XP SP2 Good?

After browsing down the list of topics, I noticed that no one is saying anything "good" about it, at least that I can find.

While its popular to bash M$, I think they did some good with this release. I reloaded my system clean with SP2 and its running better than it ever has. Actually, it cleared up a nagging issue I had with SP1 where my drive contents would not update when the discs changed. Also, I have yet to get a single pop-up window while surfing.

So, if you're having a "good" experience, share it. :)

*lin*

Seems ok so far to me
Will know more after a few days

had it for a while now.

good.

Ive run RC2 several months,It Auto updated to full release on weds,
Cant see any real differences yet between the 2.

Both have been smooth here,No detectable glitches on my setup.

AMD 3000+ (333) Barton
512 megs pc2700(crucial)
MSI KT3 Ultra w/raid
WD 80gig
SB live
Geforce4 440mx/64 meg 4/8x
Realtec lan 10/100
Sony DVD
Sony CDRW 52x32x52
Sony floppy
Cheapo powmax case

Did recognize the Mcafee 8 virus scan as active,Pop up blocker works most of the time, Yeah Yeah I Know McAffee Bl@ws But It was a hot deal freebie.

Time will tell,,, This operateing system gets any bigger, They better start shipping on a DVD,, LOL
Trout

Had RC1, RC2, and now using RTM version on both my work laptop and my home PC.

Very happy with the additional security and the wireless improvements.

Haven't played around with the additional Group Policy settings yet.

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Originally Posted by King Grover

had it for a while now.

good.

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Ditto.https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
It's gooderly.

Had a issue with one of our web applications and the popup blocker.

after adding our domain to the list of accepted popups it works fine.

No worries. actually i am kind of glad that they addes all the security stuff in there especially since it dosent cause me any problems.

Anyone have any stats as to how much the new security stuff has reduced attacks on home pcs?

I'll bet the amount of viruses lurking on the net will fall when ms give away free av.

I really like the wireless addons on the antivirus section doesn't detect Symantec Corporate 8.1 which seems strange to me could be cause the virus definitions are on the server I suppose. All in all not to bad.

The wireless addition was very welcome as many of my users had trouble understanding how to connect to various WAP's. Now they have little to no problems due to it being a little more user friendly.

One thing I thought was odd was the fact that it removes the "Home" or "Professional" On the startup screen, does anyone have an idea why?

I loaded it up on my machine (Asus A7N8X Deluxe) with no poblems. I have installed it only one two customers machines so far. It worked well. I'm going to wait a little while longer before I start recommending all of my customers load it up. One small issue was that sp2 did not detect Norton AV 2004 was installed on one of the machines I installed it on.

I don't know why they changed the boot logo. I don't see the logic.

I think i've come across my first hiccup with it. I can't use file searching. When I go to start, search, files or folders, no matter what I put in on whatever drive I get a "Search companion had an unrecoverable error".

Guess its time to figure that one out.

*lin*

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Originally Posted by Linthade

Also, I have yet to get a single pop-up window while surfing.

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That might just as well be because:

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Originally Posted by Linthade

I reloaded my system clean

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Originally Posted by Linthade

I think i've come across my first hiccup with it. I can't use file searching. When I go to start, search, files or folders, no matter what I put in on whatever drive I get a "Search companion had an unrecoverable error".

Guess its time to figure that one out.

*lin*

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Was It working properly before?
Mines been working great, or is mine messed up? Possible i guess.
:thumbs:

So far, so good.
Jim

Always will be a good thing updates from microsoft, can have some errors, mistakes and problems, and they will be corrected.

Not forget we are using microsoft operating system, and when ms launch the xp system everybody says it was bad!

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Originally Posted by 3fingersalute

That might just as well be because:

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1) Open new computer
2) Turn on new computer
3) Surf with new computer to Ebay, Amazon or any other retail site
4) Have pop-ups.

Has nothing to do with clean install.

*lin*

Edit: I've actually since solved the search problem. I found this article on M$ website.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...5BLN%5D;816665

Thought it might not pertain to SP2 due to its age and the error did not match exactly, but I implemented it and got my search ability back.

SP2 detects AVG free edition, but doesn't detect Kerio 2 firewall. Havn't run into any problems with IE, mostly cause I use mozilla. Only reason I installed it was incase there were some patched holes hidden in with the user friendliness and long needed default firewall.

Hi there,

I just install it and somehow, my computer runs a little faster then usual. O.o' No problem so far, except that P2P is a little slower then usual.

Ju Leon...