re: Acting weird.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 8:00 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(23824 messages posted)
To start: the term reboot does not mean re-install, you reboot every time you restart
your system.
You might have better luck by slip-streaming SP2 into your older version of XP. That
essentially creates a new XP-SP2 CD. Google slipstreaming for details and the required
tools.
On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 7:32 am, Carsten Christensen wrote:
>Hello fellas...
>
>I'm in need of some assistance. I had this case running with Microsoft, and they
>couldn't give me an answer I could use.
>
>Here's the case: A couple of months ago, I thought it would be a good idea to reboot
>my system as my computer was starting to run a bit slow. I've done this many times
>before, and never experienced any seriously problems, but this time was different.
>At the beginnig everything was fine, and I installed all my drivers for my hardware,
>like always. I started updating windows, which was no problem until I installed
"service
>pack 2". After the reboot, my computer started to pause for 2-3 seconds every minute
>or so. I tried to re-install windows, 'cause maybe I've made a mistake in the installation
>phase. But everytime I installed "service pack 2" it began to do this pause thing.
>I then tried to contact Microsoft, who wanted to start a case. But all they ever
>figured out was that I should try to unplug my hardware, start over and plug in
my
>hardware one by one and intall the drivers. I tried that, but before I plugged in
>any hardware I tried to install "service pack 2". No change at all. Still doing
that
>pause thing. So I've been running windows with no updates until now, but it's a
problem,
>as many programs can't be intalled unless I have "service pack 2" installed.
>I hope that someone can give me some hints.
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