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Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.

Running XP Pro on Cox broadband.
Checked into MS and downloaded SP2. Usually DL's
go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I
returned. About 5 hours! Everything OK and all is well
but has anyone else had this problem?

claw wrote:

> Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.

> Running XP Pro on Cox broadband.
> Checked into MS and downloaded SP2. Usually DL's
> go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
> Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I
> returned. About 5 hours! Everything OK and all is well
> but has anyone else had this problem?

I'm guessing here: probably everyone who's downloading that huge file
as soon as it's available and competing for bandwidth at the servers.

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claw wrote:
> Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.
>
> Running XP Pro on Cox broadband.
> Checked into MS and downloaded SP2. Usually DL's
> go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
> Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I
> returned. About 5 hours! Everything OK and all is well
> but has anyone else had this problem?

No problem here with cable. 94 MB downloaded in about 10 minutes, then
took about another 10 minutes to install.

My thoughts too Blinky - or perhaps MS was sending it
to me real slowwww so as to not make any errors
"Blinky the Shark" <> wrote in message
news: ...
: claw wrote:
:
: > Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.
:
: > Running XP Pro on Cox broadband.
: > Checked into MS and downloaded SP2. Usually DL's
: > go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
: > Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I
: > returned. About 5 hours! Everything OK and all is well
: > but has anyone else had this problem?
:
: I'm guessing here: probably everyone who's downloading that huge file
: as soon as it's available and competing for bandwidth at the servers.
:
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: Blinky Linux Registered User 297263
:
: Stateful Adaptive Packet Destruction Enterprise-Class Gigabit
: Intrusion Prevention System: http://snipurl.com/8j5d

claw wrote:

> My thoughts too Blinky - or perhaps MS was sending it
> to me real slowwww so as to not make any errors

Or hoping they might have it fixed by the time you got to
the end.

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ICee wrote:
> claw wrote:
>> Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.

>> Running XP Pro on Cox broadband. Checked into MS and downloaded SP2.
>> Usually DL's go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
>> Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I returned. About 5
>> hours! Everything OK and all is well but has anyone else had this
>> problem?

> No problem here with cable. 94 MB downloaded in about 10 minutes,
> then took about another 10 minutes to install.

Yeah, but he was downloading the special box set of SP2 Platinum, with
the bonus DVDs with coders' commentary. And outtakes. No, wait...those
aren't outtakes; those are features. I forgot.

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Stateful Adaptive Packet Destruction Enterprise-Class Gigabit
Intrusion Prevention System: http://snipurl.com/8j5d

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:18:49 -0700, "claw" <> wrote:

>Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.
>
>Running XP Pro on Cox broadband.
>Checked into MS and downloaded SP2. Usually DL's
>go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
>Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I
>returned. About 5 hours! Everything OK and all is well
>but has anyone else had this problem?

No problem here. Downloaded the entire 266 MB file in under 15 minutes.
Already slipstreamed it to CD too.

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> ICee wrote:
>> claw wrote:
>>> Not a big deal but wanted to ask anyhow.
>
>>> Running XP Pro on Cox broadband. Checked into MS and downloaded
>>> SP2. Usually DL's go fast but it took soooo long. Went to Best Buy,
>>> Costco and Wal-Mart shopping - still DL when I returned. About 5
>>> hours! Everything OK and all is well but has anyone else had this
>>> problem?
>
>> No problem here with cable. 94 MB downloaded in about 10 minutes,
>> then took about another 10 minutes to install.
>
> Yeah, but he was downloading the special box set of SP2 Platinum, with
> the bonus DVDs with coders' commentary. And outtakes. No,
> wait...those aren't outtakes; those are features. I forgot.

LOL