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xp sp2? by The_Thief on 10-25-2004 at 01:40 AM
How does windows xp sp2 work with wireless?
RE: xp sp2? by bach_m on 10-25-2004 at 01:45 AM
Well, they brought in this Wireless Zero Config, which automatically jums on the strongest open connection. great idea, huh? well actually, it drops the connection its on, so if u dont have another connection, ur left without a connection.
It can be disabled in the services menu
RE: xp sp2? by The_Thief on 10-25-2004 at 01:48 AM
Right Now I have a wireless conection to my cable internet does that mean it will work or not?
RE: xp sp2? by bach_m on 10-25-2004 at 02:03 AM
It'll work. But sometimes it will drop the connection (i assumed u were talking about wifi, 802.11). the service can be disabled
RE: xp sp2? by The_Thief on 10-25-2004 at 02:09 AM
Well right now it drops the connection sometimes because I assume I have other devices on the same frequency. My biggest concern is that my internet won't work or my Windows XP os won't work but I can always back up all my stuff.
RE: xp sp2? by Concord Dawn on 10-25-2004 at 02:13 AM
You internet will work with XP SP2, I can confirm this because I have used it with a wireless laptop. DO NOT disable the Wireless Zero Configuration service. This will stop you from getting ANY wireless internet connection.
RE: xp sp2? by The_Thief on 10-25-2004 at 02:15 AM
That's good. Should I do anything else before I upgrade to sp2?
RE: xp sp2? by Concord Dawn on 10-25-2004 at 02:17 AM
Yeah, back up all your important stuff and pray.
RE: xp sp2? by The_Thief on 10-25-2004 at 02:22 AM
I heard people saying that it takes forever to boot up now that is only the first time right?
RE: xp sp2? by WDZ on 10-25-2004 at 03:47 AM
quote:Yeah, probably. When I installed SP2, the first reboot took a long time, but all subsequent boots were normal.
Originally posted by serpico
I heard people saying that it takes forever to boot up now that is only the first time right?
RE: xp sp2? by Weyzza on 10-25-2004 at 04:00 AM
quote:Yeah, but I once encountered the problem that the boot took a very long time.
Originally posted by WDZ
quote:Yeah, probably. When I installed SP2, the first reboot took a long time, but all subsequent boots were normal.
Originally posted by serpico
I heard people saying that it takes forever to boot up now that is only the first time right?
I think either Matty or EvilSeph or someone mentioned this.
RE: xp sp2? by CookieRevised on 10-25-2004 at 04:38 AM
The first long boot would be quite normal. It is part of the install process; only after a reboot certain things can be installed/set up....
Other then that, I had also a fear of upgrading to SP2 after reading all these negative reports on the net. Well, I must say, it went as smooth as a baby's bottom....
XP SP2 is performing very good without a single glitch or any speed decrease....
RE: xp sp2? by lopardo on 10-25-2004 at 04:40 AM
Are you making clean reinstalls?
If you have more than one partition a good idea would be leaving your current Windows as it is and installing XP SP2 in another partition. I did it this way so I could have my old one if something went wrong, but XP SP2 works perfect here.
RE: xp sp2? by Fraisie on 10-25-2004 at 03:33 PM
I had so much problems with sp2, i had to uninstall it :/ Would take like 3 days to connect to a website ... (ok maybe not 3 days, but long enough 
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RE: xp sp2? by Guido on 10-25-2004 at 04:07 PM
I had no problems with it on a 1~2 year old install. Now I made a clean install with SP2 integrated in the setup files and works fine too.