SP2 windows xp

[miss]

i downloaded the service pack 2 the other day and it wrecked my laptop! nothing would load and all i kept gettin was a doctor watson ******** thing comin up when i clicked on stuff! anyway i was informed to start in safe mode and try the system restore thing.. but that didnt work, so i reloaded the xp disk again. i do want to be up to date with the SP 2 but i dont want it to mess up again.. does anyone know what the problem was? thanks

[ike44]

David Pogue at the New York Times (nytimes.com) had a good piece on this yesterday. Might also be at Davidpogue.com

[peanut]

the way i see it, if its not broke dont fix it. service pack 1 works just fine for me and with all of the problems ive heard about sp2 i will never download it.

[j2buttonsw]

I have found that Windows XP machines that have had service pack 1 and subsequent windows updates tend to fail after service pack 2 is installed. If I do a clean windows xp install then service pack 2 it straight away, it is always OK. I am not a fan of SP-2 but in order to keep up with the windows updates, you have to install it.

[Closer]

I have always installed windows updates, and have now done SP2 on top of them and have had no problems whatsoever. To say if it aint broke don't fix it is a little naive since XP obviously has been broken for some time or there wouldn't have been so many security breaches.

[miss]

thanx for the replies..the david pogues one was good :)