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Old September 24th 04, 03:38 AM
Barry Watzman
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Sorry, tens of millions of people have installed SP2 with no problems at
all. I have a DVD burner (I have 3 optical drives, in fact), and mine
wasn't hosed. Yours probably wasn't either.

What PROBABLY happened was this:

XP does not, in and of itself, support DVD playback. Not XP (original),
XP SP1 or XP SP2. To get DVD playback, you need a non-Microsoft MPEG
Codec. You probably had one from some other product, and if you have
one, XP will use it. But installing SP2 may have made it necessary to
reinstall the codec, it is, after all, a new operating system. But I'm
guessing that the DVD drive itself is fine, is still present in "my
computer" and will still see and access both CDs and DVDs (note
"accessing" them is not the same as "playing" them).

What I'd do now is upgrade to Windows media player 10, try the DVD
player to play movies, if it doesn't work, reinstall whatever
non-Microsoft DVD software you had, which will reinstall the codec.
This is probably the DVD playback software that came with your DVD
burner (Power DVD or whatever). Normally, this isn't necessary, but in
your case, for whatever reason, it apparently is.



RobertPatrick wrote:

"Interrogative" wrote in
:


"RobertPatrick" wrote in message
. ..

SP2 wrecked my PC.
All of a sudden my DVD-RW drive won't work. Nothing is able to fix
it. I uninstalled SP2. Still can't read or burn a DVD. Store
bought DVDs won't play,either. Then I did System Restore and that
didn't work, either. I think MS released SP2 knowing that it was a
bunch of junk. Now I have to haul my PC to the shop and PAY to have
it fixed.

MS = more ****.


MS killed your burner. Nothing to do with you at all, MS caused it.



That's right.

Gee, I wonder why, on all the machines on which I have installed SP2,
I haven't had a single problem even to the point of a tax agent
sending in tax returns through a VPN to the tax dept?



I don't care about your stupid tax problems. Maybe you should have filed
them in the year they were due.


Maybe because I

thought ahead and made sure? Possibly. Maybe because SP2 doesn't
really cause the problems so much as people without a clue who really
cause most problems? More than likely!


Yes, MS hosed my DVD burner. The only thing changed was SP2.
SP2 is worthless, as your blatherings.

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  #47  
Old September 24th 04, 11:13 AM
Alex Nichol
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David Nimon wrote:

If I remember (great possibility NOT!), the OP is referring to the rule that
sentences aren't supposed to end with a preposition.


I remember hearing a little song with that as the punch line; a small
boy seeing workmen struggling to get a piano up from a basement:

"Mother why do
They try to get that
Up from out of down under there?"


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Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)
  #48  
Old September 24th 04, 09:19 PM
cquirke (MVP Win9x)
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:51:35 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"

The OP has English as his native language. BTW, I am fluent in 3 languages.
How many languages are you fluent in?


Two. Many folks in South Africa are fluent in three, but spend most
of thier time using thier second or third language - and being judged
as deficient by those proficiant in that language (typically English).

In my case, I'm proficient in English, but can speak or understand
nothing in South African languages that have the largest user bases.

It's easier to be mindful of the Babel effect in Africa or Europe,
both of which are full of tribal enclaves with different languages,
than in a more monocultural environment like northern USA.



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  #49  
Old September 26th 04, 02:45 PM
Interrogative
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I don't have to. It's all there for everyone to see.


"NoNoBadDog!" mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote in message
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Please specify what you mean?

Bobby

"Interrogative" wrote in message
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"NoNoBadDog!" mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote in message
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The OP has English as his native language. BTW, I am fluent in 3
languages. How many languages are you fluent in?


I just had to grin at that sentence while following this thread. That
last sentence isn't grammatically correct!






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Old September 26th 04, 02:46 PM
Interrogative
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Yep but everybody does it. The thing that always gets me is if you are going
to correct someone's spelling or grammar, you shouldn't make the same
mistakes.



"David Nimon" wrote in message
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If I remember (great possibility NOT!), the OP is referring to the rule
that sentences aren't supposed to end with a preposition.

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"NoNoBadDog!" mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote in message
...
Please specify what you mean?

Bobby

"Interrogative" wrote in message
...

