> Reports vary widely.
> The report on problem solving that I originally referred to was one of the 
> longest I have seen and with many peripheral references. It seems a modicum 
> of good luck is desirable on older systems - some work perfectly, as you 
> found. I don't know if Pro or home makes any difference.
> 
Another widely varying report, FWIW:  I installed SP2 on 
this machine (1.4 GHz P4, age approx 3 yrs.) and it did
terrible things.  Sure glad I had (and used) Norton Ghost 
prior to the install.  Restored the whole disk.

Then, updated the Netgear router firmware and the Linksys 
card driver, un-installed Zone Alarm and AdSubtract, and
re-installed SP2.  Perfect!  No problems found to this 
day!  I have since re-installed AdSubtract without 
causing damage; it may have been unnecessary to remove 
it in the first place.

Oh, BTW, this is running XP Pro.

Brian Aase
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