Holy F**K

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

Can anyone tell me why Service Pack 2 would take over 2 hours to install on a fresh install of XP Pro?
I've never seen it take this damn long.

EDIT: Yes, I know this is techsupport. Yes, I know this isn't a place for help or solutions. Was just seeking any similar experiences, not a solution.

So, go fuck yourself, or flame away. After all, it is Monday. :D

Comments

[bitterfun.livejournal.com]

...because you accidentally typed in microsfot.com and are actually installing a comprehensive malware package?

[greeklady.livejournal.com]

Because you are soooo observant and are asking the snark community a technical question? We can only guess you are just as brilliant when choosing installs.

Damn I am being to nice today. Someone take my clue by four and whomp this user over the head for me?

[manuka.livejournal.com]

2 hours seems pretty normal to me. Just wait until SP3 :)

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

No SHIT! I know this isn't a tech support community. I was just asking if anyone had a similar experience, not for a solution.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've installed SP2 many, many times. Its the official distro from Windows Update burned to a CD.

Again, not asking for a solution, just experiences. Yes, I posted in the right community.

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Is that the one they make XP-Pro slower then Vista so we upgrade?

[sdaemon.livejournal.com]

because it's a piece of shit, updating a piece of shit. shit plus shit equals two shits. afraid that's all I can give.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

I think that's called the .net framework.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

It is a late model HP, so you may be right.

[sdaemon.livejournal.com]

eww. I try to be tolerant, I really do. I've written bad code before, and my hardware constructions tend to be "good enough" rather than perfect. but, ewww. HP produces some real SHIT.

[bitterfun.livejournal.com]

Wait, are you saying you can give two shits? Personally, I didn't think anyone here would give a single shit, let alone two shits.

[sdaemon.livejournal.com]

I am *that* giving.

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

Ironically, their low-end desktops are about the best things they make. naught more than a Asus mobo in a standard case with 80lbs of HP bloatware loaded. Uninstall the HP crap, use standard chipset drivers and they run pretty damned well.

[sdaemon.livejournal.com]

is that the pavillion line? my last experiences with those have been horrid. But then, I wasn't allowed to nuke the existing install and redo from scratch.

Also admittedly, my last experiences with those were about 4 years ago.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

I have an HP Pavillion a815n at home I do video and audio editing on. It's never locked up on me or crashed ONCE since I've owned it some 3 or 4 years.

The customer's PC that's giving me hell right now is a Pavillion a262n. I am reinstalling XP and putting the drivers on first before trying to run SP2 again. I'm thinking that without the chipset drivers, this old version of XP home might not be able to use the CPU and RAM properly?

Long shot, but I guess I'll find out.

[manuka.livejournal.com]

Nah, I've been running an RC for months, it's actually improved stability.

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

Pavillions and also the Presario's (Got one of each, both nice little Asus boards in them).

[bamatone.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it. (Ours are all slipstreamed.) But it wouldn't surprise me. I just did Windows Updates for only the past two months on a Dell laptop here that's about 3-4 years old and it took over an hour. :(

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

More likely it's simply not able to drive the HDD at full speed due ot the lack of chipset drivers and that's the slowdown. You can get XP drivers for the chipset without any problem, either the HP specific ones or generic Intel 865 drivers.

[wyldthyng.livejournal.com]

Somebody else who was a frequent poster in the community posted a similar gripe and didn't get flamed. Just sayin'.

[greeklady.livejournal.com]

Yeah well I wasn't on my soap box then and most likey when I took my holiday.

So I am thinking, if you aren't on the bandwagon, answer the damn question or leave me alone yeah?

[jecook]

If you want slow, install or uninstall the SQL Server Desktop Engine.

.NET's the frucking Flash compared to that.

[typhoid.livejournal.com]

I <3 your answer.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

[drquuxum.livejournal.com]

[OT] bitterfun, may I steal that icon?