Chris Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Microsoft released Service Pack 2 and millions installed it. Did boat anchors come with the enhancements? We threw 108 benchmarks at Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 in an attempt to declare a winner. Does the old saying go "newer, better, faster" or "you can only rework the plumbing so many times"? Service Pack 2 brought enhancements to Windows XP including a very handy pop-up stopper and the much needed firewall security. A new Service Pack does improve upon some features of an operating system besides plugging up the holes but do the improvements come as extra weight or is some code jettisoned in favor of newer, leaner code?More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 For me, SP2 has made little observable difference. Things appear to run just as they did before it was installed.I know that things have changed but, for me, all that is behind the scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 As I reported after installing SP2, if anything my computer seems to be faster and altogether improved. I am VERY happy with SP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Bootup takes 2-3 seconds longer. Now 33 compared to 29-31 seconds. Closes down as fast as it did prior to SP2 [10 seconds to a complete turnoff] All programs/applications open/run as fast as they did prior to update.Word/Excel/Access open so quick that I only just catch a glimpse of the splash screens. Can't describe them as I've never seen them on screen long enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Seems about the same to me too - although Paintshop Pro seems to take longer to get started - not sure if SP2 is to blame?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 For me, SP2 has made little observable difference. Things appear to run just as they did before it was installed.I know that things have changed but, for me, all that is behind the scenes.Same here pops :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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