Your first mistake: buying a Compaq.
Your second mistake: letting it be run by Microsoft.
:)
I just put SP2 into this machine today, and it's fine so far. *knock knock*.
But I can't tell you how many clients I've had that have had their computers
boogered up by Microsoft's service packs.
I haven't installed SP2 on a large number of computers yet, but thanks for
the heads-up, I guess :)
""Ronald Taylor"" <scsilverdakdml@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:BAY19-F37FR7mOuf0fL00017734@hotmail.com...
>
>
> I've been OFF-LINE since Saturday Night when I performed my routine Disk
> Defragment and Disk Clean-Up, scheduled updates, Etc......just the regular
> stuff to keep my Compaq running smoothly
> and performing at it's Best!
>
> I Downloaded the Windows XP Service Pack 2, and Re-Booted my Computer,
> thinking I'd be good to go for the next week I then went to
> bed,.......next morning I went to check my E-mail before work on Sunday
> morning and the Computer refused to start windows and just went into a
> Loop of re-booting without opening the windows program......over and over
> and over.
>
> A phone call to Microsoft that night to the tech line revealed that the XP
> SP2 had corrupted a number of files and wouldn't let it boot up, I had to
> get a Restore CD from the shop that updated the operating system last
> January and Re-load everything and go back and re-configure my files back
> to where they were before I installed XP SP2.
>
> Does anyone else on the List use this version of Windows and installed
> this service pack?...any problems?........or did I just have a little BAD
> LUCK!
>
>
> Dak Content: I couldn't read my DML mail till just yesterday, after my
> Browser programs were
> re-installed!
>
> And I couldn't shop for parts for my Dakota's! :(
>
> Ron
> 01' Dakota Sport RC 3.9 ...
> 99' Dakota SLT CC 5.2...
>
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