In article , "MnMikew"
writes:

Subject: ( OT) XP Service Pack Doesn't Crash
From: "MnMikew"
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:22:21 -0500


"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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In article , "Stinger"
writes:



Service pack 1 looked for known pirated keys, and disabled systems it
found
with them.

Not true. Nothing was "disabled". It just would not install SP1.
The system would continue to run. You could then change your key to
an "unknown pirated key", and then install SP1.

It's very likely SP2 does this as well, and is probably more
sophisticated at determining whether or not a serial number is bogus.

No, in fact quite the opposite. Microsoft has taken the other
approach, as they realized it's better to get *all* systems patched,
legal or not.

I'll leave it as an exercise for you to figure out how I know these
things......... :-).

Dan


Your mileage may vary -- I know it killed the "FCKW -- " key, and had
some
friends that had their computers "hung up" in the process of installing
the
service pack who had to use a boot disk to recover files.

As for SP2, that was speculation, as we're "legal."

-- Stinger

SP 2 has a sensitve stomach , I let it idle in the driveway, it's fine
- maybe down to the strip mall for a quart of milk.

Take it out on the freeway and the sucker'll
Hurl all over . . .
locking up your system & requiring a hard boot.
NOt as rugged as its predecessor

- Not reliable as shipped, IMHO

I have it on dozens of machines now without a glitch. Must be you.


Mike:

I went to a DP seminar today; Unofficial reports are they're 200 programs that
don't work in it;

I am Not easy on software, and can usually find bugs .

This one is an intermittant. even harder to track down

Ran system tools, Norton utilities,
deleted files, cookies,
- Still crashed..

Downloaded / Installed new copies of Mozilla, used three different spyware
scanners,
Tore out a bunch of stuff.

On a non-vital machine, Try popping open 6 sessions of explorer, and quickly go
in bringin up different web pages on each one .

This used to work flawlessly on SP1; on SP2 it tempermental..

As I said, Your mileage may vary.

Dan