Windows Updates

[The walrus]

I have it, but I've never experienced any problems with it.

Out of couriosity, what is the problem SP2 is causing?

[rpgfan3233]

Thanks,

But how do I persuade it to just list what it wants me to update, and allow me to select . Some time back it also used to display the sizes if each update.

In WinXP SP2, Windows Update gives me a choice between "Express" (let MS install what they think you need) or "Custom" (you choose what you think you need). Then, I click a link to a download to display the description. That description shows download size and approximate time needed. BTW, what version of Windows are you using?

[NecrosIhsan]

In WinXP SP2, Windows Update gives me a choice between "Express" (let MS install what they think you need) or "Custom" (you choose what you think you need). Then, I click a link to a download to display the description. That description shows download size and approximate time needed.

It does that without SP2. I personally run XP without any service packs on one of my machines and I can disable many of the options. It's simply the XP version of the update utility.

The walrus: printer problems, major NTVDM problems, antivirus programs suddenly not working, problems using FTP services and a lot of problems with non-Microsoft products...the last two being a result of the up-your-piehole XP Firewall that wedges itself into Windows worse than before. In short: SP2 broke a lot of things that were working fine before, so many people have simply not "updated" (quoted on purpose, since what it breaks is far more noticeable than anything it may fix or attempt to fix, and as we all know, when Microsoft fixes one thing, two things tend to break in its place).

[na_th_an]

Well, I talk from experience. I use lots of non-m$ software and I tend to reuse very, very old versions of some of them. I also use MSDOS stuff...

When I say 0 problems I mean 0 problems, the computer worked as before. I use Norton AV and ZoneAlarm pro, and both of them behaved nicely

The only thing I noticed with SP2 which was really annoying is the IE6SP2 thingo which is a bummer when you need to download a file that's automaticly spawned. But that's good, specially for my bro who had the biggest collection of dialers I've even seen :lol: