It screwed up my computer too. I had to get rid of SP2 Phillip R Hull STET phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FAX 517--569-3075 Professional Technicians only ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:44 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Norton AV. > Well...I just went and un-installed my SP2. Seems to have done it > without a hitch. > > --Ed- > Ed Gaidies > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > teltek@xxxxxxxxx > > Hoyt's TV wrote: > > About SP2 > > > > I have 2 computers running XP. > > #1 is a Sony about a year old. 2gig Pentium 4, 80gig HD, 512mb memory. I > > bought it because it was designed to handle video editing and DVD burning to > > use with my Sony digital video camera. I have installed only a couple map > > programs and little else that didn't come with it. > > > > I installed SP2 a few months ago and began having problems getting on line > > every 4 or 5 days, (I have cable broadband). > > At the start, rebooting would get me up and running so I thought that it > > just that it didn't load everything correctly and I didn't think any more > > about it. After a couple weeks I had to use the XP restore feature to get it > > working. A few more weeks and I couldn't get on line at all. > > > > I had recently done some repair work for a local computer guru, so I called > > him and we spent a couple hours on the phone trying all kinds of things, to > > no avail. He finally said I was going to have to uninstall SP2. That took it > > about 6 or 8 hours to do and left the computer completely useless. > > > > I went looking for the disks that came with it and found a receipt for a > > three year service contract that I forgot I purchased with it. I called, and > > the tech said my story was a typical SP2 horror story, they've been > > inundated with that since SP2 came out. He said they really only do hardware > > support but because of the volume of calls since SP2 came out they are > > trying to help for fear of losing all their customers if they don't. He had > > me do a few things and then said I would have to do a complete reinstall of > > my operating system. He also said to wait until I see an "A" after SP2 > > before trying to install it again. That took several hours and of course I > > lost all the upgrades to trial programs that I had paid extra for. But the > > worst is the McAfee AV trial program that got reinstalled and prevents me > > from reinstalling my McAfee on line service. > > I have been emailing back and forth with McAfee trying to get my on line AV > > working again to no avail as yet. > > > > I have to say that SP2 totally screwed up my one year old super computer and > > I would wring Bill Gates neck if I ever got close enough. > > > > #2 is a two year old HP, 2gig Pentium 4, 512m memory, 80 gig HD. > > This one is my work horse with all my TV shop accounting records, email, > > etc. > > I keep getting the "you have upgrades" notice, but I am scared to death of > > installing SP2 on this one. > > I don't think I will ever do it. > > > > > > Russ Hoyt > > Hoyt's TV > > Exeter, NH > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tel-Tek" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:12 AM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Norton AV. > > > > > > > >>I see this morning when doing my Norton Updates, > >>they have added the Note; > >> > >>Your System is being Monitored by Norton AV, click > >>here to turn off other AV programs. > >> > >>This must be in competition with MS SP2 Update, > >>which all of a sudden decided they wanted to add > >>their own AV program. > >> > >>Some of you that have not updated to Service Pack > >>2, I would advise...."don't". > >> > >>Many programs I was running for DVD copying, come > >>up that this material can not be copied due to > >>Copyright infringements. This never happened > >>before installing SP2. > >> > >>I suspect Microsoft may now be in the business of > >>selling security to Software Companies, and > >>screwing their original customers...you and I. > >> > >>Linux is beginning to look better all the time. > >> > >>-Ed- > >>-- > >>Ed Gaidies > >>Tel-Tek Electronics > >>Ontario-Canada > >> > >>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >>teltek@xxxxxxxxx > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- > > > >>Lost Password: > >>http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >>Email Archives: > >>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >> > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". 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