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Win XP Service Pack 2
Name: guy Date: November 11, 2004 at 09:38:21 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron 702Mhz/ 52M
Comment:
i see that microsoft have a new XP upgrade, is there anything good abut it, because i installed a service upgrade on an older OS - cant remember what one, 95/98 i think - and it completely f"!>ed my computer, any reccomendations?
Name: josh (by jpag3074) Date: November 11, 2004 at 09:49:37 Pacific
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as long as you make sure there is no adware/spyware/viruses on your machine, and you clean out the temp files, disable hibernation, screen saver, and install it you should be fine it has enhanced security features, especially if you use IE
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Response Number 2
Name: per Date: November 11, 2004 at 11:29:27 Pacific
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See here before installing it.-http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/best_of/xpsp2links.htm-
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Response Number 3
Name: Cody (by kerodude3058) Date: November 11, 2004 at 14:40:23 Pacific
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dont worrie about it...I have installed SP2 on about 400 computers with different configerations and i have NEVER done any prep work...none of them have had any problems...If you use wirless networking it helps out alot...also a great pop-up blocker is included.
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Response Number 4
Name: bornwithin Date: November 11, 2004 at 15:44:32 Pacific
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make sure u dont have a celeron D processor, as for sum reason sp2 doesnt like it.. or more like the processor doesnt like it.
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