Rocky 1,224 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Please post problems/solutions in this thread as a handy reference. Personally I won't be installing it for at least a month until all the issues are exposed. 1. Team Speak Overlay rumoured to not work with SP2. 2. P2P file sharing affected by restricted connections. First unofficial patch I saw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Not sure about number number two, but when I'm on TS playing AAO it works just fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 e-week.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Here's Microsoft's official list of "Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Here's Microsoft's official list of "Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242 Ah cool, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pave Low 16 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 LaCie FireWire 800 Drives and Windows XP SP2 BACKGROUND: Microsoft has made changes and improvements to the FireWire drivers built into Windows XP. This is for improved compatibility, stability, and data integrity. There are many improvements to the FireWire drivers; this interface is also called IEEE-1394 and iLink. PROBLEM: After installing XP SP2 the performance of LaCie FireWire 800 drives will be considerably slower and probably not acceptable for most applications. SOLUTION: LaCie have produced a Firmware update for their FireWire 800 drivesLaCie FW 800 Drives and Windows XP SP2 PDF readmeDownload the LaCie XP SP2 firmware updater from HERE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lexsis 0 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 tweaktown.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
larocket83 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 When is this going to be released? I've heard so much talk about it I assumed it had been already, but I went to the microsoft website and it was not available for download. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Express SP2 Installer, care of Microsoft. IT Professional download Regular users will get it via Windows Update soon. I DO NOT recommend using either tool, only provide the links. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
larocket83 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 thanks dannik, I was wondering why it hadnt come up on my windows update. I think I'll just wait until it does to install it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Both versions have been around for a few days, but with the slew of issues surrounding them, I've been reticent to touch the code. I'll let everyone else gamma test for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 GameSpot's list of games affected by Service Pack 2: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarskni...ws_6104980.html Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Chess Advantage III: Lego Chess Combat Flight Simulator 3 Command & Conquer: Generals Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Conflict: Desert Storm Dead Man's Hand Earth & Beyond Elite Forces Vietnam: Special Assignment 2 Freedom Force Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Medieval Total War Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag MotoRacer NASCAR Racing 2003 NBA Live 2000 Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 Roller Coaster Factory Scrabble Serious Sam: The Second Encounter SimCity 4 Star Trek StarFleet Command III Star Wars: Knights: of the Old Republic StarCraft Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Tribes 2 Unreal II Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Collector's Edition Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 Raven Shield and Nascar 2003?! *walks away*. Edit> Apparantly thie issues are mainly the fact the the XP firewall (now on by defaut instead of off), is obviously blocking multiplayer games. Switching the FW off solves the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 The firewall doesn't explain why Max Payne 2 is problematic though. It's offline only. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 The firewall doesn't explain why Max Payne 2 is problematic though. It's offline only. Yehm and unfortuntely the microsoft list does not explain what's up with each individual game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Super-Bob 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Scrabble Oh no! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 (edited) There are other problems with third party apps as well. There are some posts over at ghostrecontwo.com about them. And in that instance, it isn't the firewall. Edited August 24, 2004 by PhantmSniper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I've just installed SP2 yesterday on my gaming machine (i.e. non-mission critical system ). The Security Center is pretty cool. All the usual apps I use seem to run fine so far ... I'll let y'all know if I run into any probs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 ok i think i found a problem!! i cant use msconfig in run anymore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 No probs for me using msconfig there. Can you run any other commands? (Dxdiag, regedit, etc.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 yep CMD regedit and dxdiag works.... msconfig doenst thoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 As I promised, here's my XPeriences with SP2 so far if anyone is interested ... I've now updated 4 systems with SP2 with a 75% success rate. Two were mine and two belonged to friends of which I'm their unofficial 24/7 tech support (i.e. they call whenever their systems have probs - usually spyware) Both my friend's systems were XP Home systems updated with Automatic Update and had no probs. My own system with a fresh install of XP Home was updated using the SP2 Network Install package with no probs. However, when I tried to update my wife's XP Pro rig with Auto Update, it got totally hosed We have 3 users on there, and could just get past the Welcome logon screen until the system would hang trying to load up the new SP2 "Security Center". I could get past this in Safe Mode however. My wife's rig has had XP Pro on it for 2 years without probs, including lots of hardware changes/software installs/uninstalls. Fortunately, all our data is kept on a seperate partition so instead of wasting the whole evening troubleshooting, I just did a fresh install of WinXP Pro with the SP2 Network Installation pack and now everything has been fine for the past week with all our usual apps re-installed. It was nice to have a fresh, clean reinstall anyway ... Interesting how Microsoft removed the "Home" or "Pro" designation with the WinXP logo when you boot up with SP2 ... wonder why? Here is another article of interest: Windows XP Service Pack 2: The 10% Problem http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...tc_cmp/46200368 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 Interesting how Microsoft removed the "Home" or "Pro" designation with the WinXP logo when you boot up with SP2 ... wonder why? They have? Dang it I got a modicum of satisfaction see the Pro title on boot up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pave Low 16 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 msconfig doenst thoe msconfig still works OK for me (XP Pro) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightCrawler 137 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Just got the disk from MS and installed last night, everything is working fine so far, with the exception of one program that I'm beta testing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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