Hi Nick,

Sorry, I should have pointed out that *Microsoft* were the ones that
admitted that XPSP1 "isn't as stable as they would like it to be" (direct
quote from one of the emails) and recommending removing it.  The reason why
HP was mentioned is because Microsoft will not be the first line of support
for OEM pre-installed O/Ses - all the conversations had to go through HP.

This is the same if you had a Dell or any other OEM with pre-installed
Windows XP.

If your PC is working fine with it, then don't do anything.  If it is acting
strangely and you have it installed, then you might want to try removing it.

The purpose of the email was to try and save people the grief that I went
through this weekend along with the various experiments trying to identify
the problem.

myke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Veys" <nick@VEYS.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: Avoid Windows XP Service Pack 1


> 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
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> > [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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