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SP2 for Windows XP is officially available

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by joseph moore

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Here's the link, direct from Microsoft to download SP2 for Windows XP:

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

No, this is NOT a release candidate version.
It's out. It came out on Friday to manufactures, then it was available over the weekend on various places.
Then just recently today, Microsoft put it up on their site.

Apparently, it's aroun 250MB in size, so it's gonna take a while.

And now the fun really begins!

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by joseph moore

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

Here's the article on the Download site about this. This is the "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" version. "A smaller, more appropriate download will be available soon on Windows Update" which will be easier for users to pull down.

But if you are like me, you want the full version for office deployment.

And here are the Release Notes for SP2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=835935

by mevanson

I upgraded (or attempted to) my Gateway 450x Laptop and got nothing but BAD_POOL_HEADER errors when my on board NIC was enabled. Never could find a driver that would work with it. I had to back it off to SP1.
Anyone else have this problem....
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by jeneiva

Hi
I've tried to install SP2 but it aborts installation saying an internal error occured. Any pointers to this problem?

jeneiva@hotmail.com

by juan lopez

Just keep on downloading it. It will eventually download completely. I was having the same problems but I kept downloading it, and it would resume were it left of.

by jlb7144

First instillation caused me to have to run (system recovery) the pits. Second time it ran for 20 minutes before abort,cuz, it says i need downloads for this and that etc, ect,this is missing and that is missing. It's made me very angry.Spent a week, loading all i could find for SP2,and still can not install it. I give up.

by tomsal

-- Don't put this on production boxes right away. I know that's like "DUH" kind of info for most everyone who's been in the field for a while, but we are human and do forget from time to time. Also, if you are a new admin in the field -- remember one of many cardinal rules "NEVER TRUST ANY NEW RELEASE-- REGARDLESS WHAT THE MEDIA OR THE MANUFACTURER STATE ABOUT IT. TEST TEST TEST!"

We have two "left over" machines in our server room, they are our test boxes for SP2, so far not a problem and we've thrown some of our custom developed apps at it as well.

Hopefully we should be giving it the "ok" to go on all our production systems that run XP within the next week.

by progrsys

Wn't boot says last app needs uninstall,won't safe mode,keeps restarting after auto restart cancelled.

by hagstrom

Yikes! Good thing to know since we have NAV Corp. Ed. as well.. !

Wonder if Symantec/MS already know about this problem... ?

Thanks for the info!

by madcow9597

Dont know if this will help you but in the registry i've had to change the path of the nav corp 9 path. to /??/ in front of the path for the symantec services. savrt and i forget the other one but there is help on the net for it. Check google groups.

by robspcfixerupper

I'm testing SP2 on my quad-boot system on my XPPro side. 12 min. to DL 266MB, 12 min. to backup config., 13 min. to install, 4 min. for complete restart. XP Pro logo becomes XP. Security Center loads on bootup. I'll report any errors here.

by rick.busch

I have installed SP2 onto my laptop. Day 2 and no issue as of yet. Same as Rob with the startup... I will wait and see.

by robspcfixerupper

Norton works fine after SP2 is installed, but it's reported incorrectly in the Security Center. AVG is reported correctly. Symantec says people will get updates soon. The manual update doesn't work for my Systemworks 2003 ( http://service.symantec.com/xpinfo). It updates my liveupdate files, but it won't update the systemwork files

by robspcfixerupper

My Home Edition auto updated today. The main software I run outside of Redmond products: ZoneAlarm, Kazaa 2.11 (not 2.5 or later (too much spyware), AVG, Norton SW 2003, 602 PC Software (Office Alternative), and yes AOL 9.0. All seem fine except Norton's communication with the Security Center.

by grouchyone

I clicked on your link and tried to download SP2. I received a server error stating there is a internal error. I'm using Windows XP with SP1 and all the latest updates. I'm also using Download Accelerator Plus for my download program. Is the problem on your end or mine?

Thank you for any help you can provide.

by jameskelley1

Installed SR2 today for XP Pro, Lost all my internet connectivity and could not get them restored. Luckily I ghosted before hand. I'm connected again.

by nakacarve

I had the same issue with a regular Windows update in SP1 and now have to backup data, format the HD and reinstall. Everything else seems to work, I can see connectivity on my network connections, but no packet transmission. I have tried IP Config, nothing, no data. Can't get to the Device Manager... Anybody found a fix without ghosting or reinstalling?

by oldgrendel

Update ran fine. No errors yet. I am thankfull that Microsoft included a "notice" page on reboot to explain the security features. It sure is nice to proceed with a "ghost" image on standby. Hope everyone else meets with similar results.

by eriksblues

"Automatic Updates is the only way to download SP2 from Windows Update at this time. Other methods to install SP2 will be available soon."
This is the message from my windows update...so thanks for the link which I will check out, although the update is downloading(now at 45% via automatic update) as I post this. Already have SP2RC2 installed and will be interested to see what occurs after this update.

by eriksblues

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer

will also get you to the SP2 update. Currently downloading on this system (via automatic update) as I post this. Note: there was a message when I downloaded SP2RC2 that it would have to be unistalled prior to installing the final release version of SP2. Will see what develops when download is ready to install

by iain

Upgraded SPp2 over SP2RC2 no problem, but NAV2004 not accepted in Security Center

by blue

xp service pack 2 installation on some systems will not work correctly. after installation and reboot you will get a agp440.sys error and the system stops there. has anyone seen this error or have any idea to fix this without re-installing OS.

by patrick

A colleague over at a local web hosting and development company (a wireless network expert) tried to install IE SP2 and it completely destroyed his IE settings. It took him all day to rebuild his machine afterwards, and he lost all his favorites to boot. He initially lost his emails as well, but managed to retrieve them several hours later. I am trying to get him to write up his experience for this forum. I will not install it.

by theodore.m.seeber

Sounds like the widely reported video driver error has struck in your case. I believe Microsoft now has a patch for this.

by mhall

What video card do you have. Could be a mx440. You could try the recovery console available in XP and restore the file from disk?. Don't know if that will work.

Hope this helps some.

by rsandrps

At our company we had the same problems with SP2 and agp440.sys on several machines. After several hours of tech support with Microsoft, I found out that the agp440.sys is actually the agp driver for the bios. Therefore to solve this problem download the most recent bios update from your motherboard manufacturer and install them. This should fix the problem in most circumstances.

by hagstrom

Before SP2 you couldn't run the built in firewall if you were in a Domain environment. Is this still the same?

by gina

I am sorry I can not provide much detail at this point, but I do know we have experienced some issues with VPN clients (secure remote) running XP SP2. I would be interested to hear about other experiences with VPN. Thanks.

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