I had problems with my SP2 update as well.
 
Every boot after I installed it, my computer would take 10 min to boot, instead of the usual 2. After it booted, my printer would also fail to work. IE (i dont use it, but my parents do) also had some major problems. Also, if i atempted to access my hard drive through the My Computer icon, explorer.exe (as in windows, not IE) would crash. I hadto make a shortcut to access my HDD. Eventually I just uninstalled it. I tried it again a few weeks later, but had the same problems. A friend of mine (who isnt very computer literate) also had similar problems on her laptop, although i dont know what exactly. She also uninstalled it.

I think i will wait by installing SP #2 after my uncle's computer totally screwed up by it. Im content with my Windows XP SP1a installation. My dad is using Windows 2000, and i think it's one of the most stable OSses microsoft created.
 
I hope you all can solve these problems.
 
Greetingz, Andicioz

I had SP-2 install problems on 2 computers however after reading the install tips on the MS update pages, all went well.
First, make sure you have scaned your drives with updated anti-virus,anti-spyware programs. Second, clean and defrag your drives. Next, install all updates, reboot, check your operating system. Now, your ready for SP-2. I have noticed a slow down on bootup but that is due to the new firewall, anti-virus checks provided by SP-2. Good Luck.....

Originally posted by radioman:

Quote:I had SP-2 install problems on 2 computers however after reading the install tips on the MS update pages, all went well. First, make sure you have scaned your drives with updated anti-virus,anti-spyware programs. Second, clean and defrag your drives. Next, install all updates, reboot, check your operating system. Now, your ready for SP-2. I have noticed a slow down on bootup but that is due to the new firewall, anti-virus checks provided by SP-2. Good Luck.....
 
Try defrag and bootvis to speed up bootup.

Originally posted by mdma132:

Quote:I have let windows autoupdate itself to SP2 twice now, and get the same problem BSOD just after 2 seconds of the WinXP bootup screen.
When I startup in safe mode and check out the event log, I'm seeing that everytime I try to load normally, it's failing to load : processor driver & fips driver. A very strange problem I think as I've installed it on a few machines in work and these seem fine (P4 +AMD xp)
My specs are here: http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/xtreme_2.htm
Has anyone else had problems like this?
 
 
And old question this, but the answer is SP2 conflicting with the AMD 64bit processor.. A fix is available from Mesh computers directly at their website..

Every single PC at work that users reported not working after SP2 install worked fine after I cleaned out the spyware/viruses and re-ran the SP2 installer.

Hello! I just joined this forum and I have a question and a comment to make. First off, after seeing all the problems associated with SP2, I think I will just wait until there is a newer version. Am I OK just using the SP1? I play internet [censored] extensively and I have heard about some new hacks where someone can put a trojan in my PC that shows my "hold cards"........I just can't have that happen.......I play for high stakes. I was told it was because I do not have SP2 installed. Any validity to that? Is there any real reason I should install SP2, or am I OK just using SP1 for now? Please keep in mind that I am not very good at fixing problems, I simply do not know enough about computers to do it. I am, however, somewhat knoweledgable about computers, but I consider myself a novice so I don't overload my plate and get into trouble. Even some of the fixes mentioned here in this thread is over my head, so please be gentle! BTW, my computer works very well as it is, and I have NEVER had a problem with my XP Pro so far. I was using Windows ME, and that was a total nightmare....BSOD all the time, crashed a lot, and had video feed problems as well. This XP Pro works flawlessly on my PC as it is. I have an Intel Pentium 4 1.4 gig processor with 382MB ECC RDRAM, nVidia FX5900 Ultra Video Card with 256MB ram, 21 inch Hitachi SuperScan Monitor, plenty of fans (9 total including 2 on the side with an exhaust fan as well, constantly runs at about 90 degrees F, and overclocks very well.
 
Oh yes, I Do have one tiny problem.....I switched my refresh rate to 100Hz, and everytime I reboot, my screen has about an inch of black on each side, and about a half inch (1/4 inch on top and bottom)too tall.........and I have to go and manually adjust the width and height to be correct. It is a slight pain to do. I understand that the PC still thinks it's at 60Hz for some reason, what do I do to make it correct itself? I used the nVidia refresh rate overide PLUS I changed the refresh rate in the designated box in the regular video card refresh rate box as well.
[Edited by RMORIALLI on 2005-01-28 13:23:37]
 

Originally posted by RMORIALLI:

Quote: Oh yes, I Do have one tiny problem.....I switched my refresh rate to 100Hz, and everytime I reboot, my screen has about an inch of black on each side, and about a half inch (1/4 inch on top and bottom)too tall.........and I have to go and manually adjust the width and height to be correct. It is a slight pain to do. I understand that the PC still thinks it's at 60Hz for some reason, what do I do to make it correct itself? I used the nVidia refresh rate overide PLUS I changed the refresh rate in the designated box in the regular video card refresh rate box as well.
[Edited by RMORIALLI on 2005-01-28 13:23:37]

 
There is a free program called RefreshLock that will fix this for you.
 

I have had problems after SP2, but different ones... one is similar: the control panel likes to crash. Sometimes I can access it, sometimes it just craps out. The other problem is certain elements on web pages will not load, and some web sites I cannot get to AT ALL.
 
