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ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed. ???
ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed for
version 5.1 & above of the drivers. Is this must ? I don't want to install SP2 because my system is stable and it would offer me nothing but heartbreak. Scrabo. |
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"Scrabo" wrote in message newsbCOd.57774$mt.35958@fed1read03... ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed for version 5.1 & above of the drivers. Is this must ? I don't want to install SP2 because my system is stable and it would offer me nothing but heartbreak. Scrabo. Invest in something like PowerQuest Drive Image, which I believe has been bought out by Norton and is now part of Norton Ghost now, and make a backup of your C: drive. If it screws up, revert back to your SP1 image. Unless you are one of the very few that had terrible issues, it is a pretty painless upgrade to SP2. I find my system more stable now than before. You may run into stability issues with 5.1 and higher if you DON'T upgrade to SP2. |
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I heard a lot of people predict doom and gloom with sp2. I found nothing
wrong with it and actually I think I run better now. "Scrabo" wrote in message newsbCOd.57774$mt.35958@fed1read03... ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed for version 5.1 & above of the drivers. Is this must ? I don't want to install SP2 because my system is stable and it would offer me nothing but heartbreak. Scrabo. |
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Scrabo left a note on my windscreen which said:
ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed for version 5.1 & above of the drivers. Is this must ? I don't want to install SP2 because my system is stable and it would offer me nothing but heartbreak. FWIW I've not had any probs with SP2 myself. This is across a number of laptop and desktop machines in my company and my PCs at home too. -- Stoneskin [Insert sig text here] |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:10:23 -0500, "Blake Jashewski"
wrote: I heard a lot of people predict doom and gloom with sp2. I found nothing wrong with it and actually I think I run better now. I think it is fine for most people. Unfortunately there are some bits of hardware that SP2 doesn't like and I am unlucky enough to have two of them. I tried SP2 for a while and was able to uninstall it just fine when I found it wasn't for me. -- Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. |
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"Scrabo" wrote in message
newsbCOd.57774$mt.35958@fed1read03... ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed for version 5.1 & above of the drivers. Is this must ? I don't want to install SP2 because my system is stable and it would offer me nothing but heartbreak. Scrabo. If you do make sure you turn off any anti-virus and/or 3rd party firewalls before attempting. Someone didn't do this on a friends computer and the install wasn't completely successfull but didn't give error messages. I had no problem getting it installed on his machine or mine. M$ has a list of known problems. Just look to see if you have anything thats on it. |
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"Blake Jashewski" wrote in message
news I heard a lot of people predict doom and gloom with sp2. I found nothing wrong with it and actually I think I run better now. I'm quite happy with Service Pack 2 myself. I'm running it on both of my computers nicely. However, I heard a game called Freedom Force does not run under Service Pack 2. Has that issue been resolved via a patch or otherwise now? I believe Microsoft has posted a list of software that may not run or run properly on Service Pack 2 somewhere on their website. |
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