for those who want to wait to install sp2- i just found out microsoft is coming out with an upgraded version around sept 29

[robin]

Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing sp2 on my
dell deminsion 8200
I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had with my cd rom
drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from owners who
installed sp2 with a million problems.

Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have had
hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2 (which i did by
doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the later version.
sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is sending me a new
one because i am still on a service contract.

So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait till MS gets
some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29

robin

--

[Unknown]

Ever wonder why it's almost always Dell with the problems? How can SP2 break
anything in your drive??
"robin" > wrote in message
...
> Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing sp2 on my
> dell deminsion 8200
> I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had with my cd rom
> drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from owners who
> installed sp2 with a million problems.
>
> Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have had
> hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2 (which i did by
> doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the later version.
> sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is sending me a new
> one because i am still on a service contract.
>
> So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait till MS gets
> some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29
>
> robin
>
> --
>
>
>

[echo]

Ya know Dell's getting better: does make me think of the ad on TV some years
back where the little kid is shoveling oatmeal into the DVD drive though.

"robin" wrote:

> Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing sp2 on my
> dell deminsion 8200
> I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had with my cd rom
> drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from owners who
> installed sp2 with a million problems.
>
> Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have had
> hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2 (which i did by
> doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the later version.
> sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is sending me a new
> one because i am still on a service contract.
>
> So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait till MS gets
> some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29
>
> robin
>
> --
>
>
>
>

[echo]

Meant to say: I AM not getting Sp 2 until the next iceage or Msoft makes it
better.

"robin" wrote:

> Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing sp2 on my
> dell deminsion 8200
> I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had with my cd rom
> drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from owners who
> installed sp2 with a million problems.
>
> Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have had
> hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2 (which i did by
> doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the later version.
> sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is sending me a new
> one because i am still on a service contract.
>
> So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait till MS gets
> some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29
>
> robin
>
> --
>
>
>
>

[robin]

not really because i spoke to a level 11 person at dell and also after he
told me this i called MS and they told me there was to be a revision in the
works so you can believe what you want to believe, i am going to wait and
see before i go and install it again

robin
"echo" > wrote in message
...
> Meant to say: I AM not getting Sp 2 until the next iceage or Msoft makes
it
> better.
>
> "robin" wrote:
>
> > Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing sp2 on
my
> > dell deminsion 8200
> > I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had with my cd
rom
> > drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from owners
who
> > installed sp2 with a million problems.
> >
> > Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have had
> > hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2 (which i did
by
> > doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the later
version.
> > sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is sending me a
new
> > one because i am still on a service contract.
> >
> > So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait till MS
gets
> > some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29
> >
> > robin
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >

[Bruce Hagen]

I have a Dell and had no problems. I know a few MVP's in this NG
might disagree with me, but I disable my A/V whenever I download a MS
update. Have never had a problem since I started doing this. If you
were to ask in the Outlook Express NG, the MVP's there do agree with
this.

I use McAfee and if you do, you will notice that when you get an
automatic update from them, *They* disable your A/V while the update
is downloading.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"robin" > wrote in message
...
> not really because i spoke to a level 11 person at dell and also
> after he
> told me this i called MS and they told me there was to be a
> revision in the
> works so you can believe what you want to believe, i am going to
> wait and
> see before i go and install it again
>
> robin
> "echo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Meant to say: I AM not getting Sp 2 until the next iceage or Msoft
>> makes
> it
>> better.
>>
>> "robin" wrote:
>>
>> > Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing
>> > sp2 on
> my
>> > dell deminsion 8200
>> > I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had
>> > with my cd
> rom
>> > drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from
>> > owners
> who
>> > installed sp2 with a million problems.
>> >
>> > Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have
>> > had
>> > hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2
>> > (which i did
> by
>> > doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the
>> > later
> version.
>> > sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is
>> > sending me a
> new
>> > one because i am still on a service contract.
>> >
>> > So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait
>> > till MS
> gets
>> > some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29
>> >
>> > robin
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>

