mikedallos Posted May 26, 2005 CID Share Posted May 26, 2005 OK.......I've read,resisted,etc. Is it time ???? Thank you in advance......... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedallos Posted May 26, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 26, 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2mempr.mspx I'm reading this............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 26, 2005 CID Share Posted May 26, 2005 I installed SP2 soon after it came out and have had no problems with it. It adds a few features such as the Windows Security Center, which lets you know if your firewall and virus checker are on and up to date. Also, if you plan on downloading future XP patches, you will have to have SP2 installed first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted May 26, 2005 CID Share Posted May 26, 2005 Yea I would say get it. My suggestion would be this. Order the cd from microsoft. It wont cost you a penny. Took about 5 days to get mine. That way if you ever need to reload xp you have sp2. It also gives you a better and quicker install. Just my 2 cents....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedallos Posted May 26, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 26, 2005 Oh my.........Sp-2 is working out nicely!! Thank you........ Be well........ Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted May 27, 2005 CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 well, sp3 should be coming out next year i believe, because i read that they will release sp3 sometime before the release of longhorn to make sure people dont lose interest in xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones_McGhee Posted May 27, 2005 CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 well, sp3 should be coming out next year i believe, because i read that they will release sp3 sometime before the release of longhorn to make sure people dont lose interest in xp. I'm not sure I could lose interest in xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted May 27, 2005 CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 i have installed SP2.........on Win2000 of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones_McGhee Posted May 27, 2005 CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 just have to figure out what services to adj. like below Yep, I've done that same thing with the Security Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedallos Posted May 27, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 Yeah I learned a lot from http://www.blackviper.com/ but his site is under construction right now, Hope he gets it up and running soon because he is very informative about WinXP and what services to turn off for all different configurations. Try this too........... http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob12345 Posted May 27, 2005 CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 well, sp3 should be coming out next year i believe, because i read that they will release sp3 sometime before the release of longhorn to make sure people dont lose interest in xp. what are you talking about i already don't like xp much......lol oh well at least it works......but yeah i will most likely stick with it for a while after sp3 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azag Posted May 27, 2005 CID Share Posted May 27, 2005 I got to say both http://www.blackviper.com and http://www.theeldergeek.com are great sites and have good hints to harden your system and turn off or manual or auto the necessary and the non-necessary services that either help or just annoy and eat resources especially RAM for no good reason when you never will need or use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted May 28, 2005 CID Share Posted May 28, 2005 About 3/4 of the machines at my work have XP, & i will admit that it is more stable than 2K, especially in the BSOD/crash department; W2k still suffers from various pagefile/kernel stack error bugs especially when running multiple drives using NTFS...i will definitly check out some of those XP tweak sites you guys posted Reality is: soon my old fav 2k will fade into the unsupported bargain-bin at Radio Shack.. -JxL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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