In the beginning was XP and XP begat XP SP1. And things were mostly working. Then, XP SP1 begat XP SP2 and my life became hell.
Having had enough, this morning at 7:00 am I decide to follow Microsoft's 3 step easy unistall
Run appwiz.cpl
Select show updates
Click remove
Live happily ever after
7 hours later, at least 12-15 reboots, scouring the Inernet for how to work around the BSOD, how to trick the installer into letting me do things, on and on, I am now back to XP SP1 and never to return to XP SP2 until they get it really fixed.
And before you say it, I have to have XP to be compatible with my employer. I hate Microsoft.
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Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) |  | Amen |
Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) | | I can sympathize with your distress over XP SP2. I have found that it runs better as a fresh install rather than an upgrade. The first time I updated to SP2, I had nothing but problems. After that, I reformatted my drive, loaded XP SP1, then SP2 and everything was fine. I still stay away from IE though. Unfortunately, no matter how much ANY OF US hate MS, we are stuck with them. I do find it aweful funny that the main thing SP2 did was add more security measures to XP. MS should have expected that SP2 would cause headaches. Especially for someone who installs it and has a virus or adware or other junk on their PC. |
Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) | | http://www.microsuck.com/ Thought some might like that site :-) |
| Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) by chatserv on Friday, October 15, 2004 @ 17:20:40 CDT (User Info | Send a Message) http://www.scriptheaven.net | |
http://www.microsuck.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml#2 Hmmmm |
| Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) by cprompt on Sunday, October 17, 2004 @ 16:05:24 CDT (User Info | Send a Message) | |
Yeah, there is some interesting stuff on the site. Especially all the hidden file info... |
Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) | | I have no great love for Microsoft and prefer to use FreeBSD whenever possible. However, I installed SP2 on my machine here and my general workstation at work when they first came out and have had no real problems at all? So far as P2P programs go, I still use Limewire and it still works exactly as it did before. Granted the firewall is a childs toy attempt at protection, but there are a number of other interesting changes under the hood which do make some difference. |
Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) | | I have to admit at first I thought everything was A-Ok with SP2 but now I am experiencing some random reboots and explorer errors. Seriously considering down grading to win2k. We ordered the SP2 CD to make it easier to install. It won't install on one machine at all and this one is acting like win98 for all the crashes its having. Most likey a conflict with something but... this is getting real old real fast. Win2k machine was on for months at a time without so much as a reboot. |
Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) | | Despite the negative comments, I still feel WinXP is the most stable OS Microshaft has ever producted short of DOS 6.22....but I wasn't so "cutting edge" to fall for the "upgrade to SP2" silliness....rule of thumb with MS....wait 4-6 months AFTER the release of any major Service Pack before upgrading.....you'll live.....and end the end, be happier for it..... |
Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) | | i hope no one is gonna hate me for this opinion but only people with a messed up computer are likely to have problems after the sp2 update. i did the sp2 2 weeks after i had the buy a new motherboard with a processor and now i have a fast computer but i was concerned about the big update,like many people i know. But like some couldnt believe it was realy true...it went perfectly. No errors,no dropping out of the internet,or bad behaviour of programms....nothing. The few people i contacted to see how they did complained about things not working anymore and i knew they had done some things to or in their computer. But mine was clean and just used for 2 weeks...but with all installed whatever i have and use. But maybe im just an exception ... |
| Re: Have I Told You How Much I Hate Microsoft? (Score: 1) by Raven (raven (_AT_) ravenphpscripts (_DOT_) com) on Saturday, October 23, 2004 @ 20:51:40 CDT (User Info | Send a Message) | |
Trust me, my computer was/is in no way messed up. Just a brief tour of google will yield thousands of people that have had problems. Even MS admits that you're best off with a clean install. Regardless, there are countless fixes out there and I became a victim. After 1 install, 1 uninstall, 3 repairs, I have my lean, mean machine back. I did it the old fashioned way. Back doors, DOS tricks, and tenacity. I even resolved an issue that many people were having and neither MS nor other MS help desks had been able to solve. On the other hand, my wife's computer is running very smoothly with SP2. |
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