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I got Service Pack 2 today!

I don't really notice any difference, it is pretty much all internal data. It has security things though. Like a firewall and stuff. I'm pretty sure it wont be long until some hackers can start breaking through it because there are so many hackers. I've been waiting for this patch. It's better for us but it doesn't show it very much. Three cheers for SP2! Hip hip horray!

I thought it wasn't supposed to come out until tomorrow. Oh well, maybe today was just a pre set up thing.

Three more cheers for Service Pack 2! (For windows)

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  • TaskyZZTaskyZZ Member Posts: 1,476

    Service Pack 2 for XP?

    Has been out for a couple weeks I believe. I have heard it causes all kinds of problems. Let us know if your PC starts screwing up on you anytime in the next week or so. :)


  • rathmarathma Member UncommonPosts: 3,786
     Ever since i got Service Pack 2 there's been nothing but problems. Microsoft delays this thing, it was supposed to be out by spring... And it does more harm than good.

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  • MythosaeonMythosaeon Member UncommonPosts: 68

    I saw SP2 for XP on fileplanet a little over a week ago. Going to hold off installing it until SP2.1, never a good idea to be an early adopter with MicroSoft products unless you have a spare system you don't mind FUBARing and reformating every so often.

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  • IMCamperIMCamper Member Posts: 25
    Eh, I got it. Seems to be working fine for me. Though you can't take my opinion seriously, because I don't spell it Micro$oft.

  • TaskyZZTaskyZZ Member Posts: 1,476

    It has nothing to do with hating Microsoft and everything to do with reality.

    I am a Network Manager/Help Desk Supervisor and there is no way I am going to install SP2 on a bunch of PCs around the office until it has a proven track record and all the horror stories stop.

    Microsoft has a bad track record for Service Packs causing problems. Anybody with any responsibility for PCs would be crazy to just roll it out without waiting to see what the impact is.


  • TrebekTrebek Member Posts: 266

    I've had SP2 for about 2 weeks now, and no problems whatsoever. It does have a monitor that watches your internal firewall, updates, and AV. (And Sven, WinXP has ALWAYS had a firewall built in, you just never noticed it till SP2 put it in your face.)

    Overall, i am please with SP2.

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  • digitydarkmandigitydarkman Member Posts: 2,194

    Here are some programs that won't work with it.

