Now that you mention it, that didn't really occur to me that it was related to SP2 directly... but we've been having a few machines die here and there with that stop error, requiring re-imaging. It is only happening on our OmniTech brand PCs - not on any of our Compaq, HP, Gateway, or Dell computers. I'm not sure if there is a correlation between the drive and the problem or what, but I do know that all of our OmniTech machines were shipped with Quantum Fireball hard drives - they are the only ones that have had this problem. We've had quite a few of those hard drives fail recently... and I think some of them are the ones that were encountering that stop error. I do know that they are shipping both Seagates and Maxtors to replace the Quantums, and we've not encountered the stop errors on computers that have had their hard drives replaced. Now, this could *all* be coincidence... and with all of the problems I've had with those OmniTechs, it wouldn't surprise me in the least... or this could all somehow make sense, and the problem lies with the drive or some other aspect common to the machines having this issue. lalalalalalalalalalala It's been a long morning already, and I fell asleep on the way to work this morning :'( Let me know if the above message didn't make any sense. Drew >>> n.bullock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 11/11/04 04:06AM >>> Hi, I've installed it on most of the 200 XP machines we have here. Since then, I've had some problems that I blame on a combination of XPSP2 and NTFS - because I can't think of anything else it might be, given the circumstances. Ever since we installed SP2, occasionally computers running NTFS decide that they are going to die with 0x00000051 REGISTRY_ERROR stop errors, requiring re-imaging. This never once happened in the year or so we had XP with only SP1, and only ever happens in the rooms running NTFS - we have a room full of FAT32 machines which stand immune. Having said that, I've not had any problems at home with XPSP2. Maybe it's the school environment it doesn't like. Though, I'd be grateful if anyone has any advice. -- Neil Bullock, ICT Technician Brayton College, Doncaster Road, Selby, YO8 9QS, England. T: 01757 707731 F: 01757 213389 > -----Original Message----- > From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Dillinger > Sent: 10 November 2004 18:50 > To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [windows2000] Slightly OT: XP SP2 - Install or Not? > > I was wondering what the consensus is with regards to > installing XP SP2. > I personally do not use XP, but I have a few clients that use it. I > remember when it first came out that it had hardware and software > compatibility issues. Were the problems legitimate, or was > it operator > error? Most of my clients use their systems for the basic/vanilla > office programs. No extravagant software/games and not a lot > of non-MS > software installed. > > Thanks a million! > -MikeD ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm