Comments on: Dear Internet Patrol: Love/Hate Relationship with WinXP SP1

By: GermÃ¡n RicaÃ±o ( Puebla, MÃ©xico )

GermÃ¡n RicaÃ±o ( Puebla, MÃ©xico ) — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:47:37 +0000

Hi,
i have a problem with my Win XP Pro… suddenly after i installed the patch for the Blaster Worm i noticed a slow performance from the very startup to the shutdown. Everything is slow… ahhhggg help.

By: the bro

the bro — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:15:41 +0000

I’d been having trouble with a new install of XP Pro. As soon as SP1 went in, it wouldn’t boot at all. I was directed to your page via Lockergnome
after days of searching for solutions. “Tomer’s” post seems to have worked. I updated my video drivers on yet another fresh install, and so far so good. Thanks Tomer!! And Aunty Spam of course/

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 31 May 2004 13:30:51 +0000

I have learned (from reinstalling XP many times) that SP1 or 1A don’t play well with others. I would install SP1 or 1A and try to install Word or Norton Anti virus or printer software and have all kinds of problems. Now when I put a fresh copy of XP on I put ALL my software on before SP1(a). Once the basic apps are on then you can go on line for updates if needed but I even put those on CDs if possible. Order MS security update CD (it’s free) that has SP1A on it, then you won’t go on line unprotected.

By: Tomer

Tomer — Wed, 12 May 2004 10:17:48 +0000

Most of the troubles with installing SP1 were with bad video card drivers (especially Nvidia). Try updating your drivers first, and then install SP1. Go to your graphics card maker homepage and download the drivers from there, not from Microsoft.

By: tee

tee — Tue, 11 May 2004 17:19:51 +0000

I have installed Sp1 and Sp1A and both screwed up my system requiring me to uninstall the fix every time. Thank God that Microsoft allows this to be uninstalled through the and/remove in the control panel. If you are going to install make sure that ALL programs are shut down and in particular your anti-virus software. It might be of interest to some readers that Microsoft plans to release Sp2 late this summer. It supposedly will have lots of new things like pop-up blocking for example. It’s also supposed to run much better than the previous service packs. We shall see -

tee

By: Jim Nierle

Jim Nierle — Tue, 11 May 2004 08:19:48 +0000

If I download XPDITE on top of SP1 will it do any good or harm. I have been having problems forwarding email and nobody seems to know why. I really hate to think about reformatting my drive.

By: Teri C

Teri C — Tue, 11 May 2004 03:06:33 +0000

I too, had a problem with the Sp1 download. I feel my dial up ISP contributed to the download problem. I ordered the sp1 on a cd from Microsoft’s website. No problems installing, no crashes this time around.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/ordercd.asp

By: Betty

Betty — Wed, 05 May 2004 08:15:24 +0000

Auntie Spam, the most recent version of a Windows XP Service package is 1A and it has fixed most of the problems with version 1. Your reader just needs to go download the most current version.

OR, he can go to the update section of the Microsoft site and apply the individual patches one at a time so he can ascertain what crashed his machine.

Betty
MCP, MCP+I, MCSE