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Problems after installing windows xp sp2
Hi there,
Up until yesterday I had excactly the same problem on my latitude D505. What really messes up an SP2 installation is when the BIOS is an "older" version. Mine was D505 A02. As you said; a perfectly working laptop before installation and afterwards a complete dog. The old bios somehow messes the installation up completely. Upgrading the bios afterwards did not solve the problem. My solution was: - Upgrade the bios to the newest version - Clear the drive - Install XP from scratch - Add all patches from Windows update - Download and install newest drivers for everything (especially the - bluetooth driver is important). - Install SP2 once more According to Dell this could be done by rolling back the SP2 upgrade and then reinstalling it. I just felt the complete reinstall was safer. My conclusion is: Installing SP2 on a laptop is only recomended if you check the SP2 notes from Microsoft and the hardware manufacturer. Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the process indicated by MS. Martin |
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Problems after installing windows xp sp2
Hi there,
Up until yesterday I had excactly the same problem on my latitude D505. What really messes up an SP2 installation is when the BIOS is an "older" version. Mine was D505 A02. As you said; a perfectly working laptop before installation and afterwards a complete dog. The old bios somehow messes the installation up completely. Upgrading the bios afterwards did not solve the problem. My solution was: - Upgrade the bios to the newest version - Clear the drive - Install XP from scratch - Add all patches from Windows update - Download and install newest drivers for everything (especially the - bluetooth driver is important). - Install SP2 once more According to Dell this could be done by rolling back the SP2 upgrade and then reinstalling it. I just felt the complete reinstall was safer. My conclusion is: Installing SP2 on a laptop is only recomended if you check the SP2 notes from Microsoft and the hardware manufacturer. Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the process indicated by MS. Martin |
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Problems after installing windows xp sp2
Hi there,
Up until yesterday I had excactly the same problem on my latitude D505. What really messes up an SP2 installation is when the BIOS is an "older" version. Mine was D505 A02. As you said; a perfectly working laptop before installation and afterwards a complete dog. The old bios somehow messes the installation up completely. Upgrading the bios afterwards did not solve the problem. My solution was: - Upgrade the bios to the newest version - Clear the drive - Install XP from scratch - Add all patches from Windows update - Download and install newest drivers for everything (especially the - bluetooth driver is important). - Install SP2 once more According to Dell this could be done by rolling back the SP2 upgrade and then reinstalling it. I just felt the complete reinstall was safer. My conclusion is: Installing SP2 on a laptop is only recomended if you check the SP2 notes from Microsoft and the hardware manufacturer. Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the process indicated by MS. Martin |
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Problems after installing windows xp sp2
I'd not noticed that MS implied SP2 installation was simple !
It seems to me they've gone overboard about telling people to have a major read up before installing it. e.g. http://support.microsoft.com/xpsp2getinstall regards, Richard wrote in message oups.com... Hi there, Up until yesterday I had excactly the same problem on my latitude D505. What really messes up an SP2 installation is when the BIOS is an "older" version. Mine was D505 A02. As you said; a perfectly working laptop before installation and afterwards a complete dog. The old bios somehow messes the installation up completely. Upgrading the bios afterwards did not solve the problem. My solution was: - Upgrade the bios to the newest version - Clear the drive - Install XP from scratch - Add all patches from Windows update - Download and install newest drivers for everything (especially the - bluetooth driver is important). - Install SP2 once more According to Dell this could be done by rolling back the SP2 upgrade and then reinstalling it. I just felt the complete reinstall was safer. My conclusion is: Installing SP2 on a laptop is only recomended if you check the SP2 notes from Microsoft and the hardware manufacturer. Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the process indicated by MS. Martin |
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Problems after installing windows xp sp2
Hmmm...
By letting users download and install it virtually automatically via windows update like any other security patch, I mistakenly got the impression, that it was a walk in the park. Stupid me! Thanks for putting me straight there ;-) |
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