[flavallee]

Go to this Microsoft site and order the SP2 upgrade CD. It's free and will usually be mailed to you within a week.

For those of you who have a 56K dial-up connection, the SP2 upgrade is about 270 MB, so trying to download it isn't practical and is very time-consuming.

For those of you who have a problem with downloading and installing it from the Internet, installing it straight from the CD may solve that problem.

If you need to make a clean install of XP and then make the upgrade to SP2, having the CD makes the upgrade to SP2 much quicker.

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[CouchMaster]

The best way to install SP2 is to slipstream it into the XP disk too!
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

[brushmaster1]

Done. Thanks for the link, Frank!

[SIR****TMG]

oK i filled out the info ..should get my sp2 disks too...not going to try to download

[flavallee]

Ahha! Another Roadrunner cable user.

BrushMaster, you're welcome.

[Stoner]

Or you can download the 'network' instal package so that you can burn it to a cd for the next time you reinstal XP.....
Of course, dialup connection will perhaps take longer than many wish......but with broadband, it's worth it

You can get it here:
XPsp2

[flavallee]

I downloaded the SP2 upgrade in just a few minutes with Roadrunner cable. If you try and do it with 56K dial-up, start the download and then go to sleep for 8 - 10 hours. If you're lucky, it'll be finished downloading when you wake up, if your connection didn't get disconnected.

[iaavagent]

No help for OEM disks? {a Ghost!}

[SIR****TMG]

I remember AcaCandy downloaded it took like 10 hrs on dialup.......she never thought it would end..........But she did get it downloaded........

[iaavagent]

Another question I just thought of and maybe I don't understand slipstreaming.

Why wouldn't one who had a, say Acronis or Ghost software, just install SP2 on the OS and then use one of those programs? Does that make sense?

I'm still using W95 on my old pute, but my wife has xp on her fairly new pute. {am I married or what?}

[pushcrew]

I don't have to worry about this, SP2 is aready in my OEM disc.

[Lurker1]

Originally Posted by pushcrew

I don't have to worry about this, SP2 is aready in my OEM disc.

Yes thats the best way to install it. I had XP professional installed and downloaded Sp2 and my computer died during the install. Then I got a copy of XP home with Sp2. It installed with no problems at all and runs fine.

[JohnWill]

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 makes slipstreaming a service patch painless.

[pushcrew]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 makes slipstreaming a service patch painless.

hmm whats the url? Com, net or what ever, it only says http://autostreamer

Could also find in on the downloading sites, i guess.

[Skivvywaver]

http://mhtools.knoware.nl/raptor/aut...toStreamer.exe