should have read:

"I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, did he test it six times or only five? Well to tell you the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being as this is a .2 Service Pack Special, the most powerful software upgrade in the world and will blow your installation clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"

Fortunately, I'm off on holiday now, so I'll probably return to some chaos since I always drum it into my customers to install the windows updates without fail. Fortunately some don't really listen to me.

Cheers
Charles

Charles,

Have a great holiday. We will hold down the fort for ya. ;)

Richard

So today is the (UK) day then?
I realize I have set my Windows XP Fam to 'autoupdate' :uhoh:
we will see, I'll let you's know of the outcome.

BBC latest

I have my Auto Updates set to On but it has'nt downloaded? Been online quite a bit the last few days. What's the story?

Release for XP Home was last week, Release for XP Pro is on the 25th.

Downloaded the network administrators version, put it on disc, took several hours on my 128k cable, installed it on one machine and still trying to see how it responds. Noticed few little things.

I am running an update on a notebook now. My guess is it will be downloading for a while.

It will be interesting to see.

Take Care,

Richard

When will Windows XP Service Pack 2 come out? I just ran Windows Update but it said nothing avaliable for download. Thanks in advance.

B-HLQ,

It has been available for download since 10th of August, you can download the full version here:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers

Take Care,

Richard

B-HLQ - It should be available today (Aug. 25) on Windows Update. You could download the full network instal Richard linked to or just wait for the Windows Update version which will probably be smaller, depending on what you have installed.

goates

It is now available on Windows update :uhoh:

I got this today:

Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page. You may find the following resources helpful in resolving the problem:\

Just loaded it and I am still here. :ok:

Yes, got it. Had to turn off the XP firewall, virus checking, and update stuff. It was far too eager, didn't recognise AVG, and wanted to update automatically without me getting to see. I don't trust MS that much!

Something also keeps trying to bring up the dial-up networking. Not found out what (and at 3.30am not going to look now). If whatever it is can't see the ADSL connection, it must be a firewall thing.

It also put IE and all the MS tat on the taskbar. Soon removed that!

It seems to have resurrected Messenger as well :*

I got it today too :) Thanks for the replies guys.