 DeeCPremium
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kudos:1 | reply to Babar
Re: The "Official" SP2 Bug Thread Ok, I may as well share my experience. My PC Specs (for the system running XP SP2) are at the bottom. I was having problems after a memory removal with Windows 2K Pro O/S - "hanging" that would not go away no matter what.
I decided to do a CLEAN install (new format) on a new HDD (brand new) of Windows XP SP2. All went pretty well, driver.cab file would not copy fully, but had that same issue when trying to put 2K Pro on first. XP SP2 installed anyway.
Windows XP SP2 loaded, but the only icon that appeared was Recycle Bin, and nothing in systray. Talked to a friend in IM, he told me disable that "Clean Up" feature as it is buggy, and I *enabled* all the other icons to show up in "Customize" settings. On a reboot, they appeared  I believe XP SP2 picked up ALL my drivers (for everything - amazing) except the onboard audio ... Once I installed that manually, everything was working, including my Comcast Cable/Internet/TCP/IP and even my network (as I gave XP SP2 my home network address during install), etc ; This was good
The firewall is "enabled" but has not hindered me from using FlashFXP or UltraFXP ....though I am behind a hardware router, as well.
So far, I have had one "auto-reboot" by XP SP2 while surfing, not sure why it did that......but I then disabled the "Auto Reboot On Error" in Startup & Recovery. Since then, all has been fine, and it does boot FASTER than any of my other machines or O/Ss, and gets into Windows and loads rather quickly. Remember , this was a CLEAN install on a newly formatted , new HDD.
I will post back if I experience any error messages or bsods, but gawd help, I hope not (knock, knock, on wood).
Specs below:
PC(1)-PENTIUM 4 3.06GHZ 533FSB
w/Hyperthreading
160GB MAX 7200 HDD 8MB CACHE
250GB WD 7200 HDD 8MB CACHE
180GB WD 7200 HDD 8MB CACHE
VIA P4PB 400 MOBO
512MB DDR RAM
MSI GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB DDR
SONY DRU-500A DVD +/-RW BURNER
LITE-ON 32X IDE CDR/CDRW
VT6105M 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN
VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller
RCA Cable Modem - Comcast Cable
Netgear RP114 Router
18.1" DELL 1800FP LCD Monitor
RAIDMAX 268WBP ATX Mid Tower
Linksys 4-port KVM AutoSwitch Box
Windows XP SP2 Package
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