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General Category => Software => Topic started by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 09:34:39 AM

Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 09:34:39 AM: Is SP2 everything you hoped it\'d be? Did it fix all your problems, or create more? We want to know! If you don\'t have it already, download it here (http://\"http://msvaus.www.conxion.com/download/win2000platform/sp/sp2/nt5/en-us/w2ksp2.exe\").
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: larc on May 11, 2001, 03:00:11 PM: i had to erase win2k and install 98 yesterday because win2k installation couldn\'t see My RAID array w/ Final BIOS...

doh.. i want win2k /tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: larc on May 12, 2001, 02:18:21 AM: installed on via kt133a mobo

no more 4in1 drivers i guess.

so far so good /wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />
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Post by: Ice Nine on May 12, 2001, 08:35:06 AM: Fine on my P4 1.7... ATA100 is considerably faster...
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Post by: Anonymous on May 12, 2001, 03:21:58 PM: which ata drivers were you using on SP1? were u using the intel ultra ata driver? or just the default win2k one?
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Nogami on May 13, 2001, 01:44:00 AM: No problems here, installed fine over SP-1.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2001, 08:04:39 AM: Well once you install SP2, you can forget any 16bit applications. Aparently Microsoft has decided that we nolonger need them... Hmmmm?
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Sleeper on May 15, 2001, 04:47:26 AM: Has anyone tried slipstreaming SP2 into Win2k yet? if so how did it go?
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2001, 05:08:34 AM: Yeah, I slipstreamed SP2. It\'s the same as slipstreaming SP1. The SP2 already has all the SP1 fixes and 128-bit encryption also. Therefore you don\'t need to do SP1 before SP2. You can sliptream SP2 directly. You can though slipstream SP2 over a previous slipstreamed SP1 if you already done so. I did the install to make sure everything goes A okay on both methods already. One minor thing though, it appears SP2 is not officially final yet. It\'s actually RC-2, and you never know if RC-2 will be the final build or not. Hopefully it is, cause 100 megs is a bitch to download.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Cub-X on May 15, 2001, 05:19:05 AM: I had 1 problem running SP2 with the Logitech Mouseware 9.2x drivers. It BSOD on me while booting up.

Solution : Get yer bootable W2K cd, choose for recovery, then Console mode and rename the
L8042pr2.sys file in the x:winntsystem32drivers directory.
And it runs again... (bad, bad, Micro$oft.. I thought they had tested their crap)

No other problems encountered, and didn\'t see any speed improvements on UDMA100
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 17, 2001, 01:23:12 AM: No problems, runs fine on my ABIT KT7A, Thunderbird 900.
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Post by: The_Flames on May 17, 2001, 05:39:59 AM: RC2 seems to be the same as the releaced version from microsoft
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 18, 2001, 10:30:28 AM: After installing SP2, I can no longer hibernate my Inspiron 8000.

I\'m going to have to reinstall Win2K i fear, which of course means reinstalling Office 2K, which means having to call M$ and beg for a new serial number for software I already own /sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Josetann on May 18, 2001, 11:25:03 AM: You can just uninstall SP2 if you want (assuming you didn\'t uncheck the box to backup all your files first).
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 19, 2001, 02:47:17 AM: I have a 16-bit database program, and it works just as well after SP2 as it did before.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2001, 10:22:40 AM: When i make bootable Windows2000 (Intergrated with SP2) ,this file \"cdromsp2.tst\" it was important for making bootable.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2001, 04:32:38 PM: After SP2 installation I tried burning a CD. Every time I have buffer underruns at 8x
on a 1200mhz system. Never did before.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: attitude36 on May 28, 2001, 09:39:34 PM: I installed sp2 and now my ms office doesnt work.. Anyone know why??? it askes for office1.cad but cant find it when i try to use office.. I tryed reinstalling it but it still asks for office1.cad. I uninstalled sp2 and office worked perfect?? why is this??????
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2001, 11:33:10 PM: dude just click about on any of the office 2k programs and write down the serial, how can u own office 2k and not have the serial key.
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Post by: Big_Z on May 29, 2001, 03:56:49 AM: There is an office1.caB in the root of your office 2000 cd.
Have you tried reinstalling office 2000 after installing SP2?
You need the original office cd to uninstall/install office.
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Post by: Anonymous on June 27, 2001, 11:38:15 AM: Thanks for the posting....
It solved my problem.....
Thanks again.....
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Post by: jasper ass on June 29, 2001, 03:40:27 PM: i cant find the software to make my ifeel mouseman work
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: rdc on July 01, 2001, 12:40:57 AM: Every thing is the same as with sp1 .
No problems (abit BF6 p3 700 , 3x128 pc133 ) .
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on July 11, 2001, 12:32:54 PM: thanks for the tidbit...it helped restore my win2k configuration without the dreaded reinstall!
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Post by: Ptmd on July 12, 2001, 04:09:17 PM: I have some old Access 2.0 (16 bit) database I havent gotten around to converting. They work just fine under sp2.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on July 12, 2001, 11:22:02 PM: Cub-X, thanks a third time!

you da man!

your solution worked perfectly!
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on July 14, 2001, 11:00:11 AM: Thank you for posting this solution - you probably saved me hours on a support call!
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2001, 02:47:21 PM: Tell me more about cdromsp2.tst, does this stop the Boot CD asking for the Service Pack CD? If so what are the file contents?
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Kevin Kaminski on July 16, 2001, 11:51:42 AM: I think some of the Logitech drivers are not supported under Win2K (as per Logitech support). I have problems here with the Logitech drivers BSODing machines.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: webdev on July 18, 2001, 12:08:49 AM: I noticed that IIS would not run on my machine after sp2. It just hangs on start up (running win2kpro on pentium iii 800). Any suggestions folks? I need it for local testing of web apps.
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Post by: ChaoSlt on July 18, 2001, 12:09:35 PM: I go the same *EXACT* L8042pr2.sys message, prefacing it was KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. thankfully, i found your post so that i know what to reinstall. bless you!
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Post by: Anonomous on July 18, 2001, 11:12:23 PM: WOW, i have to jump on the bandwagon here, Cube-X\'s solution rocked.

