What's Your Opinion of SP1 for XP? - Page 2

Lion7718 · 11-03-2002, 11:38 PM

I have an HP, so SP1 could have caused a destructive boot-up problem...HP & Microsoft came out with a Patch to fix it last week.
Anyway, I did notice it has speeded up Defrag alot, it used to take about 25 min. now it takes around 5.
Also after installing the HP Patch to fix SP1, myself and others gained back 5% of our Hard Drive space.....go figure that one out.

alwaysspamme · 11-05-2002, 04:48 AM

I refuse to install sp1, simply because I read about the horrible things it *can* do to my computer. I keep upto date with the regular windowsupdate. I dont have my old external cd-rw with me, so I cant afford to mess up my computer. Besides, my computer runs perfectly fine right now.

If its not broken already, fix it with a microsoft service pack.

gbread49 · 11-05-2002, 04:47 PM

I installed SP-1 and so far no problems. My only heartburn is that M$ included some updates that can only be gotten by installing the update....in particular, the DirectX update for WinXP. They do not offer this as a separate d/l for WinXP, as of yet anyway.

yousuf · 11-12-2002, 01:26 PM

Avoid SP1

11-13-2002, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AC7
i recently discovered that it screwed up my firewall, but that was fixed by a reinstall of the firewall...i hope. if you use NIS, go to grc.com and check to see if your ports are stelthed. if not, reinstall NIS. plz, no bashing NIS here :/

Hmmm... interesting.

I'm running ZAP and I hadnt' previously noticed a correlation but ZAP shat itself when I installed SP1.

I reckon on the whole SP1 was pretty good, one of the new, cosmetic things is the file download dialoge in IE.

I wonder if ZAP is actually making my ports stealth or not; I haven't checked. It just doesn't let me modify my app preferences once I've set them (got to be bloody carefully to get them right first time).

One thing, XP's resident firewall = a real shocker. PPPoE ADSL (at least my Australian Bigpond account) won't connect with the ICF active.

Matt

surfbum · 11-13-2002, 06:00 AM

much needed patch,with all the holes micro$oft has in their o/s,it has to be done...

overlord999 · 11-22-2002, 06:01 AM

Haven't noticed a big difference with SP1, maybe only more dnserrors.

Access Denied · 11-22-2002, 08:35 PM

I like it and have a more," smoothly" running sysytem. Not faster or slower, things just "SEEM" to run smoother.

I can tell you I have another system that has a canon bjc 2000 printer attached to it. I have had problems with drivers on that thing, but since SP1. No issues with that printer. This is one thing the update corrected.
Cant speak for anyone else though,,Of Course.

Blurry · 11-23-2002, 07:14 PM

hey its one big security patch... so i think it's useful
no more updating for me b/c sometime after installing SP1, Microsoft Update stopped working,,,and yes, i changed my key about 20 times before i stepped into SP1 and afterwards.
But like I even care...screw the updates and fixes...don't need 'em at this stage.

11-03-2002, 11:38 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lion7718 Staff Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,317	I have an HP, so SP1 could have caused a destructive boot-up problem...HP & Microsoft came out with a Patch to fix it last week. Anyway, I did notice it has speeded up Defrag alot, it used to take about 25 min. now it takes around 5. Also after installing the HP Patch to fix SP1, myself and others gained back 5% of our Hard Drive space.....go figure that one out. __________________ "Protect me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies" You better not be touching my mannequin

11-05-2002, 04:47 PM	#18 (permalink)
gbread49 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 744	I installed SP-1 and so far no problems. My only heartburn is that M$ included some updates that can only be gotten by installing the update....in particular, the DirectX update for WinXP. They do not offer this as a separate d/l for WinXP, as of yet anyway. __________________

11-12-2002, 01:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
yousuf Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 457	Avoid SP1 __________________ http://artekpro.com

11-23-2002, 07:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
Blurry Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 436	hey its one big security patch... so i think it's useful no more updating for me b/c sometime after installing SP1, Microsoft Update stopped working,,,and yes, i changed my key about 20 times before i stepped into SP1 and afterwards. But like I even care...screw the updates and fixes...don't need 'em at this stage. __________________ N/A

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11-05-2002, 04:48 AM	#17 (permalink)
alwaysspamme Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 57	I refuse to install sp1, simply because I read about the horrible things it can do to my computer. I keep upto date with the regular windowsupdate. I dont have my old external cd-rw with me, so I cant afford to mess up my computer. Besides, my computer runs perfectly fine right now. If its not broken already, fix it with a microsoft service pack.

11-13-2002, 06:00 AM	#21 (permalink)
surfbum Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 97	much needed patch,with all the holes micro$oft has in their o/s,it has to be done...

11-22-2002, 06:01 AM	#22 (permalink)
overlord999 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: HU Posts: 44	Haven't noticed a big difference with SP1, maybe only more dnserrors.

11-22-2002, 08:35 PM	#23 (permalink)
Access Denied Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 73	I like it and have a more," smoothly" running sysytem. Not faster or slower, things just "SEEM" to run smoother. I can tell you I have another system that has a canon bjc 2000 printer attached to it. I have had problems with drivers on that thing, but since SP1. No issues with that printer. This is one thing the update corrected. Cant speak for anyone else though,,Of Course.