We hadn't had internet since we got our computer 2 years ago. Just got
internet this Xmas for my daughter. After five days, it downloaded and
installed service pack 5. When it finished and restarted it had wiped out
the users (my 3 kids with limited access), the newly installed internet
security package, the printers, cameras, etc... Everything needed to be
reinstalled before it would work.

And now, the internet connection which was so very fast for five whole days,
is shoddy and hit and miss. Messages keep popping up saying the internet
connection isn't found, please try again.

How can this mess be fixed? And why did the service pack 5 wipe out
everything and reset the computer without first warning us before installing
itself?

Debbie

Debbie wrote:
> We hadn't had internet since we got our computer 2 years ago. Just
> got internet this Xmas for my daughter. After five days, it
> downloaded and installed service pack 5. When it finished and
> restarted it had wiped out the users (my 3 kids with limited
> access), the newly installed internet security package, the
> printers, cameras, etc... Everything needed to be reinstalled
> before it would work.
>
> And now, the internet connection which was so very fast for five
> whole days, is shoddy and hit and miss. Messages keep popping up
> saying the internet connection isn't found, please try again.
>
> How can this mess be fixed? And why did the service pack 5 wipe out
> everything and reset the computer without first warning us before
> installing itself?

Service Pack 5?!
What in the world are you running?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

From: "Debbie" <Debbie@discussions.microsoft.com>

| We hadn't had internet since we got our computer 2 years ago. Just got
| internet this Xmas for my daughter. After five days, it downloaded and
| installed service pack 5. When it finished and restarted it had wiped out
| the users (my 3 kids with limited access), the newly installed internet
| security package, the printers, cameras, etc... Everything needed to be
| reinstalled before it would work.
|
| And now, the internet connection which was so very fast for five whole days,
| is shoddy and hit and miss. Messages keep popping up saying the internet
| connection isn't found, please try again.
|
| How can this mess be fixed? And why did the service pack 5 wipe out
| everything and reset the computer without first warning us before installing
| itself?
|
| Debbie

Service Pack 5 ?

For what software are you talking about ?

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

"Debbie" <Debbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF272492-A28D-4D58-8598-1B14CCE08303@microsoft.com...
> We hadn't had internet since we got our computer 2 years ago. Just got
> internet this Xmas for my daughter. After five days, it downloaded and
> installed service pack 5. When it finished and restarted it had wiped out
> the users (my 3 kids with limited access), the newly installed internet
> security package, the printers, cameras, etc... Everything needed to be
> reinstalled before it would work.
>
> And now, the internet connection which was so very fast for five whole
> days,
> is shoddy and hit and miss. Messages keep popping up saying the internet
> connection isn't found, please try again.
>
> How can this mess be fixed? And why did the service pack 5 wipe out
> everything and reset the computer without first warning us before
> installing
> itself?
>
> Debbie

The latest SP for Windows XP is Service Pack 2. There is a SP5 for Windows
NT, but if you downloaded that and managed to somehow install that under XP
then you should wipe and re-install..

Bobby

"It" downloaded and installed "service pack 5"?

Debbie wrote:
> We hadn't had internet since we got our computer 2 years ago. Just got
> internet this Xmas for my daughter. After five days, it downloaded and
> installed service pack 5. When it finished and restarted it had wiped out
> the users (my 3 kids with limited access), the newly installed internet
> security package, the printers, cameras, etc... Everything needed to be
> reinstalled before it would work.
>
> And now, the internet connection which was so very fast for five whole
> days, is shoddy and hit and miss. Messages keep popping up saying the
> internet connection isn't found, please try again.
>
> How can this mess be fixed? And why did the service pack 5 wipe out
> everything and reset the computer without first warning us before
> installing itself?
>
> Debbie

"Debbie" <Debbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF272492-A28D-4D58-8598-1B14CCE08303@microsoft.com...
> We hadn't had internet since we got our computer 2 years ago. Just got
> internet this Xmas for my daughter. After five days, it downloaded and
> installed service pack 5. When it finished and restarted it had wiped out
> the users (my 3 kids with limited access), the newly installed internet
> security package, the printers, cameras, etc... Everything needed to be
> reinstalled before it would work.
>
> And now, the internet connection which was so very fast for five whole
days,
> is shoddy and hit and miss. Messages keep popping up saying the internet
> connection isn't found, please try again.
>
> How can this mess be fixed? And why did the service pack 5 wipe out
> everything and reset the computer without first warning us before
installing
> itself?
>
> Debbie


SP5?! I am behind times again!

Since you are a user of this newsreader, can you please tell me what
Microsoft CDO is?


Orinello

CDO = accessing this newsgroup via the web-interface instead of via a
newsreader
(http://support.microsoft.com/newsgro... windowsupdate
).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Orin Oríg wrote:
<snip>
> Since you are a user of this newsreader, can you please tell me what
> Microsoft CDO is?

Thank you Mr. Bear. That is very interesting.

I thought CDO means Collaborative Data Object. As I understand it, it is a
different e-mail program designed for software developers. These people know
how to configure the registry of a PC.

If Miss Debbie can use Microsoft CDO, how come she has not accessed the
interent for more than two years? That is really perplexing.

Is it the same syndrome as a CDO user who does not know how to configure his
dial-up modem?

Well, I am not going to bust my teeny-weenie brain for this kind of big
stuff. I might burn my New Years dinner pig roast.

Happy New Year! Check all your brooms if they are working properly.
Melinda may invite you for a New Year celebration at Redmond, Wa. (Sorry
Harry, Melinda does not want you in that party.)

Orinello






"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23cIGHJYDGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> CDO = accessing this newsgroup via the web-interface instead of via a
> newsreader
>
(http://support.microsoft.com/newsgro...en&cr=US&dg=mi
crosoft.public.windowsupdate
> ).
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
>
> Orin Oríg wrote:
> <snip>
> > Since you are a user of this newsreader, can you please tell me what
> > Microsoft CDO is?
>