DonB wrote:
> After unloading all my firewalls etc and installing SP2, I was no
> longer able to connect to the net with any browser, and there were
> other problems as well. It seems others are having similar problems.
> After uninstalling SP2, some problems were fixed, but not all,
> including connectivity. I took my pc to my Guru, who restored some
> connectivity, but was unable to fix much else, with SP2 left off.
> My problem now is, I cannot connect with Firefox......it says the
> sites are unavailable, try later. I can connect with Avant (explorer
> add-on), but not Maxthon. I really want my Firefox back.
> Any ideas, or any commercial computer fix-it whizz in Auckland who
> may be worth taking to?
> DonB
Yor best bet would be backup all your important data, then do a clean
install of windows xp and start with a fresh system, then when you have
finished the clean install, reboot the pc, then put in the service pack
2 cd and install it.
Then you can setup the rest of the pc from their and you will find that
all your problems will be fixed, the service pack is a major update to
windows, and it doesn't always like being installed on a pc that hasn't
had a clean up in a while, which it part of the reason why so many
people are having problems with.
The same thing happened when service pack 1 came out, and also when xp
came out and people tried to install it over the top of a 3 year old
windows 98/ME system!.
The other thing that you could also do, which would be even better , is
to get hold of a slipstreamed copy of windows xp that has service pack 2
already installed, that works even better, since then you dont get a lot
of old unused files being installed onto the hard drive that windows
doesnt need.
PseUDO
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