Since I recently installed the Windows XP service Pack 2 my internet explorer has been horrendously slow. It takes a long time to load pages (especially pictures) and even simple text websites load slowly. Before I installed the service pack i could run 3 to 4 websites and multitask inbetween them and it was fast as lightning but now it takes 10 minutes to load 2 pages at the same time. I feel like i'm back on dialup, this shit sucks! If anyone else has experienced this with the service pack being the problem and have any idea about a solution please let me know.

Also, has anyone ever removed a service pack before? I've heard its difficult for it to go smoothly if at all, but if it can work I'd like to do it so things run like they used to.

Thanks.

 

system restore?

 

use firefox?

the security provided by sp2 is pretty important, id try to find another solution...

 

Remove the damn firewall, SP2's firewall slows things down tremendously....

 

try disabling the firewall, that slows things down

 

wtf r u using IE for???

get with the ages man.

use Firefox.

version 1 is out in a few hours!

forget about IE, welcome to the new browsing experience.

www.getfirefox.com

 

No problems with SP2..

Do you have all the other upgrades that have come along with it since then?

 

wow, just downloaded and am currently using firefox 1.0...and it fucking flies, this is incredible.

Thanks for the info guys, my roommate has been using firefox for a long time but i never bought into it...

now at my current resolution the pictures look normal instead of all distorted like in IE, i'm very satisfied!

 

i had problems w/ SP2. I re-formatted and now it's fine.

 

yes sp2 is teh sux0r. i "up"graded

regret it

 

yeah, and this guy claps faster too

 

I have had absolutely no problems with SP2 and I've been using it since the beta came out on MULTIPLE machines.

Fools...all of you. :P

 

I refuse to install SP2. I don't see any need to do it quite yet...

 

That is my company's stance right now, but we have a packaged .msi in place which automatically disables the ridiculous firewall for when the time comes. We're just going to roll it out via GPO.

 

sp2 is the reason I had to come into the office three hours early this morning since my home pc wouldn't let me connect with remote desktop.

 

I've installed it on many PC's & no problems. I do have the firewall turned off though.

 

I have to agree... there may not be apparent "problems" with SP2. I've had it since Day 1 and have had experience no bugs or unreliability.

My complaint stems from SP2 "features"

The tune-backs in IE have been a headache to developers. The firewall is never 100% off. Etc etc etc

 

Actually it is good for the n00bs who constantly click "yes" to those activex windows.

I have a client who has reduced his spyware problems after patching all their machines with SP2.

Granted, its all about common sense, but with n00bs common sense is too much asking.

 

haha, thats hilarious, he does clap like crazy bastard now

 

indeed. but your better off giving them a smart browser like Firefox than a dumbed down IE

 

oh for sure.

One more thing I forgot to say... it takes some time to convince a to start using Firefox, as it takes long to convince AOL users to quit that shit.

 

defrag afterwards

 

OMFG THE TRUTH!! LOL

 

i still have aol but i refuse to install it on my home machine, granted i don't pay for it myself. I used to have to clean my registry each time a new beta came out. Since i got my laptop I just been more careful not to install shit like aol or kazaa or anything that comes with extras

 

you say you have AOL or AIM?

AOL = Internet for dummies

 

AOL = Amateurs On Line

 

damn firefox is quick as hell

 

 

i just had to redo my firewall