Whew! All went well on this Gateway P4 GHz Laptop. The download was lager than the stated 75MB on the download site, weighing in at a very hefty 95.70MB. With cable access that went pretty quickly. The installation seemed painfully slow. Verifying file download seemed to take as long as the actual download. Then files were backed up, necessary space determined, and finally files were installed. Entire process took just over an hour. The only preparation I made was to disable Bootskin (a little something for the grandkids on my otherwise very straight-forward, no-nonsense computer). I had read at M$ that SP2 and Bootskin seem to conflict along with SEVERAL other programs, including Zone Alarm, which I also have on this PC. I did not shut down Zone Alarm during the SP2 installation. After a very slow first reboot, Zone alarm loaded as usual. no problems noted. Windows firewall did not load. I then went to the Shields up test site @ GRC.com and passed all the tests there. Then I shut down Zone Alarm, enabled the Windows Firewall and re-tested @ GRC.com, and again passed all the tests. I do think, though that I will stick with Zone Alarm for now, simply because I am used to it, and still a little unsure of the M$ firewall just yet. I've not checked ALL my programs yet, but email, browser, yahoo messenger all seem to work just fine. That said, I'll still wait some time before I attempt to update the three PC's at the office :-)
Marlene -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlene Coldwell Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PCWorks: SP2 available on CD free of charge Hi all, I have been reading all the pro's and cons of SP2, and must admit, I have not installed it on any of my systems yet. It does seem that the majority of installations go without problems, but with my luck (being similar to Clint's ;->), I'm sure I'll run into at least a snag or two. This is my last email on my new laptop before installing it...so if you don't hear from me for days...you'll know what happened! Actually...if it gets hosed, I'll let y'all know from the office tomorrow. In the meantime, Microsoft is offering the CD of SP2 at no cost...even free shipping here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2 /cdorder/en_us/default.mspx Wish me luck! Marlene ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
