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Windows XP SP2 RC1 download
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:59 am
by WiseÄss
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
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:52 am
by DoPeY5007
this should be in software
I clicked that link above and got the file in about 15 min
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:57 am
by WiseÄss
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
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:50 am
by renovation
its only taking me like 15 mins to and im on cable !
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:42 pm
by DaMaN
is this a BETA or closer to a final release candidate.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:52 pm
by renovation
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 !
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:50 pm
by WiseÄss
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..
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:45 pm
by Augix
its working great I even upgraded some patches, the pop blocker for IE its great and pretty accurate.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:53 pm
by renovation
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 !
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:00 am
by RubberDuckie
Damn thing put Messenger back on my computer :/
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:59 am
by MrYogi
after installing this, when I hit the back button on internet explorer, html source code comes up sometimes.
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:07 am
by DoPeY5007
back works for me....
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:16 pm
by Nomad
LoL why not just wait for the actual realease of the Final SP2 ? Its not like we going to the moon or something
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:27 pm
by FlyingPenguin
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 8:45 am
by blackhawk
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
