I'm unable to download service pack 2

Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
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Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or Pieces Of
Eight twenty times and call it a day?


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Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
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Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


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Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

You're funnier than a rubber crutch. Go read something.
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or Pieces Of
Eight twenty times and call it a day?


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Gerry
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


--



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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that Unknown is
only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not *installing* it. I
daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an unpatched Windows 95 machine
if you really wanted to.

The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but he/she's
probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or Pieces Of
Eight twenty times and call it a day?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


--



Gerry
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Stourport, England
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

Olórin

Unknown is a Troll on a personal crusade to annoy me. He pretends not
to understand. In another newsgroup yesterday he chose to squabble with
another Troll. It made me smile.

JB posted on 23 December 2008. He never made clear what exactly was
installed and never made a further post. He had some version of Windows
XP pre SP2. JB wanted to bypass SP2.

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Gerry
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Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Olórin wrote:
I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that
Unknown is only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not
*installing* it. I daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an
unpatched Windows 95 machine if you really wanted to.

The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but
he/she's probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or
Pieces Of Eight twenty times and call it a day?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

Your problem is that you don't read or you don't comprehend what you read.
Then post garbage or misinformation.
Just the other day you told a poster who couldn't start his computer to turn
off 'reboot on error'. How can he????
Then you argue about it and deny everything when confronted.
This newsgroup is just full of your nonsense.
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

Unknown is a Troll on a personal crusade to annoy me. He pretends not to
understand. In another newsgroup yesterday he chose to squabble with
another Troll. It made me smile.

JB posted on 23 December 2008. He never made clear what exactly was
installed and never made a further post. He had some version of Windows XP
pre SP2. JB wanted to bypass SP2.

--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Olórin wrote:
I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that
Unknown is only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not
*installing* it. I daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an
unpatched Windows 95 machine if you really wanted to.

The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but
he/she's probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or
Pieces Of Eight twenty times and call it a day?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

Unknown

You really are demonstrating your ignorance. It does not seem to be a
pretence.

Please post a complete copy of the Stop Error report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Keep pressing the F8
key during Start-Up and select option - Disable automatic restart on
system failure. Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure.
Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

This is part of a standard response where a computer gives a BSOD error
in response when a user tries to boot and has not a posted a complete
copy of the Error report.


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Gerry
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




Unknown wrote:
Your problem is that you don't read or you don't comprehend what you
read. Then post garbage or misinformation.
Just the other day you told a poster who couldn't start his computer
to turn off 'reboot on error'. How can he????
Then you argue about it and deny everything when confronted.
This newsgroup is just full of your nonsense.
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

Unknown is a Troll on a personal crusade to annoy me. He pretends
not to understand. In another newsgroup yesterday he chose to
squabble with another Troll. It made me smile.

JB posted on 23 December 2008. He never made clear what exactly was
installed and never made a further post. He had some version of
Windows XP pre SP2. JB wanted to bypass SP2.

--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Olórin wrote:
I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that
Unknown is only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not
*installing* it. I daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an
unpatched Windows 95 machine if you really wanted to.

The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but
he/she's probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or
Pieces Of Eight twenty times and call it a day?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

Unknown is a Troll on a personal crusade to annoy me. He pretends not to
understand. In another newsgroup yesterday he chose to squabble with
another Troll. It made me smile.

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right (although his
posting style is another issue altogether) - he only ever addresses the
issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that was (rightly or wrongly)
asked about. Others had taken up the matter of installation requirements,
which may have obfuscated things.

JB posted on 23 December 2008. He never made clear what exactly was
installed and never made a further post. He had some version of Windows XP
pre SP2.

I know...

JB wanted to bypass SP2.

Au contraire - I don't think he was trying to bypass anything. He said, "i
am unable to download service pack 2 for windows xp and i know that i must
before i download sevice pack 3. i cannot use my new ipod without getting
this done."


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Olórin wrote:
I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that
Unknown is only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not
*installing* it. I daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an
unpatched Windows 95 machine if you really wanted to.

The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but
he/she's probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
You've become a parrot. Why don't you just say Pretty Polly or
Pieces Of Eight twenty times and call it a day?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unknown wrote:
Are you going to take a reading class upon your return?
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Will we get some relief when the school holidays end?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:07:57 -0500, Leonard Grey
wrote:

Gerry:

I put Unknown in my killfile. Now I'm Unbothered.

I have Gerry in mine. You're very close to being next.

Olórin

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Olórin wrote:
..

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right
(although his posting style is another issue altogether) - he only
ever addresses the issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that
was (rightly or wrongly) asked about. Others had taken up the matter
of installation requirements, which may have obfuscated things.


Literally you are right about what JB said and the statement I made in
my last post "JB wanted to bypass SP2" was incorrect. However, no one
with an ounce of common sense would take JB's statement literally given
that it was obvious that there was an intention to install.

JB posted on 23 December 2008. He never made clear what exactly was
installed and never made a further post. He had some version of
Windows XP pre SP2.

I know...

JB wanted to bypass SP2.

Au contraire - I don't think he was trying to bypass anything. He
said, "i am unable to download service pack 2 for windows xp and i
know that i must before i download sevice pack 3. i cannot use my new
ipod without getting this done."

That is correct.


I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that
Unknown is only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not
*installing* it. I daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an
unpatched Windows 95 machine if you really wanted to.

He disgreed with JB's statement without having knowledge that only JB
had. He failed to explain the circumstances in which JB's assumption
might be incorrect. He chose to take literally what JB said when it was
implicit in what JB said that the intention was to install SP2 to
facilitate the later installation of SP3. Not a particulary helpful
contribution to solving the problem JB had encountered.


