SP2 means no Internet Explorer

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by ntlsufferer

I can get on the internet via Explorer. I'm almost too paranoid to re-boot now ! Maybe this is the fix

pleased you've got sorted

Originally Posted by ramrod

.and thats why I'm not installing SP2 yet

cheers m8, where was that gem last week still, on ntls's findings, i might give it another go, i did like the extra features

[Mal]

It's not all bad with sp2.

The only problem that I've had, touch wood, is with my printer and Canon gave me the solution to that straight away. Maybe it's just pot luck with the user.

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Mal

It's not all bad with sp2.

The only problem that I've had, touch wood, is with my printer and Canon gave me the solution to that straight away. Maybe it's just pot luck with the user.

Oh well,been home for a bit, i'm bored and a sucker for punisment so here goes SP2 again

[highlandlassie]

I had that problem as well, and it was happening with, with anything I tried to use on the computer not just IE Phoned up the tech guys at mastercare and they got me sorted.

The following week my floppy drive went funny - again the tech guys at mastercare had me delete my floppy and then re install it.

My printer is now acting funny - when you press the scan button on the printer it doesn't work - I have to access it via start, programs etc

[Paul K]

Mastercare? I'm suprised they haven't told you to re-format the hard drive and start again. Maybe you would gain by starting a new thread within this topic area and we can all have a go at troubleshooting it with you
It could be that the SP2 is not compatible with the drivers you are using or that the programmes need patching too, best thing would be to start n thread of your own, list as much detail about the PC (brand, hardware attached to it, software in use etc) and we can have a look at the problem with you.

[bopdude]

Right, well thats SP2 installed again, this time with no other firewall or anti-virus software, ( must install quick ) I'll install N.I.S 2005 later and see how my pc acts but for now at least, i'm up and running

Weird. I use XP Pro and installed SP2 and not had any of these problems. Installed it on 3 PC's now and never had any IE problems.

One of the PC's used to have NIS2003 on it and it worked fine. This has now been changed to NIS2005 and still not problems. However NIS2005 delays my net access by a few minutes on initial boot up now.

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by gary_580

Weird. I use XP Pro and installed SP2 and not had any of these problems. .

I had to format mine after installing sp2

Originally Posted by gary_580

However NIS2005 delays my net access by a few minutes on initial boot up now.

It does ?? mmm I'll give it a second thought then.

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by gary_580

Weird. I use XP Pro and installed SP2 and not had any of these problems. Installed it on 3 PC's now and never had any IE problems.

One of the PC's used to have NIS2003 on it and it worked fine. This has now been changed to NIS2005 and still not problems. However NIS2005 delays my net access by a few minutes on initial boot up now.

The only access problems I saw when SP2 was installed on the PCs that I have installed used it on was that the firewall software blocked access until it was given permission for the changed version of IE.
Unfortunately, as I keep pointing out , no two pcs are exactly identical no matter how hard you try you will get differing behaviour and reactions to software/ hardware installs. SP2 for me has been rock solid

Originally Posted by Paul

The only access problems I saw when SP2 was installed on the PCs that I have installed used it on was that the firewall software blocked access until it was given permission for the changed version of IE.
Unfortunately, as I keep pointing out , no two pcs are exactly identical no matter how hard you try you will get differing behaviour and reactions to software/ hardware installs. SP2 for me has been rock solid

Agreed but you would have thought having done three at least one would have been a problem. But then again the windows firewall only gets used on one of the PC's

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by gary_580

Agreed but you would have thought having done three at least one would have been a problem. But then again the windows firewall only gets used on one of the PC's

1 in 3 might be expected to mis-behave but I've installed it on 4 so far without hitch, maybe it's due to those PCs not being overly cluttered with installs, background apps etc. I installed it on my pc before a clean install and it still behaved itself even though I have installed a number of beta releases since I last clean installed XP. We know there are people out there seeing problems with SP2, we know that some of the issues are directly caused by SP2 not interfacing well with some applications and drivers. We should not, however, blame MS and SP2 for every little problem that PC users have. A lot of the time it's a case of PEBCAK, as a lot of us know
All I can say is that not installing SP2 can be a big mistake for some users as they aren't even aware of the necessity of a firewall and do need their hands holding by MS for the sake of all users of the internet that no not want virus and spam being proliferated by people who cannot protect their pcs effectively due to lack of awareness, lack of knowledge or lack of ability

[iadom]

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I am getting this message when I go to www.ntlworld.com . I have also seen it on one or to other sites since I installed SP2. Anyone else get this?

This is the location of the message gif, so why is IE showing this?
[img]res://C:WINDOWSsystem32shdoclc.dll/pagerror.gif[/img

Just had another look and it looks like an Add is being blocked in the space that I see the message.