windows xp home sp2

[otj]

my computer's performance and loading of personal settings slowed down and
automatically rebooted 3-times in one day, about 2 days after i installed
the windows xp service pack 2. when i uninstalled it my computer speeded up
and did not experience any automatic reboot upon logon, except for the usual
time-to-time auto restart (but not frequent) at the windows xp logo startup.

my authorized pc technician told me that the sp2 still has lots of bugs that
need to be removed.

for this reason, i need to know if sp2 takes up a considerable amount of
memory, aside from hard disk space. thanks.

[Gordon]

otj wrote:

> my authorized pc technician told me that the sp2 still has lots of bugs that
> need to be removed.

SP2 doesn't HAVE "bugs". It's had to be designed to work on many
hundreds of thousands of different combinations of hardware/software.
have you checked that you have no spyware or malware or any viruses?
Have you checked that all your software and hardware have had all the
manufacturer's patches for SP2 installed?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Could the tech give specifics?
If not find a competent tech next time.
There will most likely not be any changes to SP-2.
However much software has updates and hardware has driver updates to
function properly with SP-2.

Did you verify SP-2 compatibility before installing SP-2?
The Service Pack Installation Checklist can help prevent problems:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
http://www.dts-l.org


"otj" > wrote in message
...
> my computer's performance and loading of personal settings slowed down and
> automatically rebooted 3-times in one day, about 2 days after i installed
> the windows xp service pack 2. when i uninstalled it my computer speeded
> up
> and did not experience any automatic reboot upon logon, except for the
> usual
> time-to-time auto restart (but not frequent) at the windows xp logo
> startup.
>
> my authorized pc technician told me that the sp2 still has lots of bugs
> that
> need to be removed.
>
> for this reason, i need to know if sp2 takes up a considerable amount of
> memory, aside from hard disk space. thanks.

[otj]

"Gordon" wrote:

> otj wrote:
>
> > my authorized pc technician told me that the sp2 still has lots of bugs that
> > need to be removed.
>
> SP2 doesn't HAVE "bugs". It's had to be designed to work on many
> hundreds of thousands of different combinations of hardware/software.
> have you checked that you have no spyware or malware or any viruses?
> Have you checked that all your software and hardware have had all the
> manufacturer's patches for SP2 installed?
>
so, are you trying to tell me that even microsoft word 2003 has patches for
this? this is exactly what i was using before my computer automatically
restarted.