Microsoft XP SP-2

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Kerri
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Microsoft XP SP-2

Post by Kerri »

Hi ya,

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I had to install SP-2 this weekend to enable my anti-virus program to update itself. Talk about being blackmailed.

I installed it, after following the instructions about updating all drivers, but Lo my PC wont shut down after Windows closes.
I have a HP Pavilion t580.uk with a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor.
Microsoft have been no help and HP (bless them) havent come up with anything.

Any of you girls got a fix for me? My alternative at the moment is to force it to shut down by holding in the power button after Windows has closed.

thanks in anticipation

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Post by DonnaT »

Try removing the SP2. It is the worst thing going for most XP PCs. If you cna't remove it, use your restore function and restore back to the day before you installed SP2.
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Post by Kerri »

Hi Donna,

I dont want to try that until its the last resort. My AV program wouldnt update properly at the weekend. I have Norton AV 2004. Once I installed SP 2 . NAV worked just dandy.

My daughter lost everything on her PC last week due to a virus. Even though I have all the irreplaceable files like family photos backed up (on my old iMac) I would hate to loose my collection of MP3 files and MPEG's.

I can do it if I have to, but there must be a fix somewhere.

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Post by Jessie »

DonnaT I have had nothing but good luck with SP-2. Even the new Nortan takes use of the new packeges making it even better. I have only heard good things about sp-2 even from our IT tech at my work. He hight recomended I upgrade to it.

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Post by Ahzz »

Unfortunately, most PC name brands use customized versions of windows. Thus the generic SP-2 fix fails a lot of the time. 8-(

You will probably want to contact HP to see what they reccomend.
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Post by Celia »

Hmm . . . kinda reminds me of an old Frank Zappa song:

I am a moron, and this is my wife.
She is frosting her cake with a paper knife.
All what we got here's American-made.
It's a little bit cheesey but it's nicely displayed.
Well, we don't get excited when it crumbles and breaks.
We just get on the phone and call up some flakes.
They rush on over and wreck it some more.
And we are so dumb, they're linin' up at our door.


More seriously, perhaps software developers should bear in mind Hippocrates: above all, do no harm.

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