[WriteLog] Re: Trouble installing 10.48 upgrade

[Phil Duff NA4M]

Also FWIW - I've had SP2 installed for several days and it has been trouble 
free here.

73 Phil NA4M

At 16:36 9/1/2004, K4SB wrote:

> > Same happened to me tonight.  I wonder if this is because of Service Pack 2
> > (on top of WinXP Pro).  I was doing the exact same install/upgrade as Bill!
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
>This in the "for what it's worth" category. A few days ago, I had to
>take a new machine using XP home back to the dealer for service. ( CPU
>was bad ) While there, I mentioned I had been trying to download
>"Service Pack 2". His reaction was forceful and emphatic.
>
>"DO NOT download and install SP2, and if you have, uninstall it!" By
>coincidence, the tech got a phone call while he was replacing the CPU
>from a lady who said she could no longer access certain programs. His
>first question was whether she had SP2. When she said "Yes", he told
>her to remove it. She called him back about 15 mins later and said the
>computer was now OK.
>
>As he briefly described it to me, the problem is in the new "security
>settings", which all too often interfere with normal operation. He
>further stated that SP2 was known to be defective, has numerous bugs,
>which Microsoft is working on, and that their dealership will not
>install it on any machine they sell, and provide a written warning
>that if the machine has to be returned for service, and SP2 is found
>on the machine, then the "repair warranty" is not valid.
>
>As I said, "FWIW"
>
>73
>Ed
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