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by aityrant

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Hi all!

this problem has me stumped, Iv'e just freshly installed a legitimate version of windows xp pro, and installed a few updates, bu when it got to SP2.. it preps the download then stops.

just sits on the downloading screen without making any progress.

Can anyone explain as to what the hell is wrong with it? :P

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by maniacman

Sometimes, when you have multiple windows open, a new window gets stuck behind another and you won't see it unless you switch your focus to another by pressing Alt-Tab. Trust me, this has happened to me more times than you know, and I've been doing this for almost 20 years.

by thechas

If you are using Windows Update, it can take a very long time for the download progress window to update as SP2 is very large.

I manually download most updates.

Here is the link to SP2.

http://tinyurl.com/7xthn

Chas

by mayhem1969

Make sure you have the latest update installer downloaded. You can get it off Microsoft's website.

by aityrant

Ill try one or a combination of all of those. Hope it works ^^

by thechas

One more thought, some updates, (and I think SP2 is one of them) require that XP be activated on the system before you can install them.

Some, you even have to have the system activated before you can manually download.

Chas

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