i am thinking of installing service pack2 win xp
 

i saw its over 70mb so there must be some big changes
whats your experience with this ?

the standalone SP2 pack weighs in at over 270MB actually. Lots of bugfixes, it may or may not lead to serious bluescreening and program incompatibilities though.

depends on your system config.

hmm maybe not then

it's worked wonderfully for me. can't complain. the new popup blocker is pretty potent, too.

I like it a lot. it has tons more security.

It's worth the upgrade, but...

Make sure you are thoroughly backed-up first.

And make sure there is no spyware on your HD.

Otherwise you might have a very unpleasant experience.

Agreed, worked well for me, no problems...

Go for it:glugglug

just make sure to backup your ENTIRE set of valuable files for just-in-case failures... probably a good time to do it anyway. SP2 has its advantages, just make sure you have a plan if it fucks up... has happened to many.

FF

i ain't touching that shit. im Ok with Sp1 and Firefox keeps me protected so far:thumbsup

get better CD - not the direct download ...
I preffer linux with apt-get :)

I agree :thumbsup

do it do it do it do it

ive had huge problems with sp2 .. dont do it until they fix ALL the bugs!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Don't install it !

Don't install it whatever you do, i've had to fix multiple people's computer because they decided to upgrade [80% of the people didnt even know they had upgraded in the first place]

BSODs, to burnt HD's... all because of a fucking upgrade.
Cheers M$.

The "auto" firewall is gay.
:2 cents:

I heard it screws up illegal software, which would suck for me since I have every single cracked piece of software ever made... :1orglaugh

I installed when it first came out, everything worked fine except internet connection speed was slow as hell. No one had a clue so I uninstalled it.
2 weeks ago, I found out that I had to uninstall IE6 and reinstall it after SP2 was installed.
So I did :sadcrying :sadcrying
I restart PC and get bleuscreen of hell...
Somehow when I deleted IE6, I also deleted vital .exe and .dll files.
I had to buy a new PC, put in the old hard drive in the new PC, take ownership of all files that were locked and copy them in new hard drive. Then put back hard drive in old PC, reformat and re-install everything :(
Now it works like a charm, but had I known what was ahead of me, I would not have installed it.

no problems here, had it on for several weeks

I installed it works great the only problem I had was the download, took 3 try's before it downloaded

i had no problem with IE, but I don't use it that often, when I do it works fine.