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Offline Lepton

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Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« on: August 19, 2004, 09:41:13 pm »
After installing that POS Service Pack 2, my laptop refused to shutdown or restart, hung up when sleeping and refused to wake up.  I had to pull the battery to get the thing to turn off.  Anyone else had this problem or know if this is a known issue??  Love that Microsoft!!!


System Specs:

Dell Dimension E521
AMD64x2 5000+
2G DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3
250GB SATA HD

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2004, 09:43:04 pm »
I've had similar problems with other versions of windoze. 

I installed SP2 over the weekend.  The only problem I've had so far is the other day when there was a spontaneous reboot while I was web surfing.
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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2004, 11:42:45 pm »
I haven't had any probs, but I'm running a desktop..wierd config..6 harddrives, 2 DVD's, a zip and a floppy...but who knows with the SW loaded..I could be lucky

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2004, 03:18:09 am »
You need an old preist and a young priest....the power of christ compells you!

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2004, 08:36:03 am »
You need an old preist and a young priest....the power of christ compells you!

Thank you for the belly laugh  :rofl:  I saw the Excercist when it came out in the '70's..read the book too...not bad for 30 years ago...

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2004, 03:16:31 pm »

No chance of me installing in its current state (a right mess), will have to wait and see if they manage to sort it out.

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2004, 03:35:29 pm »
You need an old preist and a young priest....the power of christ compells you!

  :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Dude you are too much! :)
 

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2004, 04:52:35 pm »
The power of Gates compels you!
The power of Gates compels you!
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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2004, 06:36:32 pm »
Probably plugs some holes and opens new ones.

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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2004, 10:31:54 pm »
Upgraded two days ago. Noticeable problem with the security settings it "imposes". First it wouldn't let me open my Comcast Email until I allowed it to recieve cookies from the mail site. Second I've noticed it blocks any active X or Java script until I allow it for each specific site. Annoying. ???

P.S. I can't even choose the MORE option from the list of Smiley icons, damn upgrade is treating them as a "pop-up". >:(
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Re: Just uninstalled POS XP Service Pack 2
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2004, 01:26:03 pm »
I've installed SP2 on a couple of machines so far, some clean & some upgrades and haven't had any problems so far.

It did hose Bearshare, but they seem to be aware of the problem and are working on a fix in a new version.

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