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That's what some IT managers say, a survey finds. Even more believe it'll be the toughest Windows update ever.
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At least MS is very open about what XP SP2 does....
- What happen to easy upgrades?
- by August 25, 2004 6:03 AM PDT
- I was looking forward to upgrading to XP SP2 to fix some of the security problems....then I upgraded. It has always been fairly easy to upgrade any of my past Windows Operating Systems, until now. My PC has not worked correctly since, I upgraded to XP SP2. Microsoft needs to improve this new release before anyone else is allowed to upgrade.
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- Are you sure
- by volterwd September 7, 2004 2:26 PM PDT
- Are you absolutely sure that SP2 caused your computer to crash... it could have been many things... often when something happens and something else happens at the same time... people assume they are connected...
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(3 Comments)After upgrading to XP SP2 which took 4 hours, my PC completely locked up. I tried everything I could to bypass Windows XP to get access again, but gave up and contacted the PC maker. After working with their support team, they suggested I reformat my PC and completely reinstall the Windows XP. I was hoping it would work without reformating. Now it's been over a week and I've had to contact my PC support three times, because my PC has got so slow, it continues to install XP SP1 upgrade over and over and then locks. I'm glad I did a complete backup. I suggest that anyone wanting to upgrade, backup your PC, give yourself an entire day for the upgrade and do it when you know you can get access to your PC maker or wait until all the bugs are fixed and you are hearing no one else is having problems.
it took me about 30 min to download verify and install... perhaps your computer is on the edge of its life, your the first person who i have ever heard from having this problem...
there could be many other reasons for this happening such as having a pirated copy of XP... or maybe your computer sucks...