Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:22:43 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have only SP3 on my L100, but as I'm finding out on a new desktop, if > one wants USB 2.0 to function, SP4 + updates is REQUIRED. This explains > why my Belkin Cardbus/USB2 PCMCIA Card shows the dreaded yellow flag in > Device Manager. Must be a problem with you Belkin card Lee. I have a cheap USB2 card I got at a computer swap meet for $15US that works fine with W2K SP3. > For the SP4 install, find a friend/relative/casual acquaintance who has a > cable/T1/DSL connection and have him/her download the network version of > SP4 (it's just the entire Service Pack in one chunk) and burn to a CD. Think I'll just download it in 3-4 segments overnight using a download manager that'll let me resume the download. > Very painless install. The updates can be downloaded a few at a time > over dial-up; the WU page will keep track for you. I'm having problems with W2K taking forever to shut down now after I ran Windows Update online. I get a shutdown popup that says something like, "Saving your personal settings", and the system takes over a minute to shut down these days. Wasn't that way before the WUs. And I had the same problem the 1st time I installed W2K. Shutdown went quickly until installing all the latest WUs. Does the SP4 resolve that problem? Or am I the only one seeing this? > David's right about the WU Catalog (the USB2 update is available there as > a stand-alone product for download), Huh... That must be addressing a USB2 problem only certain PC cards have, as mine worked fine both before and after I ran WU and installed 37 updates. I didn't check each one to see if one dealt with a USB2 issue though. > and about running SP4 on a fresh install of W2K. I think many of the SP4 > horror stories out there resulted from updating an older install. Eeeecckkk... Well, I can always restore the W2K image I've got. That's saved my butt a few times trying to sort out that Int13 extensions problem. I'll fill in the details soon. I've spotted a conflict between W2K and W98 with long files names that is most likely the culprit for all my problems, tho' I can't explain it. Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
