Sometimes I hate windows...

Gump-in-space · Post by **Gump-in-space** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:30 pm

Gawd, it's like Microsoft has some quality control problem that leaks into every nook and cranny (and Nook's Cranny) that it can find!

Here's the story:

I install and run this game called 9Dragons by Acclaim. The whole process takes about five hours.

I try to make a character, and *boom* my computer crashes in a magnificent BSoD. I boot it back up, and it tells me an error has occured. Yeah, no s***. Anyway, it tells me I need Windows XP service pack 2, whatever that is. But get this: in the "wave of the future" and "automatic updates," I guess they decided to leave out the "Download" button! So now I'm going through this god-awful mess of a maze of a website to try and find the updates I need to make sure my computer doesn't melt down whenever I try and play a freaking MMORPG!

JKO-K6 · Post by **JKO-K6** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:33 pm

Strange because normaly: Games + Service Pack 2 = Not good

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:39 pm

EDIT: I had a number of slack-jawed sarcastic comments lined up, but then I just thought "Why bother?" and erased the whole damned thing.

Use Windows Update, or Microsoft Update, and it will get you SP2. It really isn't so complex.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:58 pm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

Click "Download and Deploy SP2 to multiple computers". It's a big file, but at least you get a download link. (It's an offline installer, you obviously don't have to deploy it to more than one computer.)

I hate SP2.