Thanks again.
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Post by: Derek on July 31, 2001, 05:34:54 PM: Thanks for the L8042pr2.sys tip on the Logitech drivers Cub-X. I was at defcon 5 and about 30 seconds away from initiating format sequence.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2001, 01:44:08 PM: Ditto. I do seem to have a small problem left. Does anyone run VNC? Ever since the patch, if I try to hit the server from a client, VNC causes a BSD. I\'m just wondering if VNC is the culprit.

(Win2k Advanced Server, SP2)
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: interlacedx on August 10, 2001, 06:09:32 PM: Thank you you\'re a lifesaver
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2001, 03:11:13 AM: cdromsp2.tst is nothing but a txt file with 0kb. Make it with notepad and but in the root of your boot cd-rom..

Or check this out.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/Bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm (http://\"http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/Bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm\")
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: BobduPneu on August 14, 2001, 05:57:34 PM: After installing Service Pack 2 my Microsoft Digital Sound System had a lot of noise when playing back music every time i recovered from hibernation.

Solution 1 : after recovering from hibernation go standby and recover from standby... the sound is clear again

Solution 2 : uninstall SP2

I uninstalled SP2. It\'s a shame microsoft doesn\'t check compatibility of their software with their own hardware !!!

Bob
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: A_C_D on August 14, 2001, 07:00:55 PM: Is there some trick to extracting sp2? i have downloaded it numerous times, and not been able to extract the files once. i can only run it from the location, is there some way to add the -x switch to the internet explorer download dialog? please it\'s making me crazy.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2001, 07:34:03 PM: maybe i should add, that the problem is, whenever i try to extract, or even run a service pack i\'ve downloaded, it tells me \"extraction failed. file is corrupt.\"
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Josetann on August 14, 2001, 11:09:00 PM: Is your system overclocked? That is a common cause of file extracting errors.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on August 15, 2001, 03:06:41 PM: nope, not overclocked. it\'s really starting to piss me off. what surprises me, is i haven\'t seen one other post from a person who has this problem. i really don\'t have any idea why i can\'t download and extract a simple file. maybe the file is actually corrupt? when was the last time anyone downloaded and used it? i\'m pretty sure i\'ve downloaded it from at least 5 different sources, but maybe they\'re all just links to the same one.
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Post by: Big_Z on August 15, 2001, 04:20:07 PM: How are you downloading the file?
If you are using internet explorer try clearing the temporary internet files and redownload the file.
I also recommend using a download manager such as getright.
Mirroring the service pack files doesnt make much sense, so most likely they were all pointing to Micro$oft.

Have you tried using winzip to extract the files?
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on August 15, 2001, 05:21:36 PM: i haven\'t tried using winzip, i actually don\'t use it, most of the archives i find are rar or ace archives, so i use winace or winrar. i actually did get the fies to extract, i don\'t know what i did, does having 2 copies of a file make any difference? i found an old one i had downloaded the other day, in a folder i hadn\'t checked, and it extracted fine. now i\'m just trying to get a good download of win2k pro. the one i was going to use has been sitting on a cheap cd for months, and i can\'t get driver.cab to extract. oh well, found another copy that is going slowly, but i\'ll have it in 6 hours or so. thanks for the suggestions. i actually had avoided using download managers, because flashget had been giving me a lot of problems with corrupt files, but since the file i want is a zip anyways, and flashget allows fixing of corrupt zips, i may just try that again. i\'m using getright at the moment but it isn\'t speeding things up any.
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Anonymous on August 16, 2001, 03:40:16 AM: All I had to do to solve the start-up problem of L8042pr2.sys, was to unplug the USB logitech mouse and use a normal serial mouse once. Then I installed the latest Mouseware drivers and it works fine now. L8042pr2.sys seems different now (2kb larger).
Title: Win2k SP2 questions/comments
Post by: Bondaka007 on August 17, 2001, 04:49:58 PM: I had the same problem with L8042pr2.sys with the BOSD.

I did the recovery/repair from the NT CD then console mode and renamed it to L8042pr2Crashed.sys (any name doesn\'t matter).

Credit should be given to Cub-X as I followed his instruction to fix it.

Thanks, it saved 8 hours + install on a critical machine in our company.
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Post by: FidelitySuit on September 23, 2001, 01:09:16 PM: Cub-X: Just want to let you know you saved my system with your solution for BSOD with L8042pr2.sys from back in May. I didn\'t even know this Board existed; I just Googled that module name and up popped your solution. All the experts couldn\'t resolve it, although it admittedly was a little tricky because there is no Logitech mouse on this system. Apparently there once was, and the drivers were never removed.
Everlasting thanks!