Windows XP SP2 RC1 download

WiseÄss · Post by **WiseÄss** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:59 am

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... /xpsp2.exe

I'm downloading it now but it claims 12 hours or so on this work connection

Anyone got this on a faster connection? I'll let it just download, I hope I don't have to reboot any time soon

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:52 am

this should be in software

I clicked that link above and got the file in about 15 min

WiseÄss · Post by **WiseÄss** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:57 am

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
this should be in software

I clicked that link above and got the file in about 15 min

yah it's up to 58KB/sec now, its still not the full release being RC1, but hey, at least I'll know if it breaks any of our software lol

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:50 am

its only taking me like 15 mins to and im on cable !

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:42 pm

is this a BETA or closer to a final release candidate.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:52 pm

i can tell you this daman - i tryed loading it on wifes rig - and i forgot i had a ripped copy of xp on her machine and it warned me that my copy of xp -was a hacked copy and to get with ms

it wouldnt let me go any farther !

WiseÄss · Post by **WiseÄss** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:50 pm

Originally posted by DaMaN
is this a BETA or closer to a final release candidate.

it's a MS release candidate 1, but rumor has it that it'll be final..
there was a press release from M$ about it on their site..

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:45 pm

its working great I even upgraded some patches, the pop blocker for IE its great and pretty accurate.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:53 pm

it is a beta upgrade !!
i just loaded a legal copy of xp on wifes then reloaded the sp2 patch - it is very stable from the little bit of time and test i have done with it !

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:00 am

Damn thing put Messenger back on my computer :/

MrYogi · Post by **MrYogi** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:59 am

after installing this, when I hit the back button on internet explorer, html source code comes up sometimes.

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:07 am

back works for me....

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:16 pm

LoL why not just wait for the actual realease of the Final SP2 ? Its not like we going to the moon or something

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:27 pm

Really. I don't understand why anyone would want to screw around with a non-final release of something that so radically modifies your OS.

Since it's expected that SP2 will break some apps I'm in no hurry to install it even when it's final.

Hope you all chose the "Save uninstall information" option so you can uninstall the beast if you have to... or at least Ghost your boot & OS partitions.

Everyone raves about the pop-up stopper. There's plenty of pop-up stoppers out there (actually, do yourself a favor and ditch IE for Mozilla). That alone is not a good enough reason to install a non-final version of SP2 IMO.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 8:45 am

Wow, 273mb download!

Do they know that some people can only get 56k?

Its like Bell & Rogers sending me all the info on upgrading to high speed then telling me they dont offer the service in my area