Service Pack 2, A Junk?

Vigor · 04-15-2006, 10:41 AM

I just downloaded Service Pack 2 and I was wondering if it was the service pack two or what I just downloaded and/or installed after I rebooted my computer that was starting my computer up so slow and kind unresponsive programs. Well, to tell you more I downloaded ATI driver, Norton Ghost and Antivirus, Webcam driver, Logitech wireless key and mouse driver, Natural Color and World of Warcraft + Limewire 4.10.
Well to tell you more I set my Drive setting to C:60GB and D: 190GB and I used up 7 GB of C drive after reboot and after the Service Pack Update I used 19 GB plus the drivers. And the D drive which i used for post installed stuff to seperate is 6GB used

I run a Sony Vaio PCV-RZ56G
3.4 Ghz Pentium 4 processor
2 GB of ram
512 ATI AGP 8x Graphic card
ATI TUNER
Roadrunner Cable
Media Center Edition 2003

Can anyone tell me what is going on??????

duane534 · 04-15-2006, 11:10 AM

First of all, service pack 2 will slow down your computer, BUT it will also make it SIGNIFICANTLY more secure. Well worth it, especially with 3.4 GHZ under the hood.

You should always install, reboot, install, etc. when doing major work. Easier to nail down problems, conflicts, etc.

ATI driver? No effect. Maybe some if there is an app running to give you hotkeys, quick access to settings, coolio equalizer, or something.

Norton Ghost and Norton AV, generally anything Norton post Peter Norton WILL make a ghost of your system performance (pun intended). It just does. Do you honestly use Ghost, being a home user and all? As for AV, there are much better alternatives... Panda (paid) and Avira AntiVir (free), to name a few.

Webcam driver, no. Same deal as ATI driver.

Logitech wireless key and mouse driver? Is it RF or Bluetooth? Neither should do much. RF will do none, as it is completely independent of the PC itself.

Natural Color and World of Warcraft, no. Unless you are running them both in the background. LOL

Limewire 4.10 is the $#|+... It won't slow it down substantially. I recommend Pro, though.

Hard drive stuff has little, if anything, to do with performance as long as there's a li'l bit at the end of all drives/partitions for the file system to play around with. Did someone say Diskeeper?

I have to ask... Why does anyone get XP Media Center?

Vigor · 04-15-2006, 11:20 AM

Thanks for the reply Duane.. Uh I just got the Media Center for the TV

Hehe

Hmm, so I see it is the Service Pack 2, and is worth the download which took 30-40 looong minutes. Would if make a differance if I had Norton AV 06?
By the way how does SP2 make it secure?

duane534 · 04-15-2006, 11:27 AM

Service Pack 2 isn't the biggest drain on your list, but it still is one.

Try DLing it on dialup.

Norton stuff is bloated. Period. It gets its tendrils through your system and will never let go.

As far as how, I don't really remember. It's when they put in the Windows Firewall, I think, or made it better. Same for Security Center and more controls over access to system files.

Vigor · 04-15-2006, 11:32 AM

Alright thanks Duane for the help

, and yeah Norton is 'bloated' but only is if it is doing a scan or a task.

duane534 · 04-15-2006, 07:45 PM

Which, if properly protecting your computer, is constantly.

PC eye · 04-17-2006, 07:48 AM

There is one issue that has come to light on adding Service Pack 2 onto the
dual cored cpu XP system with either Service Pack 1 or not at all. This is in
regards to noticable performance losses with the addition of that update. MS
initially had this issue with systems running multiple single cored processors.
The article at Microsoft can be seen at: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256 This addressed the multi cpu boards by itself. The article leading to
the MS article poimting at dual cored cpus can be found at: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1918

