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| 268613 | 2004-09-12 03:45:00 | Whoops, I'm a novice here - I started a new topic about the problem I have when I installed Windows XP SP2 from the PCWorld cd, such... A problem was detected - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP :0x000000A and I have the dreaded blue screen. I am unable to use safe mode or any other mode - response returns me to the blue error screen again. I have looked for problems recorded on MS support website but the problems nearest are about upgrades to XP and possible hardware compatibility. I need to uninstall the service pack. Help! I foolishly did not backup my files and need to recover them urgently. Any ideas? |
mh1234 (6107) | ||
| 268614 | 2004-09-12 20:16:00 | A few oddities coincided with my installation of SP2. Windows Media Player lost sound and the image got very dark; I now need to adjust brightness upward for most videos, while I only needed to do it for a few before. Maybe it's reverted to a default setting which I permanently adjusted at some stage years ago (any advice on permanent brightness adjustment?) The total sound loss is a bit of a worry, though I run DiVX and VideoLAN for video display and have no problem with those. Also, I find Norton AntiVirus update behaving strangely. Norton's periodic check tells me my updates are out of date, but the LiveUpdate routine tells me I'm up-to-date (Windows' own SP2 check tells me it's not sure whether NAV is up-to-date or not!) I'll have to watch this one, but I last updated mid-last week, Norton published an update on Friday 10th (which I downloaded the awkward way, from the website), but post SP2-Live Update insisted I was still OK. Since I run NAV update only periodically, this problem may not be due to SP2, but the WMP problem coincided absolutely with the SP2 upgrade. My biggest fear, that the firewall would block out-of-the-way applications like P2P and IRC (particularly given their "rights management" implications) were unfounded; It warned me and allowed me to unblock the program or the port. I've lost no access at all on the internet side. I gather a limit on simultaneous TCP sessions has been imposed that might worry really heavy P2P users, but I haven't hit it yet. SP2 has given me few troubles, but I still don't really see the point. There's nothing it's obviously improved for me. Argus |
argus (366) | ||
| 268615 | 2004-09-12 21:11:00 | mh1234: You could try uninstalling from the Recovery Console, Microsoft tells you how below, but I suspect you will still have problems: support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];875350 copy and paste this url, I couldn't get the formatting right as it contains [LN] which jiggers things |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 268616 | 2004-09-13 06:31:00 | Sma thing happened to me -twice! First time MS suspected it was Norton's GOBack3 but the same problem happened with GB uninstalled. Here's how I fixed it.(on Microsoft's advice: you should ring and tell them the problem and then they might do something about it. 0800 800 004) 1. Set your computer to boot first off the CD ROm 2. Insert your original Win XP disk and reboot 3. sElect Reinstall 4. Accept the EULA 5. Press F8 (I seem to remember this is how you accept the EULA) 6.Select Option-R auto repair. Sit back and do something useful for 30 mins. 7. Reinstall SR1 (Don't waste hours trying to get your modem going like I did, it should be OK after SP1 is reinstalled) 8.If you have lost your USB mouse ring me at 09 437 5570 9. Most things should be OK, Little things like scheduled tasks, and intermnet connection sharing may need to be reconfigured. 10. give up trying to install SP2 |
Buck (2980) | ||
| 268617 | 2004-09-13 09:31:00 | A final (I hope) update. Installed SP2 on 4 computers on a LAN at the weekend. Smooth installs, no problems with LAN or Norton AV and firewalls. All is GO. |
rodb (1561) | ||
| 268618 | 2004-09-14 12:09:00 | Any one think SP2 uses more RAM and CPU overall? I did a fresh slipstream install on my Dell Laptop: Inspiron 4000 PIII 850MHz 384 MB RAM 8MB Video. Seems to be running a bit slower than when I just had SP1 on there. No problems on my main pc though. Maybe the minimum requirements have upped a notch. |
barmypom (6048) | ||
| 268619 | 2004-09-14 14:35:00 | After I installed SP2 I have found that just about every time I turn off or restart Windows XP Pro, that Explorer.exe hangs with the message Explorer.exe is not responding with the only option to click on the end button to kill it. I have now uninstalled SP2 and my computer now restarts or turns off normally. My system hardware is: Mainboard, Epox 8KHA+ 1200mhz AMD Duron 384mb DDR RAM, 266mhz FSB MSI Geforce fx 5200 T128 graphics card |
procosm (6108) | ||
| 268620 | 2004-09-15 07:58:00 | Installed on both my machines, one a PIII600 the other my laptop, both installs had no problems but both machines have slowed down dramatically. | Dak2 (1963) | ||
| 268621 | 2004-09-15 10:41:00 | Yes - I'm thinking of going back to SP1 on my laptop. I've got one piece of software on there that that I use constantly and stretches the system resources. Now running on SP2 it hangs every few seconds and doesn't like high screen resolution. On SP1 it had no such problem. I'll keep SP2 on my main PC though (AMD Athlon 2.29GHz 768RAM). To be honest, I wonder whether all these updates are worth the bother. I only bother cos I'm one of those people who've just got to keep tweaking things, just to see what happens. |
barmypom (6048) | ||
| 268622 | 2004-09-16 13:11:00 | Yes I also don't think it is worth installing until the bugs are got rid of when good third party applications can increase security with SP1. I don't know why SP2 was released first (At least that is what I have read) for XP Professional when it is meant to perform better than XP Home edition. It almost looks like beta ware than a final version. | procosm (6108) | ||
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