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MaomingMaster
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Jan 05, 2005 - 08:02 PM |
 
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I recently installed SP2 after I received a Microsoft update message advising me that I should.
After doing this I found that my computer slowed down dramatically and that I could not open Outlook.
I've heard a few bad things about this update and just wondered if anyone else had probs with it. |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 05, 2005 - 08:09 PM |
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i've had less problems . pop ups were blocked 100% and no more spyware , trojan horses and such from dodgy sites or downloads
applications did not run slower than before .... |
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Jan 05, 2005 - 08:41 PM |
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i ran it for about 2 weeks before i un-installed it. there was a conflict between one of the recommended updates i had already installed and the new SP2 causing my internet to run really slow. once i found out what it was i re-installed and its been fine ever since, or as fine as windows XP can be. |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 05, 2005 - 10:56 PM |
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Me too, but I dunno what to with the bloody thing to make it work right.
I couldn't open Outlook at all (which was worrying) and the internet was very sloooooooooooooooooooow....
Little bastard! |
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Edgewood
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Joined: Jan 28, 2004
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Jan 05, 2005 - 11:58 PM |
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Mate, honestly, if you must use Microsoft, Win2000 is the way to go.
XP is shite, pure and simple. |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 06, 2005 - 12:19 AM |
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Why is XP shite? I like it. I've not had much of a problem apart from adding SP2. Why is windows 2k better? |
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Edgewood
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Jan 06, 2005 - 07:16 AM |
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The way 2K is built is better. Better security, stability, etc. XP just tries to do everything for everyone and look pretty at the same time. 2K was designed with corporate, government and military contracts in mind and that's it. In addition to the fact that it is a better design, add the fact that it has been around long enough to find many of the flaws that did exist, and fix 'em. Plus it doesn't talk to Microsoft behind your back (probably, but there is that little matter of port 1002... hmmm). |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 06, 2005 - 09:58 AM |
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Time for a change then, I reckon... |
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SwedishChef
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Jan 06, 2005 - 10:10 AM |
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XP is the biggest virus ever hitting the PC market |
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halfcast
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Jan 06, 2005 - 11:16 AM |
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ANYTHING is better than ME. |
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CheekyMonkiez
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Jan 06, 2005 - 11:22 AM |
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Ahh, hey...don't be so down on yourself. You can't be THAT bad. |
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cornsey1011
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Jan 06, 2005 - 11:30 AM |
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My PC has been a mess ever since I installed SP2.
One day I booted up and nothing worked. My user profile had been changed in a way that I could no longer open any programs let alone MS Outlook.
I will be wiping my whole hard drive this weekend and reinstalling.
Don't install SP2. |
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halfcast
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Jan 06, 2005 - 11:45 AM |
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ok cheekymonkiez, i understand u have a very vivid humor, but for anyone else out there who might be thinking that im having a low-self esteem moment, im talking about Windows ME, Millenium edition. |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 06, 2005 - 12:26 PM |
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why is it that mac pc's are so much less effected by viruses ? |
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benkloepfer
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Jan 06, 2005 - 12:50 PM |
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Because only PC users get so frustrated with life that they want to cause mass destruction.
Mac users are always "nice" people like school teachers and graphics designs.
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benkloepfer
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Jan 06, 2005 - 12:52 PM |
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graphics designers
is what I meant to say |
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SwedishChef
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Jan 06, 2005 - 12:54 PM |
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I have SP2 and I haven't had any problems with it...
I have had more problems with XP in general...what a pack of shite it is...
...and Mac's have less problem because there are so few Mac users. Well, that's the easy version. There are a few more but that's the easy one. If you want to do as much damage as possible with a virus then why create it for a platform which only holds about 3% of the market share (2003) |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 06, 2005 - 01:13 PM |
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Well, I've not had any MAJOR problems with XP. I've had more probs with the hardware than anything else.
How much would Windows 2000 cost here? A couple of rmb? |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 06, 2005 - 01:29 PM |
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...and Mac's have less problem because there are so few Mac users. Well, that's the easy version. There are a few more but that's the easy one. If you want to do as much damage as possible with a virus then why create it for a platform which only holds about 3% of the market share (2003) |
makes sense...
i am well happy...imagine porn surfing without nasty popups and viruses  |
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Edgewood
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Jan 06, 2005 - 01:40 PM |
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Win2000Pro costs you nothing mate, except a beer next time we meet up. |
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SwedishChef
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Jan 06, 2005 - 02:11 PM |
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WooHoo...they actually managed to get my hard drive today...
Not that I like surfing on my work computer because it sucks...but hey...soon I'll be happy again... |
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mphbay_sg_syd
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Jan 06, 2005 - 04:04 PM |
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I have had no problems with XP Pro... But after installing the new Media Player 10, i find that my 'original' songs are affected. The instruments come out fine... but the singer's voice can't be heard.. So watch out. |
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cks69
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Jan 06, 2005 - 04:18 PM |
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agreed. 2000 is the most stable out of all the windows systems... |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 06, 2005 - 05:38 PM |
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| Win2000Pro costs you nothing mate, except a beer next time we meet up. |
Cheers Edgie!
we will have to have that beer soon!
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Filip
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Jan 09, 2005 - 07:12 PM |
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| XP is the biggest virus ever hitting the PC market |
Not really, a virus actually does something. |
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