Re: Thank you

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 02:07:57 -0400

Elizabeth,

Try the direct download link. The download will be larger, in all probability, since its the full package, not just what your system needs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Download 

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"elizabeth" <erose001@drtel.net> wrote in message news:a3a101c4871e$f14e84c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank you Mike for taking time to reply to this 
> question.  It would be great if you or your colleagues 
> could also address the numerous people here who are also 
> having trouble managing the automatic update of this 
> update.  I've never had trouble with automatic updates 
> before this one, and it appears from the number of 
> questions on the board, and the lack of reference to 
> these problems in the FAQ that I am far from alone.  (I 
> also made some recommendations in another post about how 
> automatic update could work more effectively, because it 
> obviously has a design flaw that has made it unmanageable 
> for this kind of update.)
> 
> If worst comes to worst, I'll order the CD.  It's good to 
> know that's in the pipeline as a backup in case the 
> automatic update never comes through.

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