Help!!

spobby

Hi
im running windows xp service pack 2 which i recently installed and is having problems installing programs like itunes , msn etc .. what can i do?

thanks
S

CHR15

Describe what is happening would be a start

Perhaps giving your post a meaningful title might bring the people who know XP and Itunes, MSN issues in.

Zahc

CHR15 wrote: »

Describe what is happening would be a start

Perhaps giving your post a meaningful title might bring the people who know XP and Itunes, MSN issues in.

Ouch, harsh but good advise.

Conor_3

I'd say that if you've just installed Service Pack 2, that your computer is a malware, spyware and virus infested putrid pile as you've obviously not bothered with the plethora of security updates issued over the last 18 months or more.

Zahc

Conor wrote: »

I'd say that if you've just installed Service Pack 2, that your computer is a malware, spyware and virus infested putrid pile as you've obviously not bothered with the plethora of security updates issued over the last 18 months or more.

Crickey, have I missed something here? Is the op on a black list or something?
Here's my ten penneth; it sounds like his/her installer is up the chute.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346/en-us

Zahc

Conor_3

Zahc wrote: »

Crickey, have I missed something here? Is the op on a black list or something?

Anyone who doesn't keep Windows up to date should be as it's their PCs that are usually the ones responsible for the tons of SPAM, Botnets etc.

In fact I can pretty much guarantee that many of the computers used in the DDOS attack on this very website were those not kept up to date with Windows Update.

free4440273

This reminds me: must install SP2 on my laptop - soon :eek:

Zahc

Conor wrote: »

Anyone who doesn't keep Windows up to date should be as it's their PCs that are usually the ones responsible for the tons of SPAM, Botnets etc.

In fact I can pretty much guarantee that many of the computers used in the DDOS attack on this very website were those not kept up to date with Windows Update.

Err, his problems started after updating his OS to sp2...........

PZH

Zahc wrote: »

Err, his problems started after updating his OS to sp2...........

Perhaps the comments are a bit on the harsh side

- BUT -

The problems stem from the fact that Microsoft stopped supporting machines that did not update to SP2 a long time ago - so anyone who does not run SP2 as a minimum DO NOT get updates and hence are extremely vunerable to Malware, Spam, Virus, Bots, etc...

SP2 installation requires a clean machine to start with - if there is ANY infection whatsoever, then the likelyhood is that SP2 installed has not completed successfully.

Spobby - did you thoroughly check and are 100% certain that the machine was clean before installing SP2 ??


ANYONE who is running XP without SP2 is a security threat to everyone else due to the nature of bots and DDOS attacks

- no excuses -

GET YOUR MACHINE UP TO DATE

lol - ok rant over.

mostly

no wait, surely installing AVG will help the op.

pchelpman

Word to the wise ... if a computer is suspected of being infected with malware of any kind NEVER install SP2. It won't install correctly on an infected machine and the user will end up in a worse state

Fix the malware THEN install SP2.


PCH