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More info?)
Hi Randy,
You might want to check with Dell for any known issues for your system (and
I think you meant 512MB of ram, not 512K, the latter wouldn't even run Win95
<g>).
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:088401c48f4e$34be14f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Rick--
>
> Thanks for the reply. I had to reboot my machine for
> another reason, and SP2 downloaded & installed after that.
>
> Boy, big mistake (for me anyway)! I just went through a
> nightmare of upgrading to a bug-ridden Quicken 2005, but
> SP2 was even more annoying. I have a high-end 2GHz Dell
> (only 512K RAM), and after installing SP2, it was like
> someone poured molasses on the OS! The thing was still
> loading tray apps 20 & 30 minutes after booting up.
> Numerous shutdowns & restarts were of no help, so I
> uninstalled and am once again at peace with SP1. Don't
> know if others are experiencing the same thing, but my
> time, a considerable waste I might add, with SP2 was
> horrible.
>
> Regards,
> Randy
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Randy,
>>
>>Locate the WindowsUpdate.log file under \Windows or
> \Winnt. Open it and
>>scroll to the bottom. Look at the error codes and compare
> them against this
>>site, or post back here:
>>http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/
>>
>>--
>>Best of Luck,
>>
>>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>>"Randy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:00d201c48df0$b4a53590$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> When I loaded IE this morning, I was taken to the
> Windows
>>> Update page. It informed me that SP2 was ready to be
>>> installed on my computer. I clicked Install, accepted
>>> EULA, and then was greeted with an error message
>>> informing me that the syatem was unable to update. I'm
>>> using XP Home with all prior updates installed. What
>>> gives?
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
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