Thanks for taking the time to read this. As SP2 has been launched, the number of questions and problems that has headed this way has been huge. I have...

Having successfully (?) installed SP2, I've noticed that the All Users folder is no longer visible in the Explorer tree unless I enable "show...

I need help in the following areas: 1. Disable Firewall 2. Disable Automatic Update 3. Enable Quick Launch tool bar 4. Set Folder views to "Details" for all...

I've noticed that the file creation date associated with files is sometimes incorrect and is unreliable. It appears that if I have had a file with the same...

Most of the time when I try to download a sizeable file (eg 30MB) over my broadband connection using, I get an error message: Internet Explorer cannot...

I've just installed XP Home-SP2 over ME on my HP Pavilion. Now, the computer won't power down after using the Turn Off icon in XP. It takes me to a screen that...

I would like to be able to enable the quicklaunch toobar from the registry. It is not as easy as one would think. Got any ideas? -- KB

Hello. Happy New Years :-) I just upgraded from XP SP1 to SP2 this morning. Before, Words 2002, which DOC and RTF files open with by default, opened nice and...

My daughter downloaded SP2 last night on her HP computer. This morning, when she restarted, the computer failed to start. She says it briefly shows an HP logo,...

I need a regestry hack to disable the firewall in windows XP SP2. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? -- KB

A little annoyed acyually, The download takes ages and when it is finally installed cock all works. I tried to connect the internet using IE and SP2 just...

Howdy all I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system with a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys...

My system: Win XP HE with SP2, ethernet connection to Linksys router Second computer same OS with SP2, Linksys wireless adapter Comcast cable...

SP@ has made my machine unusable. About every 1/2 hr the machine locks up and crashes. I'mm just plain peed off and microsoft has no useful help on the...

I'm working on a machine with XP Sp2 which was infected by "about blank", after I clean the registry and run the windows repair. Everything seems fine except...

Hi! Last week sometime, my kids installed the Windows SP2 download and ever since then I am having HUGE problems. I can't delete any files or folders. I...

I had a problem with a slow internet XP system after an SP2 update on my laptop which was subsequently fixed, this post is for information purposes for those...

I have fromatted a C drive and made the CD bootable. Setup gets to the 'Setup is starting Windows' and then hangs. There is no more CD activity. I tried using...

My two-year-old emachine came with a restore disk rather than a full copy of XP. In case of emergency, can it still be used now that SP2 has been installed?

Windows XP recently (11/1/04) ran my automatic update to SP2 (I assume it was RTM, but I'm a little out of the tech loop these days). And I have spent the...

Before deploying to the enterprise i setup a test lab of 6 XP pcs. Five of the PCs came to a crawl after the SP2 update. (DELL GX260, 270, and 280s) I...