Microsoft Service Pack 2 Cd (free) - Windows XP

ebbinger_413

Apr 13 2005, 11:38 PM

yeah...my sp2 disk came in the mail quick as well...it was great...i also ordered a bunch of other trial software from them last week and it just got here the other day...its great...cuz there is no way that i woulda gotten it all on my 56k ...but i dont like sp2 tho...i installed it and it slowed down my laptop big time...and i got 2.4ghz celeron 448mb ram and 512 cache...there werent that many updates to it that i was worried about tho...so i just sorta uninstalled it...

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Apr 24 2005, 06:59 AM

I ordered mine this morning at 2am and I just recieved it within 13 hours. This is the second time Microsoft made me impressed...other than taking over GIANT Antispyware, slapping a new skin on it and called it Microsoft Antispyware BETA 1 but well, I still have to thank the local postal service too.

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