"NoNoBadDog!" mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote in message
...
The OP has English as his native language. BTW, I am fluent in 3
languages. How many languages are you fluent in?


I just had to grin at that sentence while following this thread. That
last sentence isn't grammatically correct!








  #51  
Old September 26th 04, 02:49 PM
Interrogative
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"RobertPatrick" wrote in message
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"Interrogative" wrote in
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"RobertPatrick" wrote in message
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SP2 wrecked my PC.
All of a sudden my DVD-RW drive won't work. Nothing is able to fix
it. I uninstalled SP2. Still can't read or burn a DVD. Store
bought DVDs won't play,either. Then I did System Restore and that
didn't work, either. I think MS released SP2 knowing that it was a
bunch of junk. Now I have to haul my PC to the shop and PAY to have
it fixed.

MS = more ****.


MS killed your burner. Nothing to do with you at all, MS caused it.


That's right.


Nope.


Gee, I wonder why, on all the machines on which I have installed SP2,
I haven't had a single problem even to the point of a tax agent
sending in tax returns through a VPN to the tax dept?


I don't care about your stupid tax problems. Maybe you should have filed
them in the year they were due.


You're an idiot.



Maybe because I
thought ahead and made sure? Possibly. Maybe because SP2 doesn't
really cause the problems so much as people without a clue who really
cause most problems? More than likely!

Yes, MS hosed my DVD burner. The only thing changed was SP2.
SP2 is worthless, as your blatherings.


Nope. You just couldn't get a clue no matter HOW many vowels you bought!


  #52  
Old September 26th 04, 02:51 PM
Interrogative
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"Barry Watzman" wrote in message
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What I'd do now is upgrade to Windows media player 10, try the DVD player
to play movies, if it doesn't work, reinstall whatever


I wouldn't do that were I him. It has a problem with playback of streaming
media over the net. WMP9 didn't have that problem.



  #53  
Old September 28th 04, 01:23 AM
ncrednek
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I guess being a new cumber has it advantages, for I haven't had a proplem
that couldn't be fixed. The only thing is it blocked some of my games, but
short of that WORKS GREAT

Country boy ncrednek

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

Wayne;
"They really do need to test these things properly"
SP-2 was possibly tested more than any other piece of software has in
the past.
Exactly what do you mean by the above statement?
How many windows XP computers in the world?
Now factor in that no two are identical.
How does Microsoft or anyone for that matter test something as big as
a Service Pack on all possible combinations?
Can not be done, impossible.

"I am an IT manager"
Really?
Then SP-2 should have had no surprises to you since your organization
has been testing SP-2 for at least several months to check for
compatibility issues.

"I am now thinking of not even bothering as it is more bother than it
is worth."
Fine, it is your computer.
But you make it sound like you are punishing Microsoft.
How is that?

"...that they may have non micro$oft software aswell on their
machine."
Nothing wrong with non Microsoft software as long as it is well
written.
For years software has been written taking advantage of what are now
vulnerabilities.
Microsoft has taken a big step and followed the demands of the IT
community to make Windows more secure.

Did you at least have a clean computer?
Was the computer ready for Windows XP?
Since your rant gave no details, it is impossible to know.

Start he
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm


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http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Wayne" wrote in message
om...
I spent the night on the phone to Micro$oft for them to just fob me
off with almost (not our problem!) answers. They got me to install
SP2
twice and take it off twice and yet it still does not work. All it
does is reboot my machine after the welcome note comes up, if
Micro$oft think that this is sufficient then they should be very
much
mistaken. They really do need to test these things properly before
putting them into the population. I am now thinking of not even
bothering as it is more bother than it is worth. If there is any
permenant problems which have now been caused through there
inadequate
experienced staff, they will see a law suit hitting their doorstep
very shortly, or they will be required to get one of their "very
experienced" techie guys to sort out the problem, as I am an IT
manager and I have know idea what these cretins have concocted. I
was
amazed by the fob offs saying that it was not there problem it must
be
another program which is causing it, however I was only installing
SP2
everything else worked before.

All Micro$oft want is a monopoly and do not care about there users
and
that they may have non micro$oft software aswell on their machine.

Well I stick two fingers up at Micro$oft and will not be installing
SP2 until they have a finished piece of work




 




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