Windows xp SP2

[Brainbug71]

Does any body have the same problem as i do?

A few days ago i updated the OS to XP home SP2 at the official site and since then the machine has slowed down and when using explorer for the internet it kept freezing and the pull downs would not work either. If they did drop down then i wasn't able to select anything on them.

I have now done a system restore to before the update and things seem fine.

I would however like to keep the os up to date, but am unwilling to put up with the machine hanging up on me all the time.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
All ideas are appreciated

Originally Posted by Brainbug71

Does any body have the same problem as i do?

A few days ago i updated the OS to XP home SP2 at the official site and since then the machine has slowed down and when using explorer for the internet it kept freezing and the pull downs would not work either. If they did drop down then i wasn't able to select anything on them.

I have now done a system restore to before the update and things seem fine.

I would however like to keep the os up to date, but am unwilling to put up with the machine hanging up on me all the time.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
All ideas are appreciated

There are a couple of very long threads about these that you should visit and this is probably the best one to view.

[Ramrod]

I am not going to get SP2 for at least another month or two. I have 2 firewalls and an a/v along with a slew of anti-spyware progs. I don't feel the need to install SP2 yet and will wait till the rest of the world has done all the bug finding on SP2. Why not do the same?

[Paul K]

Did you have anything running in the background that may have caused interference with the install? It could have been a file not copying over properly or something is not running well under SP2. You could try re-installing it again to see if the problem occurs again, you have already found that system restore works well afterwards
You could also check your task manager list when the system is slowed to a crawl to see what is taking all the CPU time up, I had issues with ZAP killing my CPU when I ran a variant of it, I had to use a different firewall in the end to get around the problem. It could be an application doing the same to your computer, you should also make sure you are trojan, spyware and virus free before installing to ensure that it isn't outside interference.
If you try another install of SP2 I would do it without anti-virus and firewall running, even if it means disconnecting the PC from the broadband connection while it occurs.

[Brainbug71]

I think i'm with you on that one Rammy, gonna wait a bit. I never had any prtoblems with the system before the update, so no real drama to go back to that time for the moment.

[Caspar]

Thread Closed.

Discussed elsewhere, existing thread listed in post#2.