Re: XP SP2 other than windows update

[Matt Ghali <mghali () gmail com>]

FWIW, SP2 rendered my Sony Vaio PCG-SR17 completely useless. From what
I can tell, it replaced the PCMCIA bridge driver (pcmcia.sys) with one
that does not work, and there is no way to "roll back" the driver to
the pre-XP2 one without rolling back the entire OS.

I am in an ongoing dialog with MS support trying to resolve the issue
and will post if
we discover anything significant. But for now, if your laptop uses a
Ricoh PCMCIA bridge chip, I'd suggest you hold off on SP2.

matto


On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:58:08 -0400, Jim Popovitch <jimpop () yahoo com> wrote:
> Fwiw, XP SP2 CDs are available at some PC retail outlets.  I picked one
> up from Best Buy late last week, and saw them again at a CompUSA over
> the weekend.  As with the download, ymmv.
>
> -Jim P.