Am I the only one who thinks a blanket statement like this is kind of
irresponsible?  Seems like you run an HP from the text, which would
imply a certain model of HP, which would imply a certain problem with
hardware/software compatibility with XPSP1.  An issue I'm sure many,
many people will not have.  Mine and every system I admin have been
running SP1 for several weeks now with no issues whatsoever.

nick@veys.com | www.veys.com

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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of myke predko
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:03 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [EE]: Avoid Windows XP Service Pack 1
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I just wanted to let Windows XP users know that XP Service
> Pack 1 (XPSP1), which became available for download over the
> weekend should not be downloaded.  It took me four days to
> figure out why my mouse started working intermittently and
> why the system usage would jump to 20% after a few minutes.
> This was done with a lot of help from HP and Microsoft support people.
>
> The word I got this morning from HP is that they are getting
> swamped with people having trouble with their machines.
>
> If you already have installed XPSP1 and your PC is starting
> to act strangely, click on "Start" -> "Setting" -> "Control
> Panel" -> "Add/Remove Programs", scroll down until you find
> the service pack item and click on "Remove".  The "Remove"
> takes a LONG TIME, on the order of an hour, so unless you
> have a book or something, you might want to do something
> while this is happening.
>
> After you "Remove" and you've rebooted, you'll notice that
> your system will take a very long time to start working
> properly again (also on the order of an hour).
>
> myke
>
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