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Originally Posted by Richard M
I've installed it on two computers and had no problems whatsoever.
I think it's pointless people "waiting to see if my applications will work" because the majority are running 32-bit CPUs and the only minor issue with compatibilty is caused by AMD64 CPUs when you enable No-Execute extensions and a program fails, which is easy to solve when you run into it because you just click "Allow"!
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I have to agree with the not waiting to see bit. You could but meanwhile M$ are already releasing patches based on users running SP2, not earlier versions. Thus, any new major exploit from viruses, and the like may not be properly dealt with. In the meantime something like SP2 and what it does to your PC will have been extensively tested, with all mainstream software and hardware before release. Thus, unless you really do have something obscure running on your PC, I cannot see how your mainstream programs would be affected.
The bigger difficulty with any patch tends to be the numerous permutations of hardware. In my view it's more likely to be that which will kill an upgrade to SP2. I've no upgraded my home PC, laptop and all work PCs, with SP2, no difficulties, once I downloaded the full update option (so you didn't use the internet download specific to a PC). The online update was troublesome, but that's more likely to be down to the vagaries of the internet connection. Download the whole thing and install from that executable, and I rekon its OK.