Based on the information I saw on this list, I went to MS's site and found the IT developer's version and downloaded it. The download took 11-12 minutes via cable, at least, maybe more. It took *forever* to install. I did what someone suggested and burned it to CD so I'll have it and can give to others who have dial-up. I messed up the first download and had to go back. The 2nd time I got a download that took 2 minutes, so I discarded that one because I knew it wasn't the right one because of some comments on the list. I have it now--downloaded and installed last night.
Brenda
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> I clicked the option to download and it seemed to disappear also. I found
> this statement on the Microsoft page and found out that it is working in the
> background (SP2 was in my add/remove file but not on my systems file) so
> when it gets fully loaded, it will let me install it then!
>
>
> "Download and install it using Automatic Updates
> If you have Automatic Updates turned on, you don't need to take any further
> action for SP2 to be downloaded to your computer while you are connected to
> the Internet. Depending on how long and how often you are connected to the
> Internet, it may take awhile before SP2 is fully downloaded. Once SP2 is
> completely downloaded from the Internet, you will be notified that it is
> ready to be installed on your computer. You can check your Automatic Updates
> setting on the Windows Update home page or by following the instructions on
> the Get computer updates page on the Microsoft Protect Your PC website.
>
> Automatic Updates is the only way to download SP2 from Windows Update at
> this time. Other methods to install SP2 will be available soon."
>
> Thought you might like to know what happened to me--Betty North
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Pike
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] WindowsXP - Service Pack 2
>
> First see if it actually did install SP2. Right click on the My Computer
> Icon and select properties, on the main "General" tab you should see, under
> "System" the information about your Operating system, including the version
> number and in the last line the service pack number.
>
> As far as manual download, Microsoft says that manual downloads of SP2 via
> Windows Update will be available soon. Exactly what they mean by "soon" is
> anybody's guess.
>
> William Pike
> [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Virginia Savage
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 10:33 PM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] WindowsXP - Service Pack 2
>
> About 4 days ago I received notification WinXP SP2 is ready to be
> downloaded. I clicked on the appropriate button, and about 30 seconds
> later, the Windows Update icon disappeared from my taskbar.
>
> I have tried going to the WinXP SP2 Home page to download it, but cannot
> find a way to do this.
>
> I don't know why the download aborted, and want to install this important
> update.
>
> Please help?
>
> Thank you.
>
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