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Thought I'd set up a little Service Pack 2 troubles thread, so that we can all place our problems in one place, and hopefully enable people to find a solution quicker.
Problem 1 + solution
I downloaded and installed service pack 2 yesterday; all went well until it had all been installed. Now the system hangs when I start-up (no icons are clickable and hovering the mouse over the task bar shows the egg timer), and on some occasions the screen will be covered in colourful dots.
The problem seems to be with a file called 'drwtsn32.exe', which can be found in the 'Processes' panel when you hit Ctrl, Alt & Delete. Ending this process seems to get rid of the hick-up and enable to computer to run as normal. Clicking on 'Start' then 'Run' and entering 'drwtsn32' enables the program to start running again without any problems.
Problem 2 + solution
The new Windows security centre reports that my virus protection and firewall are not enabled. It states that Norton reports that it is installed but its status is unknown. I have both the Firewall and Antivirus turned on and working, but the Security Centre fails to acknowledge this.
[URL]http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html[/URL] and you'll see that Norton's software is designed not to let other software tamper with it.
Problem 1 + solution
I downloaded and installed service pack 2 yesterday; all went well until it had all been installed. Now the system hangs when I start-up (no icons are clickable and hovering the mouse over the task bar shows the egg timer), and on some occasions the screen will be covered in colourful dots.
The problem seems to be with a file called 'drwtsn32.exe', which can be found in the 'Processes' panel when you hit Ctrl, Alt & Delete. Ending this process seems to get rid of the hick-up and enable to computer to run as normal. Clicking on 'Start' then 'Run' and entering 'drwtsn32' enables the program to start running again without any problems.
Problem 2 + solution
The new Windows security centre reports that my virus protection and firewall are not enabled. It states that Norton reports that it is installed but its status is unknown. I have both the Firewall and Antivirus turned on and working, but the Security Centre fails to acknowledge this.
[URL]http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html[/URL] and you'll see that Norton's software is designed not to let other software tamper with it.
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cjh wrote:
> When you say should, do you mean available now, or available
> soon? I've got all the updates, but the security center still says
> that the firewall and antivirus can't be verified.
Should as in soon, htough they'll probably push users to update to 2004
> When you say should, do you mean available now, or available
> soon? I've got all the updates, but the security center still says
> that the firewall and antivirus can't be verified.
Should as in soon, htough they'll probably push users to update to 2004
I've got XP Pro, I need to backup stuff first however before, I don't want any disasters...
phi11ip wrote:
> I've got XP Pro, I need to backup stuff first however before, I don't
> want any disasters...
I installed SP2 using the Download (266MB) and have had Zero trouble with it
> I've got XP Pro, I need to backup stuff first however before, I don't
> want any disasters...
I installed SP2 using the Download (266MB) and have had Zero trouble with it
Just installed the Update download of SP2 for XPHome on my laptop and again, no issues at all, everything works perfectly! THough find it odd that they have decided to do away with the Pro/Hom text on both boot screens?
What other additions are there in SP2 that are worth the upgrade, if you don't use IE6 or OE6, and have a firewall and have already installed the required patches already? I know there's added functionality for the Tablet PC edition, in effect Tablet PC Edition 2003, but what about for Home and Pro users?
I think SP2 re-designs the underlaying OS in a way which prevents many of the current viruses out there from taken any hold of your system.
I'd recommend downloading it, even if you don't use IE or OE.
I'd recommend downloading it, even if you don't use IE or OE.
Tyla wrote:
> Should as in soon, though they'll probably push users to update to
> 2004.
Thought I replied to this this morning!! hhmm.
Anyway, as the 2005 edition of Internet Security should be coming out sometime soon, I may just go for that when the time comes. If I remember, Symantec launched their 2004 series back in Sept/Oct 2003?
> Should as in soon, though they'll probably push users to update to
> 2004.
Thought I replied to this this morning!! hhmm.
Anyway, as the 2005 edition of Internet Security should be coming out sometime soon, I may just go for that when the time comes. If I remember, Symantec launched their 2004 series back in Sept/Oct 2003?
Is there some sort of complete list that shows EVERYTHING it changes/adds to the installation?
I'm sure if you do a search on the Microsoft website([URL]http://www.microsoft.com[/URL]), you'd find the press release which details what Service Pack 2 does. No doubt a search on google ([URL]http://www.google.com[/URL]) will find somebody's done a review / comparison of Service Pack 2 as well.
Yeah, I know. I was hoping someone would do the work for me though, as I've done for others on many occasions... *sigh*
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