The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but
he/she's probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

Agreed.



--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

Olórin

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Olórin wrote:
..

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right
(although his posting style is another issue altogether) - he only
ever addresses the issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that
was (rightly or wrongly) asked about. Others had taken up the matter
of installation requirements, which may have obfuscated things.


Literally you are right about what JB said and the statement I made in
my last post "JB wanted to bypass SP2" was incorrect. However, no one
with an ounce of common sense would take JB's statement literally given
that it was obvious that there was an intention to install.

JB posted on 23 December 2008. He never made clear what exactly was
installed and never made a further post. He had some version of
Windows XP pre SP2.

I know...

JB wanted to bypass SP2.

Au contraire - I don't think he was trying to bypass anything. He
said, "i am unable to download service pack 2 for windows xp and i
know that i must before i download sevice pack 3. i cannot use my new
ipod without getting this done."

That is correct.


I think that the underlying reason for the dissent here is that
Unknown is only talking about *downloading* the service pack, not
*installing* it. I daresay one could *download* SP3 for XP with an
unpatched Windows 95 machine if you really wanted to.

He disgreed with JB's statement without having knowledge that only JB
had. He failed to explain the circumstances in which JB's assumption
might be incorrect. He chose to take literally what JB said when it was
implicit in what JB said that the intention was to install SP2 to
facilitate the later installation of SP3. Not a particulary helpful
contribution to solving the problem JB had encountered.


The OP, jb, probably meant "install" in the original post, but
he/she's probably long gone, in which case we'll never know.

Agreed.



--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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Olórin wrote:
.

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right
(although his posting style is another issue altogether) - he only
ever addresses the issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that
was (rightly or wrongly) asked about. Others had taken up the matter
of installation requirements, which may have obfuscated things.


Literally you are right about what JB said and the statement I made in my
last post "JB wanted to bypass SP2" was incorrect. However, no one with an
ounce of common sense would take JB's statement literally given that it
was obvious that there was an intention to install.

I was just pointing out that which no-one else had: that Unknown was
literal-mindedly harping on about *downloading* when everyone else picked up
on the fact that the OP would probably want to then *install* one SP or the
other. If Unknown had pointed this out, instead of simply repeating "read
what I wrote," it would have clarified things and saved time and nastiness;
but such is not his way. I believe he has more than an ounce of common
sense, but was merely enjoying being perverse (as well as terse).

Of secondary annoyance is that "jb" just did a hit and run, as so many do -
asked for help but never checked back in.

snip

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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Olórin wrote:
.

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right
(although his posting style is another issue altogether) - he only
ever addresses the issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that
was (rightly or wrongly) asked about. Others had taken up the matter
of installation requirements, which may have obfuscated things.


Literally you are right about what JB said and the statement I made in my
last post "JB wanted to bypass SP2" was incorrect. However, no one with an
ounce of common sense would take JB's statement literally given that it
was obvious that there was an intention to install.

I was just pointing out that which no-one else had: that Unknown was
literal-mindedly harping on about *downloading* when everyone else picked up
on the fact that the OP would probably want to then *install* one SP or the
other. If Unknown had pointed this out, instead of simply repeating "read
what I wrote," it would have clarified things and saved time and nastiness;
but such is not his way. I believe he has more than an ounce of common
sense, but was merely enjoying being perverse (as well as terse).

Of secondary annoyance is that "jb" just did a hit and run, as so many do -
asked for help but never checked back in.

snip

Olórin

Perverse. Yes.

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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Olórin wrote:
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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Olórin wrote:
.

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right
(although his posting style is another issue altogether) - he only
ever addresses the issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that
was (rightly or wrongly) asked about. Others had taken up the matter
of installation requirements, which may have obfuscated things.


Literally you are right about what JB said and the statement I made
in my last post "JB wanted to bypass SP2" was incorrect. However, no
one with an ounce of common sense would take JB's statement
literally given that it was obvious that there was an intention to
install.

I was just pointing out that which no-one else had: that Unknown was
literal-mindedly harping on about *downloading* when everyone else
picked up on the fact that the OP would probably want to then
*install* one SP or the other. If Unknown had pointed this out,
instead of simply repeating "read what I wrote," it would have
clarified things and saved time and nastiness; but such is not his
way. I believe he has more than an ounce of common sense, but was
merely enjoying being perverse (as well as terse).
Of secondary annoyance is that "jb" just did a hit and run, as so
many do - asked for help but never checked back in.

snip

Olórin

Perverse. Yes.

--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Olórin wrote:
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Olórin

Replies inline

Olórin wrote:
.

What I'm saying is that, strictly speaking, Unknown is right
(although his posting style is another issue altogether) - he only
ever addresses the issue of *downloading* the SP, which is all that
was (rightly or wrongly) asked about. Others had taken up the matter
of installation requirements, which may have obfuscated things.


Literally you are right about what JB said and the statement I made
in my last post "JB wanted to bypass SP2" was incorrect. However, no
one with an ounce of common sense would take JB's statement
literally given that it was obvious that there was an intention to
install.

I was just pointing out that which no-one else had: that Unknown was
literal-mindedly harping on about *downloading* when everyone else
picked up on the fact that the OP would probably want to then
*install* one SP or the other. If Unknown had pointed this out,
instead of simply repeating "read what I wrote," it would have
clarified things and saved time and nastiness; but such is not his
way. I believe he has more than an ounce of common sense, but was
merely enjoying being perverse (as well as terse).
Of secondary annoyance is that "jb" just did a hit and run, as so
many do - asked for help but never checked back in.

snip