Links like:
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/clic...e=3&subid=0
 
I can't access ANY part of:
http://www.metareward.com
 
Some odd things, elements on web pages don't load. Some banner ads, some dymamic content, and sometimes just random images, like the logo on Yahoo doesn't load:

 
Weird stuff. I was on with MS tech support several times. They had me do all sorts of things, including removing SP2, re-installing the OS and more. Ultimately, they told me I have to wipe the hard drive completely, which I just don't have the heart to do right now as I have had the computer for around 10 months or so and it feels like I just re-installed everything, especially after having done so many wipes on my previous Windows ME machine.
 
I have tried re-installing Java, Flash, etc. etc.
 
Anyone have ideas, or have heard of a similar problem? The same sites/elements don't load in Firefox either. My wife's laptop is still SP1 and it all works fine there (we share the same cable access).

All of this is ridiculous... So are you telling me that because Micro$oft does not want to support certain BIOSes and video cards that you can't update your system!!?!?!?!?
 
That is the most absurd notion I have ever heard!!! When are you ppl going to wake up and see that there are other options... you don't have to deal with an Operating system that forces you to up grade your video card just to get much needed updates to patch up a horrible excuse for an operating system...
 
The solution that worked to fix this problem is to uninstall win-dozes all together and install a Linux distribution. I recommend Fedora Core3 for ppl that have not used Linux before. Then graduate to Gentoo when you think you are ready...
 
but to settle for an inherently flawed piece of software because you can't imagine anything else is short sited and reminds me of talks I have had with drug addicts.
 
For more info check out: http://distrowatch.com/
 
And can someone tell me why many ppl complain about windoze and all of its bugs but at the bottom of their post they have a signature that praises this cubic zirconia of operating systems...
 
 

I think what they are saying is that SP2 is flawed, not the whole os... Win xp is a great os in my opinoun.

Hi there, newbie here.
 
I have tried to install XPSP2 3 times, all with the same result, it gets to the cleaning up stage of the install and freezes, I left the machine running overnight and it was still stopped at this point, I built the machine myself and it is set up as follows :- PC chips M848A motherboard, AMD Athlon 2800+xp processor, 1GB memory, 2X Western Digital 80GB hard drives, a Pioneer 108 DVD writer, Plextor CD writer, Phillips PVR+ 780 tv card and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AGP graphics card, installed software includes MS Office 2000, AVG anti virus, Zone alarm fire wall, all xp updates, ms messenger and yahoo messenger, Sims 2, Microsoft active sync, quick time, Nero 5, adobe reader 7 and cyberlink power dvd.
 
does anyone have any suggestions, can try almost anything as this is a dual boot system with windows 2000 pro and all drives are backed up with paragon drive back up and stored on a removable 40 GB MP3 player
 

I've tried three times in the last six months to load Service Pack 2 in place of Pack 1 and it has failed each time. I get vertical bars or blue screen and have to reboot. And the next time it happens sooner and sooner after that. I've had to reboot in safe mode and go back to restore point before. I just turned it off for the night. The last time I hit the vertical bars was when I was in the Windows knowledge base and clicked on search for "vertical bars." This thing was definitely not in any shape to release to the public. Typical Windows problems. My wife's OS10 shares the same Lynksys router and she never has problems with her operating system.
 
Bob

OK so this is my problem....I had SP1 on my old pc which I could run every program on. I got a brand new computer with SP2 already installed on it and now I can run NO programs anymore. How do I go from SP2 back to SP1 if it was already installed on my new computer? Is there a way to do it or is there a disc out there I have to buy if I can do it at all? Please help, this is driving me crazy!!

Thanks for the help ill try that

I stumbled on this board when searching for a good link to send a friend and thought I'd share that worked for me. I've had installation problems with SP2 in the past until we found out that SP2 has a built-in firewall. If you are running a third party firewall (eg McAfee, etc.) you should disable it during the SP2 installation. Once you've installed SP2 (and haven't run into any other install problems) you should be able to go into your Control Panel and disable the Windows Firewall. Then go back and activate your regular firewall. This is just a suggestion and shouldn't be regarded as a fix. This is just what I've had to do when we ran into XP not booting up or locking up when installing SP2. All PCs running XP Pro with the SP2 installed after knowing this have been updated with no problems. Hope this helps.

Ok...My problem is little bit different...I installed win xp with 6 setup disk...and later installed sp2...and thenn office 2003...everything was normal...after one of the automatic updates (that i dont know which one or it's code cos it's auto) update restarted my computer...but this time whole my user account passwords was invalid...i tried the passwords on normal openeing and safe mode admin password also...no hope...(I AM SURE THAT I REMEMBER CORRECTLY MY PASSWORDS)....cant enter safe mode...cant enter normal mode...i formatted the hd...and then applied same procedure...but same problem....what can i do? couldnt find a solution in microsoft knowledge base...or any other place...is there a solution? please...it's enought to format and want use some cool new ie properties like block pop-up s etc.....
 
thanks

I've tried installing SP2 thrice now. First was through AU. The install works fine (1 hr). On reboot, the BSOD appears with PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. Reboot in safe mode and uninstall SP2 (another hour). Tried up[censored] BIOS and video driver on Toshiba Laptop with Intel Celeron processor. No Luck. Tried disabling CPU cache. Unplugged all peripherals and PC cards. Also, no luck. I'm running out of patience. System works fine after uninstall. If anyone has any info, please advise.

Ok, I have searched the forums and have been unable to find the answer. I would like to know how to turn off that annoying Windows Security Alerts icon that pops up upon reboot. The one that informs you that you chose to NOT have MS automatically download and install all the updates.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
 
ETA: Nevermind, the geek in me figured it out.