[Becks]

"Bruce Hagen" > wrote in message
...> I have a Dell and had no
problems. I know a few MVP's in this NG
> might disagree with me, but I disable my A/V whenever I download a MS
> update. Have never had a problem since I started doing this. If you
> were to ask in the Outlook Express NG, the MVP's there do agree with
> this.
>
> I use McAfee and if you do, you will notice that when you get an
> automatic update from them, *They* disable your A/V while the update
> is downloading.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> ~IB-CA~
>

How do you disable AVG? I was looking at how you did that, but I couldn't
work it out.
--
Becks
http://www.toontalents.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Bruce Hagen]

With McAfee, you right click on the icon, (Mine it in the
Notification area on the taskbar), Properties>Disable. Should be
similar.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Becks" > wrote in message
...
> "Bruce Hagen" > wrote in message
> ...> I have a Dell and
> had no
> problems. I know a few MVP's in this NG
>> might disagree with me, but I disable my A/V whenever I download a
>> MS
>> update. Have never had a problem since I started doing this. If
>> you
>> were to ask in the Outlook Express NG, the MVP's there do agree
>> with
>> this.
>>
>> I use McAfee and if you do, you will notice that when you get an
>> automatic update from them, *They* disable your A/V while the
>> update
>> is downloading.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> ~IB-CA~
>>
>
> How do you disable AVG? I was looking at how you did that, but I
> couldn't
> work it out.
> --
> Becks
> http://www.toontalents.com/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>

[Grouchy9876]

The background scanner is only disabled at the point when the definitions
files it uses are replaced. Turning off your AV solution when downloading
(especially lengthy sets of updates from MS) is pretty criminal in all but
the most desperate cases.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> I have a Dell and had no problems. I know a few MVP's in this NG
> might disagree with me, but I disable my A/V whenever I download a MS
> update. Have never had a problem since I started doing this. If you
> were to ask in the Outlook Express NG, the MVP's there do agree with
> this.
>
> I use McAfee and if you do, you will notice that when you get an
> automatic update from them, *They* disable your A/V while the update
> is downloading.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> ~IB-CA~
>
>
> "robin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > not really because i spoke to a level 11 person at dell and also
> > after he
> > told me this i called MS and they told me there was to be a
> > revision in the
> > works so you can believe what you want to believe, i am going to
> > wait and
> > see before i go and install it again
> >
> > robin
> > "echo" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Meant to say: I AM not getting Sp 2 until the next iceage or Msoft
> >> makes
> > it
> >> better.
> >>
> >> "robin" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Like so many others here i have had numerous problems installing
> >> > sp2 on
> > my
> >> > dell deminsion 8200
> >> > I just got off the phone with dell with an atapi issue i had
> >> > with my cd
> > rom
> >> > drive and Dell just told me they have had hundreds of calls from
> >> > owners
> > who
> >> > installed sp2 with a million problems.
> >> >
> >> > Seems they talked to Microsoft and they told them they also have
> >> > had
> >> > hundreds of phone calls. The tech told me to uninstall sp2
> >> > (which i did
> > by
> >> > doing a system restore) and wait till MS comes out with the
> >> > later
> > version.
> >> > sp2 broke something in my sony cdrw drive and now dell is
> >> > sending me a
> > new
> >> > one because i am still on a service contract.
> >> >
> >> > So if any of you haven't installed it yet maybe you should wait
> >> > till MS
> > gets
> >> > some of the bugs out and reissues it around Sept 29
> >> >
> >> > robin
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

[Daniel Prince]

"echo" > wrote:

>Meant to say: I AM not getting Sp 2 until the next iceage or Msoft makes it
>better.

But according to the movie, the next ice age is "The Day After
Tomorrow".
--
I wonder who is sillier, my cat who takes laundry basket rides
around the house or me who trained him to take laundry basket
rides.