[WriteLog] Re: Trouble installing 10.48 upgrade

[Mel Martin]

A corrupt boot sector doesn't really sound like an SP2 problem, Barry. Might
be hardware...

Regardless of what you may have heard, SP2 is pretty solid. No problems at
all at work and we have installed on hundreds of machines... mind you, they
are more homogenous than home computers.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry " <w2up at mindspring.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 14:57
Subject: Re: Re: [WriteLog] Re: Trouble installing 10.48 upgrade


> I installed SP2 on 3 computers at home about 2 weeks ago.  NO
> problems until yesterday:
>
> 1. My daughters computer locked up solid for no reason.  No mouse
> movement.  CTL-ALT-DEL didn't work.  Manually shut off. Seems OK, so
> far.
>
> 2. My shack computer locked up today while in Quicken.  Same symptoms
> as above.  Had to restore Quicken datafile from backup (backed up
> last night, fortunately), and lost about 50 Label tags in DX4WIN, as
> I was entering some buro cards, but hadn't yet backed up.  In
> addition, when I restarted the computer, I got a blue death screen.
> After being on the phone with MS tech support in Bangalore for about
> an hour, system is now working again (had to restore bad boot sector
> from XP CDROM).  I NEVER had a single problem with XP SP1.
>
> If I had to do it again, I wouldn't install SP2 now, and may
> uninstall it if problems persist.
>
> Barry W2UP
>
> On 1 Sep 2004 at 13:19, Bob Naumann - N5NJ wrote:
>
> > Ditto.
> >
> > I'm running SP2 as well - no problems.
> >
> > N5NJ
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> > Date: 2004/09/01 Wed PM 12:04:57 CDT
> > To: K4SB <k4sb at bellsouth.net>
> > CC: Writelog <writelog at contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: Trouble installing 10.48 upgrade
> >
> > --- K4SB <k4sb at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > He's just spreading FUD.  I have been running SP2 since the early
> > public beta releases (RC1 and beyond).  It's now installed on 5
> > computers under my control, using a variety of hardware, and I have
> > not had a single problem with it. Sure, security is a little tighter,
> > and doesn't always wook with *poorly-written* applications (those that
> > bypass the Windows API, etc.).  But it's a far cry to claim "SP2 was
> > known to be defective, has numerous bugs".
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
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> Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
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