Re: [CGUYS] xp sp3
xp pro sp3 went on fine on my x31 thinkpad... no troubles displayed... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] XP SP3 RC2 Refresh
what is RC2??? Roger D. Parish wrote: About a month ago, I reported how XP SP3 RC2 caused my AMD-based PC to blue screen on startup. Yesterday, I learned that MicroSoft had released a refresh for SP3 RC2, so (ever a glutton for punishment :-) I gave it a try. Long story short, it works just fine! And now back to the McLaughlin Group. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] XP SP3 RC2 Refresh
At 4:37 PM -0500 3/31/08, Judy Cosler wrote: what is RC2??? Release Candidate 2. That means they're getting close to RTM (Release To Manufacture or Release to Master). In other words, RSN (Real Soon Now). -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] XP SP3 Killed My PC
I applied the Microsoft-supplied registry hack to enable Windows Update to apply SP3 RC2. Yesterday morning, Update had downloaded the SP3 fix. I installed it, and upon restarting, the machine went into a restart loop. Windows recognized that it hadn't successfully shut down previously and gave me a screen to select whether to do a safe startup or continue. I continued a couple of times, which resulted in an almost immediate restart each time. Finally, I chose Safe Mode, and Windows prompted me to do a restore to a previous checkpoint. I chose the day before, and everything came up properly. Needless to say, I'll let others do further experiments on SP3. FWIW YMMV -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] XP SP3 Killed My PC
Hope you aren't beta testing on your main machine heh Mike On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Roger D. Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I applied the Microsoft-supplied registry hack to enable Windows Update to apply SP3 RC2. Yesterday morning, Update had downloaded the SP3 fix. I installed it, and upon restarting, the machine went into a restart loop. Windows recognized that it hadn't successfully shut down previously and gave me a screen to select whether to do a safe startup or continue. I continued a couple of times, which resulted in an almost immediate restart each time. Finally, I chose Safe Mode, and Windows prompted me to do a restore to a previous checkpoint. I chose the day before, and everything came up properly. Needless to say, I'll let others do further experiments on SP3. FWIW YMMV -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