04-15-2006, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Vigor Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Age: 18 Posts: 195	Service Pack 2, A Junk? I just downloaded Service Pack 2 and I was wondering if it was the service pack two or what I just downloaded and/or installed after I rebooted my computer that was starting my computer up so slow and kind unresponsive programs. Well, to tell you more I downloaded ATI driver, Norton Ghost and Antivirus, Webcam driver, Logitech wireless key and mouse driver, Natural Color and World of Warcraft + Limewire 4.10. Well to tell you more I set my Drive setting to C:60GB and D: 190GB and I used up 7 GB of C drive after reboot and after the Service Pack Update I used 19 GB plus the drivers. And the D drive which i used for post installed stuff to seperate is 6GB used I run a Sony Vaio PCV-RZ56G 3.4 Ghz Pentium 4 processor 2 GB of ram 512 ATI AGP 8x Graphic card ATI TUNER Roadrunner Cable Media Center Edition 2003 Can anyone tell me what is going on??????

04-15-2006, 11:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Vigor Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Age: 18 Posts: 195	Ah and oh? Thanks for the reply Duane.. Uh I just got the Media Center for the TV Hehe Hmm, so I see it is the Service Pack 2, and is worth the download which took 30-40 looong minutes. Would if make a differance if I had Norton AV 06? By the way how does SP2 make it secure? __________________ DELL XPS M1710 Laptop Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7400 (2.16GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB) Operating System: Genuine Windows® Vista Ultimate 2007 32-bit LCD Panel: 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ Memory: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM Hard Drive: 100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GTX Sound Options: Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition Wireless Card Dell Draft N Wireless

04-15-2006, 11:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
Vigor Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Age: 18 Posts: 195	Alright thanks Duane for the help , and yeah Norton is 'bloated' but only is if it is doing a scan or a task. __________________ DELL XPS M1710 Laptop Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7400 (2.16GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB) Operating System: Genuine Windows® Vista Ultimate 2007 32-bit LCD Panel: 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ Memory: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM Hard Drive: 100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GTX Sound Options: Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition Wireless Card Dell Draft N Wireless

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04-15-2006, 11:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
duane534 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 123	First of all, service pack 2 will slow down your computer, BUT it will also make it SIGNIFICANTLY more secure. Well worth it, especially with 3.4 GHZ under the hood. You should always install, reboot, install, etc. when doing major work. Easier to nail down problems, conflicts, etc. ATI driver? No effect. Maybe some if there is an app running to give you hotkeys, quick access to settings, coolio equalizer, or something. Norton Ghost and Norton AV, generally anything Norton post Peter Norton WILL make a ghost of your system performance (pun intended). It just does. Do you honestly use Ghost, being a home user and all? As for AV, there are much better alternatives... Panda (paid) and Avira AntiVir (free), to name a few. Webcam driver, no. Same deal as ATI driver. Logitech wireless key and mouse driver? Is it RF or Bluetooth? Neither should do much. RF will do none, as it is completely independent of the PC itself. Natural Color and World of Warcraft, no. Unless you are running them both in the background. LOL Limewire 4.10 is the $#\|+... It won't slow it down substantially. I recommend Pro, though. Hard drive stuff has little, if anything, to do with performance as long as there's a li'l bit at the end of all drives/partitions for the file system to play around with. Did someone say Diskeeper? I have to ask... Why does anyone get XP Media Center?

04-15-2006, 11:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
duane534 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 123	Service Pack 2 isn't the biggest drain on your list, but it still is one. Try DLing it on dialup. Norton stuff is bloated. Period. It gets its tendrils through your system and will never let go. As far as how, I don't really remember. It's when they put in the Windows Firewall, I think, or made it better. Same for Security Center and more controls over access to system files.

04-15-2006, 07:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
duane534 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 123	Which, if properly protecting your computer, is constantly.

04-17-2006, 07:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,279	There is one issue that has come to light on adding Service Pack 2 onto the dual cored cpu XP system with either Service Pack 1 or not at all. This is in regards to noticable performance losses with the addition of that update. MS initially had this issue with systems running multiple single cored processors. The article at Microsoft can be seen at: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256 This addressed the multi cpu boards by itself. The article leading to the MS article poimting at dual cored cpus can be found at: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1918