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post #1 of 7
8/30/04 at 8:38am
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Help!

I installed SP2 on both the home PC and the Sager this weekend, and I got completely locked out of the internet. Cable ISP said I was connecting just fine at home, but I kept getting "could not load page". I ended up doing a system restore and reinstalling SP2, and everything seems to work OK now.

Now the lappy is giving me the same problem. I run XP Home and usually connect through Verizon Broadband service. Has anyone out there run into the same problem? I'd really rather not go through the hassle of a system restore again.
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post #2 of 7
8/30/04 at 12:17pm
Go to network properties, disable the firewall and see if that fixes it, the SP2 firewall is overly agressive
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post #3 of 7
8/30/04 at 9:30pm
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tried that, didn't work

No browsers are connecting on the lappy. On the home pc, too, I can't do certain things, like download spyblaster. I get the "you are not authorized to view this page". And I can't get into IE tools - it says see my administrator. I think somehow I got logged in as a user and now I can't change anything. Any t*****ts?
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post #4 of 7
8/30/04 at 9:52pm
wow, looks like SP2 pwn3d you and you're its bitch now. Try system restore again and just leave SP2 alone like me
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post #5 of 7
8/30/04 at 11:49pm
I installed SP2 on my mom's boyfriends P4 desktop machine the other day. After that I couldn't even access the optical drives and had several other problems. I had to reinstall the whole OS. I've read posts where people say everything was fine. But not with me, so I'll stay away.
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post #6 of 7
8/31/04 at 5:21am

Works fine for me.

I just installed sp2 on my 4750 with no problems. I am using xp pro.
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post #7 of 7
8/31/04 at 10:06am
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SP2's bitch

Ogre I've got to agree with you. I feel bitch slapped.

Ran system restore on home pc, then reloaded SP2 and things mostly OK. The few "page not accessible" responses I get are mostly due to some kind of pop-up control, which generally kicks in when downloading (MajorGeeks.com, especially). If I catch it fast enough I can turn it off and still get my download. Anyone know how to turn off this particular item?

I uninstalled SP2 from the lappy and, voila, I can now connect again to the web. Since it worked on the home pc I'm thinking of trying again on the lappy.

Lastly, I'm now using Spyblaster, Ad-aware SE, and Spybot (all free versions) behind ZA Pro, but I've heard other programs may catch stuff these don't. Any comments?
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