[TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Service Pack 2
- From: Ed Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:29:24 -0500
XP is 2000 with fancy user stuff.
The work engine for XP is actually 2000.
So if you don't need fancy stationary..curly cues in your
fonts...etc...2000 is the "platform".
Disclaimer;
Be advised that the above comes from a User. Windows and Mac OSX.
I do not profess that my advice is legitimate, or correct.Use at your
own risk.
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On 15-Jan-05, at 12:58 AM, Bil Green wrote:
> Why are all you guys using XP anyway? The real fix is to use 2000 and
> forget about the spying, crashing service packs, etc. Large
> corporations and the military have been using Windows 2000.
>
> Bil Green
> PC 1000
> Mammoth Lakes, CA
> 760-924-1000
>
> Friday, January 14, 2005, 8:05:09 PM, you wrote:
>
> KfB> Is this speculation Al or is there a way to track this info down
> as fact ?
> KfB> Wouldn't Microsoft want to lay low after all it's recent problems
> with
> KfB> Internet Explorer and the other lawsuits ? I am not saying I
> don't believe
> KfB> you, but I would love to see a thread from a computer forum that
> KfB> substantiates this. I would not be surprised if it is in fact
> true though.
>
>
> KfB> KEITH from BEM Electronics
> KfB> 26 Monarch Mews
> KfB> Winnipeg, Manitoba
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> KfB> Ph.204-832-6237
> KfB> ----- Original Message -----
> KfB> From: "Al Gutz" <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> KfB> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> KfB> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:45 PM
> KfB> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Service Pack 2
>
>
>>> SP2 is designed to spy on the users, unfortunately spybot will not
>>> remove it.
>>> Remember a way back when intel started to put a serial number
>>> internal
>>> in every CPU so you could be tracked everywhere you went on the net.
>>> The
>>> media got hold of it and intel dropped it because of bad press, the
>>> MS
>>> trick has not yet hit the media but is designed to do the same thing.
>>>
>>> Al G
>>>
>>> Ed Gaidies wrote:
>>>> Russ;
>>>> Some new programs you buy today will tell you you need to update to
>>>> Service Pack 2.
>>>> As I may have mentioned previously...I un-installed mine after
>>>> finding
>>>> it was doing too much communicating with Microsoft.
>>>> I advise all..to hold off as long as possible. Has no..or next to no
>>>> advantage for the User.
>>>> If you keep archives you can check back on the last couple of weeks,
>>>> when it was addressed in great lengths.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Disclaimer;
>>>> Be advised that the above comes from a User. Windows and Mac OSX.
>>>> I do not profess that my advice is legitimate, or correct.Use at
>>>> your
>>>> own risk.
>>>>
>>>> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> On 14-Jan-05, at 7:03 PM, Hoyt's TV wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Wayne, sorry I got backed up on reading this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> I installed SP2 several months ago on computer that was about a
>>>>> year
>>>>> old. It
>>>>> screwed it up so bad I had to reinstall the whole operating system
>>>>> and
>>>>> programs that came with it. I have been very afraid of installing
>>>>> SP2
>>>>> since
>>>>> then, but I believe we are eventually going to have to. Sort of
>>>>> like
>>>>> trying
>>>>> to get by with Windows 3.1 today.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two weeks ago I took a look at SP2 again and it looks like they
>>>>> have
>>>>> revised
>>>>> it since my previous installation.
>>>>> So I installed it again, and so far, no problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still haven't worked up the courage to install it on my other
>>>>> computer
>>>>> which I use for all my record keeping and checking accounts. If the
>>>>> one with
>>>>> SP2 is still working in a few months, I will probably transfer
>>>>> those
>>>>> programs over to it and try installing SP2 in the other one.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Russ Hoyt
>>>>> Hoyt's TV
>>>>> Exeter, NH
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Wayne Vanaman" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:35 PM
>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Windows XP Service Pack 2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> A couple of questions for those of you that made the Windows XP
>>>>>> Pro
>>>>>> Service Pack 2 "upgrade": Would you do it again? Should I take
>>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>> plunge?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wayne Vanaman
>>>>>> Omega Electronics
>>>>>> 6904 W Fairfield Dr
>>>>>> Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 850-456-5995 voice
>>>>>> 850-458-6369 fax
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