aximbigfan

hello....

i figured it is time to downgrade my custom pc to sp2... the thing is that i have not been able to track down an sp2 disk... anyone have a spare sp2 disk that they can send me?


chris

rdiver

What's wrong with downloading it from the microsoft website?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

aximbigfan

Originally Posted by rdiver

What's wrong with downloading it from the microsoft website? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

i tryed that. i did a checksum on it and everything. i got a bsod theday after the upgrade. i even followed this http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can...ce_pack_2.html to a tee. and whats wrose is if i tryed to boot in safe mode then my box would restart. i have finally gotton my pc to the way i want it and i really casnt deal with the stress of getting it restored so i think that its just better if i get it on a disk..


chris

aximbigfan

bump..

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ericcumbee

what are you downgrading from?

aximbigfan

plain old xp with no sp... i said downgrading becouse when you do an sp upgrade things tend to slow down...alot

klomp10

You can order the disk from microsoft site for free. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx

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ericcumbee

you should look into slipstreaming sp2 into your windows xp install disk. you should have no problem if you know windows permissions, and have a xp corp licences.

aximbigfan

yeah, once i get a disk i will slip stream it. that was the other reason i wanted the disk.
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at any rate this thread may be closed now. i am getting the matarials i need.
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chris

Grentz

Speaking from experience, the disk is identical to the download.....My genuine disk from MS just has the same setup as the download.

Also, SP2 runs faster for me, but that is because my version is slipstreamed. I highly recommend if you can to slipstream it or find a copy of XP with SP2 already in it.

You can get slipstreamed disks off torrents as well. (and NO it is not illegal since you still use YOUR genuine cd key :) )

aximbigfan

Originally Posted by Grentz

Speaking from experience, the disk is identical to the download.....My genuine disk from MS just has the same setup as the download. Also, SP2 runs faster for me, but that is because my version is slipstreamed. I highly recommend if you can to slipstream it or find a copy of XP with SP2 already in it. You can get slipstreamed disks off torrents as well. (and NO it is not illegal since you still use YOUR genuine cd key :) )

.. like i said before- my internet connection is very fast, but i have had currupted stuff go through it inthe past.


chris

aximbigfan

wow- that scared the &&#&%&# out of me.... i got done with my update and my system started... only thing is it didnt log me on auto like it should... i clikc on my picture and the system restarted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i though "oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!" turned out that there was slight power outage... everything is (i think) fine now.. i am posting from the computer that did this..


chris