I haven't installed SP2 yet, but I'm thinking it might be helpful to just disable programs like WB, DX, etc that do things with the interface and reboot without them loading up. Install SP2 then reboot and turn all the programs back on to load on startup.

I don't know if it matters, but I will be doing it that way.

I've heard enough problems with this S(Serious)P(Problems)2 service pack that I won't be installing it any time soon.

Webgizmos, it is not the SP that is problematic but rather the resident applications that are now incompatable. Remember when XP first came out? hundreds of applications had to be patched to work with XP...the SP is almost a complete rewrite of the XP code (just about 100M shy of the origional CD Size ) so one can expect the same.

Wait and watch Microsoft's application incomatability list grow on their web site...after a few weeks go for it.

Vetto...Thats what I intend on doing. And I'm sure on it's own the SP2 update is probably ok. But since it doesn't play well with the other children it won't be allowed in the house.

As it is now my PC works just fine without this unruly child messing things up. Until, or should I say, if/when they fix the bugs I might think about it. But until then I don't see any reason to install it. For one thing, I "pay" for WindowBlinds, as well as other stardock products...not to mention the ton of other apps I have installed on my PC, and I certainly don't want some free update thats going to render my paid for apps inoperable. I'm not quite the geek yet and I don't really feel like playing guessing games as to which app is screwed up and which ones aren't.

I also went over their "Top 10 reasons to install SP2" and didn't find anything that stood out or motivated me to install it. Some of the features they speak of sound ok, but the trade off isn't worth it. I guess we'll see over time.

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I am sure after a while Microsoft will get all there little ducky`s in a row and I will try SP2 again. I thought it would take a freight train to stop my computer, I`m using a full gig of ram behind the AMD Athalon 3400+ processor, but that does`nt make much difference if there is another problem I might have in my setup

I just got off tech support for sp2..All of my proggys and OD worked fine.. However my wireless laptop card would not connect to the internet...I actually had to uninstall it and the microsoft wireless utillity then use the instal new hardware manually to get it to work.. Now since my wireless card and basestation are microsoft I dont understand why it was not seemless integration...Sloppy enginering probably..

i installed sp2 without a glitch... i did disable all od programs before installing though, if people are having problems i suggest that you do this too, then reload them up afterwards.

i don't see any real difference, although the new popup blocker works like a charm, and ie has now begun to block activex controls...

I'll wait to install the Serious Problems 2 (SP2) update. Probably a really, really, long time.

only issues i have with SP2 is with bootskin, in that i see the (as of SP2, changed) default boot screen for a split second, before my custom one appears...