Windows XP Service Pack 2

registered · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:10 am

Off topic but speaking of pop ups. If you run Windows XP, then the new service pack 2 has an awesome pop up blocker built in. It's stopped just about everything so far. A little message alerts you its blocked pop up, and you can click to show you the pop up if you like. Its much more effective than ZA pop up blocker thats for sure.

registered · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:17 am

Ok, whoever moved this to a separate thread just freaked me out!

I got an email from here and the link took me to this new thread that I have never posted in before! Laughing

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:20 am

I already made a sp2 thread awhile back. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:22 am

Here is the email the site sent me. :p

Quote:

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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:24 am

Yes, very confusing, I guess Raven splitt the thread because I drifted off topic. Razz

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Yep

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:27 am

Forum nazi!

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:28 am

I bring order to chaos.

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:30 am

order thru chaos

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:36 am

Raven and that d*** itchy trigger finger. Smack

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:24 pm

I've been using SP 2 since RC1, and love it. I think Micro$oft finally got it right.

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:31 am

I'm still holding off based upon some not so favorable reports I am hearing here and there with some applications and games that I use and we discussed this at the PCToolbin (and MS even put out their own long list, which even included some of their OWN PROGRAMS!):

http://www.pctoolbin.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=14086#14086

And there's always the "issue" of them limiting your outbound TCP/IP connections with the current service pack, nice huh?: http://www.pctoolbin.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1981

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:30 am

I installed it yesterday on Margie's computer and it went smooth as silk Shocked

. I have yet to be notified for my computer and it seems there is NO way to get it without them sending it via Automatic Updates. If anyone knows otherwise, please advise!

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:36 am

You can get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

I posted the link here a couple of weeks back I believe.

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:36 am

Raven wrote:

I installed it yesterday on Margie's computer and it went smooth as silk Shocked

. I have yet to be notified for my computer and it seems there is NO way to get it without them sending it via Automatic Updates. If anyone knows otherwise, please advise!

The actual link for the executable is:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe

Although it's only for "IT Professionals"..... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:38 am

They say IT Proffesionals as they want to save on bandwidth and would rather you download the express install.

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:39 am

Thanks!

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:40 am

DOH, post at the EXACT same time. Darn you ganja.... **shakes fist in air defiantly** Bang Head

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:42 am

GanjaUK wrote:

They say IT Proffesionals as they want to save on bandwidth and would rather you download the express install.

Hence my eyeroll.....*I* know what they meant.....and I expressed the exact same thing here on your thread I do believe....if not then I did at the pctoolbin.....and a few other sites I go to. It's really odd how gullible MS thinks people are....