• Welcome to Overclockers Forums! Join us to reply in threads, receive reduced ads, and to customize your site experience!

Service Pack 2 for XP

Overclockers is supported by our readers. When you click a link to make a purchase, we may earn a commission. Learn More.

Alexandria

Registered
Joined
Nov 15, 2004
Location
Norway
should i download the service pack 2 for windows xp?? ive heard that it causes alot of problems for some people though.. but others its fine.. ??
 
Only one way to find out...

In my opinion it's best to slipstream it into a CD so when you install Windows it has SP2 built into it already
 
always back up your data before doing the install. I've not had any issues with SP2 on many PC's but have heard horror stories with it.
 
I have installed it on about 10 differant PC's. Not a single one of them had a problem with it. It's still a good idea to back up your data though.
 
Before installing it, clear your system of all adware, spyware, and other nasties. If you don't, there is a high probability of your system locking up from time to time afterwards. It is also better to download it and burn it to a cd. Then disconnect from the internet and shut down anything that is running in the background like antivirus, spybot search and destroy, etc. Do not shut down normal system services stuff though. After that, put the disk you just burned in, and it's a breeze. After installing, reboot, then run windows update, as there have been some more updates since sp2 has been released. If you don't have broadband, you can order the cd for free from microsoft. Another option if you have a slow connection is to just to do what I have mentioned, but instead of downloading the whole thing, simply run windows update after you clear all the garbage out of your system. The first method is preferable though. Just about every single person I know that has had problems with sp2 is because their system was filled with spyware, adware etc. and that is what messes up the install. What gets me about a people is they complain that microsoft has security holes in its product etc., then when microsoft finally issues a fix for these problems, they complain that they have to install it. Basically, no matter what microsoft does, these type of people will still be complaining, so there is no point in trying to satisify them.
 
I have installed SP2 on dozens of computers (at least, I'm not kidding), and only seen two or three problems with it, only on computers where someone else had tried to install it, and the windows install was already kind of messed up with spyware and other things.
 
SOrry to say, but Im one of those horror stories. Ive had nothing but problems with SP2. My download speeds were crippled by it. It caused constant lag in my network for my server to my htpc. The overall settings were annoying, for instance it blocks everyone elses downloads but microsofts, and the pop-up blocking was horrible. It caused instability with some of my programs like blackice.

It didnt appear anything went wrong at first until I started doing a lot more things. I uninstalled it and everything worked great again.

Like other people have said it works great for some but not others. Try it but just be aware and back up everthing first in case you decide to reformat or try and fix SP2 and hose your install.
 
Gnufsh said:
I have installed SP2 on dozens of computers (at least, I'm not kidding), and only seen two or three problems with it, only on computers where someone else had tried to install it, and the windows install was already kind of messed up with spyware and other things.

Same here. I find that if you've been running the install for a while already, it tends to mess things up. But, if you install it right away from a fresh install, everything is ok.
 
Back