    Star Trek StarFleet Command III v1.0 Activision
    Medieval Total War 1 Activision
    Pagemaker 7 Adobe
    PageMaker (German) 6.5 Adobe
    Photoshop Elements 2 Adobe
    Ad-Shield 3 Ad-sheild
    ERDisk for AD 6.7.128.0 Aelita
    Nero 6 Ultra 6 Ahead
    Nero Bruning ROM 5.5.6 Ahead
    Al Mawrad (Arabic) 2003 Al Ariss
    PhotoClick --- Al Maalin
    AOL 9 AOL
    AOL Toolkit 1.13.2 AOL
    Uno 1 Aris Buenaventura
    Dead Man's Hand 1 Atari
    MotoRacer 3 Atari
    Scrabble v3.0 Atari
    Unreal II 1 Atari
    Unreal Tournament 2003 1 Atari
    Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition 1 Atari
    Extra Enterprise 2000 2000 --- Attachmate
    Extra Personal Client 6.5 --- Attachmate
    Extra! Bundle for TCP/IP 6.6 --- Attachmate
    KEA! 340 v5.1 --- Attachmate
    Command Antivirus 4.9 authentium
    AutoCAD 2004 2004 --- Autodesk
    bv-Admin Mobile 7 --- Bind View
    StarCraft 1.05 Blizzard
    BitDefender 7.2 Blizzard
    Starcraft v1.11 Blizzard
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Collector's Edition v 1.0 Blizzard
    Patrol for Windows 2000 3.4.0.11 --- BMC
    Word Perfect Family Pack 5 - Encyclopedia Britannica Ready Reference 2003 Britannica
    WISO Sparbuch 2004 Buhl
    InnoculateIT --- CA
    MpegCraft DVD x Caropus
    Citrix ICA client 7.1 Citrix
    FileMaker Pro (German) 5 Claris
    ArcServe 6.61 Computer Associates
    ArcServe 7.0 --- Computer Associates
    BrightStor ArcServe Backup 9.0 --- Computer Associates
    eTrust 7 Computer Associates
    eTrust 6.0.100 --- Computer Associates
    Etrust EZArmor AE Test Computer Associates
    Corel Draw 9 - PhotoPaint (German) 9 Corel
    WordPerfect Office 11 Corel
    1st nd Grade Excelerator Curious George Studio 1 --- Countertop Software
    Serious Sam: The Second Encounter 1 Croteam
    Retrospect Client x Dantz
    Dave's Quick Search Toolbar 3.16 Dave Bau http://notesbydave.com/toolbar/doc.htm
    Diet KaZaa 2.52 Diet KaZaa
    The Lion King Animated Storybook 1 Disney
    DivxPlayer 2.5.3 Divx
    Command & Conquer Generals --- EA Games
    Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour --- EA Games
    Earth & Beyond v.1 EA Games
    Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 1 EA Games
    SimCity 4 v1.0 EA Games
    Freedom Force 1 Electronic Arts
    NBA Live 2000 1 Electronic Arts
    CheckSoft Home and Business 2004 Eliibrium
    EDM File System Agent 3.1 --- EMC
    Chess Advantage III: Lego Chess --- Encore
    High School Advantage 2003 --- Encore Software
    Encyclopedia Britannica 2000 Deluxe 1 Encyclopedia Britannica
    Smarterm Office 10 --- Esker.com
    Smarterm Office 11 --- Esker.com
    Diskeeper 8 Executive Software
    Der Brockhaus Multimedia (German) 2004 F.A. Brockhaus
    JAWS 5.0 5 Freedom Scientific
    F-Secure 5.52 F-Secure
    Drivers & Utilities CD --- Fujitsu-Siemmens
    Cute FTP 5.0 --- GlobalScape
    Conflict: Desert Storm --- Gothamgames
    Window-Eyes Professional 4.2 GW Micro
    HP Quick Launch Buttons --- HP
    HP SJ 6350 --- HP
    HPSetup 42NAheBLU1 SW build --- HP
    Exceed 8 --- Hummingbird
    Host Explorer 8 --- Hummingbird
    Rational's Clearcase 2003 IBM
    ViaVoice for Windows Personal Edition 10 10 IBM
    SmartSuite Millennium Edition ScreenCam (German) 9.5 IBM Lotus
    ICQ Pro 3916 ICQ
    iMesh 3.1 iMesh
    TurboCAD Professional 9 IMSI
    Installshield 8 Installshield
    Quicken 2003 Premier Home and Business 2003 Intuit
    Quicken Deluxe 2001 2001 Intuit
    Kazaa 2.52 Kazaa
    Kerio Personal Firewall 4 Kerio
    WinRou
    Lucas Arts
    Merriam Webster's Reference Library 2003 - Journey to the Planets 2003 M-2K
    ColdFusion MX for J2EE 6 --- Macromedia
    Freehand 8 (German) 8 Macromedia
    MapSend Direct Route --- Magellan
    McAfee Internet Security Suite 2004 6 McAfee
    McAfee Parental Controls 1 McAfee
    McAfee VirusScan 4.51 McAfee
    Netshield 4.5 --- McAfee
    VisursScan 7 McAfee
    Encarta Enzyklopдdie 2002 Microsoft
    Age of Empires II: Age of Kings --- Microsoft
    Application Center 2000 SP2 --- Microsoft
    BizTalk 2004 --- Microsoft
    CMS 2001 Microsoft
    Comabt Flight Simulator 3 1 Microsoft
    Excel 2003 Microsoft
    Halo Combat Evolved (Arabic and Hebrew) Trial Microsoft
    MapPoint Europe 2004 Microsoft
    Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 SP1 Microsoft
    MS License 3.7 Microsoft
    MSBN --- Microsoft
    MSN 7.02 Microsoft
    MSN 9 QFE1 and 9.1 beta 9 Microsoft
    Office 11 Microsoft
    Office - Power Point 2002 (German) 2002 Microsoft
    Office Access 2002 2002 Microsoft
    Office System - Power Point 2003 Microsoft
    Office XP Access 10 Microsoft
    Office XP Professional Excel 10.0 SP2 --- Microsoft
    Office XP SP2 - PowerPoint 11 Microsoft
    Office XP Standard 10 Microsoft
    Outlook 2000 9 Microsoft
    Outlook 2002 10 Microsoft
    Outlook 2003 11 Microsoft
    Outlook Web Access x Microsoft
    Revenge of Arcade v1.0 Microsoft
    Server Administrator Tools --- Microsoft
    SMS 2.0 SP5 Microsoft
    SMS 2.0 SP5 Microsoft
    SMS 2003 RC2 Microsoft
    SMS 2003 RTM Microsoft
    SMS --- Microsoft
    SNA Server 4.0 SP4 --- Microsoft
    SQL --- Microsoft
    SQL 7 Microsoft
    SQL 2000a 2000a SP3 --- Microsoft
    TaxSaver 1999 Microsoft
    Virutal PC 2004 Microsoft
    Visual Basic 6 Microsoft
    Visual C++ (16-bit) 2 Microsoft
    Visual Studio 7 Microsoft
    Visual Studio 97 Microsoft
    Visual Studio .NET Enterprise 2003 --- Microsoft
    Visual Studio 98 6 Microsoft
    Windows Sharepoint Services 2 Microsoft
    Windows Sharepoint Services --- Microsoft
    Word XP Microsoft
    Works Suite 2004 2004 Microsoft
    WSS 2 Microsoft
    Musicmatch Jukebox 8.20.0107 Musicmatch
    StyleSelector x NEC
    Veritas --- NEC
    AppManager 5.01 NetIQ
    End2End 4.1 --- NetIQ
    File and Storage Administrator 2.1 (191067) --- NetIQ
    VewNow 1.05 1.05 NetManage.com
    View Now 1.0 1 NetManage.com
    ViewNow 1.05 1.05 NetManage.com
    McAfee Remote Desktop 32 --- Network Associates
    ESET NOD32 for windows --- Nod32
    Norman Personal Firewall 1.40 AETEST Norman
    Norman Personla Firewall 4 Norman
    Becky 12.09.01
    KaZaa Media Desktop 2.6.3
    PhotoImpact 7 (Traditional Chinese) 7
    Sony: PCV-W510G 510G
    Super Collapse (Demo Only) 2
    UX Theme MultiPatcher 1.5.1
    PhotoExplosion Deluxe 1 Nova Development
    NovaNet Web 3.6 NovaStor
    Pinnacle Studio Beta NX - Pinnacle Studio 9 cause data execution prevention errors
    Instant CD/DVD 7 Pinnacle
    Real Player (free version) 10 Real Networks
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 1 Red Storm
    Action Request System x Redmedy
    Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 1 RockStar Games
    NASCAR Racing 2003 Season v2003 --- Sierra
    Tribes 2 1 Sierra
    Harvard Graphics 3 Software Publishing Corp
    SonicWALL Virus Scan --- SonicWall
    Sony: PCV-V200G: --- Sony
    VirusSecurity 2004 2004 Sourcenext
    BootSkin x Stardock
    Ghost Corporate Edition 7.5 --- Symantec
    Norton Antivirus 2003 2003 Symantec
    Norton Systemworks 2003 - GoBack Personal Edition Other MS Symantec
    Norton Systemworks 2003 Professional Edition 2003 Symantec
    Norton Systemworks 2004 - GoBack32 Beta Symantec
    PCAnywhere 11 --- Symantec
    Smantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8 Symantec
    Talkworks Pro x Symantec
    Winfax Pro 10 Symantec
    Roboword Pro (JAPANESE) 6 Technocraft
    Style XP 2 tgtsoft
    Eclipse 3 Unknown
    Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag 1 Valuesoft
    Roller Coaster Factory v3.0 Valuesoft
    Elite Forces Vietnam: Special Assignment 2 ver 1 ver 1 Valusoft
    Midnight Outlaw Illegal Street Drug v1.0 ValuSoft
    Backup Exec 9 Veritas
    Backup Exec 9.1.4691 Veritas
    Backup Exec 8.6.1 --- Veritas
    Backup Exec 9.1 --- Veritas
    BackupExec 9.1 Veritas
    BackupExec 8.6.1 Veritas
    Bakcup Exec 9.1 --- Veritas
    Volume Manager 3.1 3.1 Veritas
    Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 v1.0 Westwood
    Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 1 Westwood
    Windgate 5.2.3 WinGate
    Reflection 9 WRQ
    Reflection 9.03 WRQ
    Reflection 10 WRQ
    Reflection X 10 WRQ
    Reflection X 11 WRQ
    Reflection X 10 --- WRQ
    Xoreax Incredibuild --- Xoreax
    Yahoo x Yahoo
    Yahoo instant Messenger x Yahoo
    Yahoo Messenger 6.0.0.167 Yahoo
    PC Magazine Business Winstone Benchmark 2004 Ziff Davis
    ZoneAlarm 5.0.590 ZoneLabs

