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SP2 problems affects 1 in 10 PC's
Name: viewmaster Date: September 1, 2004 at 02:05:17 Pacific OS: Windows Xp CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
This might interest people.....SP2 said to cause problems in 10 percent of Windows XP PCs....
Name: yankanuk Date: September 1, 2004 at 08:55:38 Pacific
Reply:
So many debates with SP2, in my opinion, if a PC is running fine, install it. If it's not running up to par....fix it before installing.
If you need a simple solution, try mine. I try to give advise on things that have happened to my PC. Changes in registry can be FATAL! Glad to have a chance to help you.
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Response Number 2
Name: Wombat Date: September 1, 2004 at 13:36:23 Pacific
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I've installed it on my three computers running win xp, and have had a 100% success rate with the network installer (270meg approx. download).
So I will look forward to 10% of my computers spitting the dummy...
I have installed it on several friends computers and they have had no problems either.
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