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  • SketchSketch Member UncommonPosts: 337

    Yep I popped on SP2 and no problems. Although I had to turn off the pop up blocker, that thing works like crap. Google bar does the job just fine for me, and doesn't block flash sites. image

    The XP Firewall has always been there and worked fairly well (not great but stops on the "hacker wannabe" attacks) so they really just upgraded it. I am wondering if there built in anti virus works well. Although I think thats a great addition. With the amount of viruses going around today and to many users ignoring the "experation" date on thier AV you gotta say 'way to go' on that one. Even if it's just a basic level of defense. it's about time.

    But so far no problems. all my games and apps still work so I can keep breathing. and my network still smooth.

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    I just saw the list above (was posted while I was originally writing this) .. It should be pointed out I see several programs on that list that were not certified to work with XP in the first place, not to mention a pile more that had know bugs when used in XP, so for about half that list I'd say no big suprise it's still having problems or not working at all with SP2. A pile another part of that list is web freeware that is not really all that important and if it is thier are alternatives for it. As for the more important ones that are bugged hope they patch the software of MS patches the SP.


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  • SerienSerien Member CommonPosts: 8,460



    Originally posted by TaskyZZ

    Service Pack 2 for XP?
    Has been out for a couple weeks I believe.



    actually PC Magazine said it was coming out sometime this week...

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  • digitydarkmandigitydarkman Member Posts: 2,194

    but to people who know the internet well enough its been out there for almost a month i belive is when i first saw it, not official of course but it was he same thing

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  • Sir-SvenSir-Sven Member Posts: 773

    I've had no problems with it at all. It's great! :]

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  • metalfoxusmetalfoxus Member Posts: 805



    Originally posted by digitydarkman

    Here are some programs that won't work with it.

    Scrabble v3.0 Atari



    My life has no meaning anymore...

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  • TaskyZZTaskyZZ Member Posts: 1,476


    Originally posted by MurtBijani

    actually PC Magazine said it was coming out sometime this week...

    It was even posted Here at MMORPG two weeks ago.


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