Aqua-Soft ForumsJust curious, has anyone tried installing SP2 on your PC? I heard if you did so, some of the modding (visual styles, logins...) will be lost. Can anyone verify?
Windows Xp Sp2
I meant the beta version, its released to testers and ...... (anything more would get me banned)
YES- SP is released to beta testers. I have it installed and 1.) I messes up Visual Styles (uxtheme.dll has changed- but someone over in the Neowin Forums has already re-patched it), 2.) It messes up ALL of the new features in WindowsBlinds 4.2 (ie- the skins custom animations and custom toolbars no longer work) 3.) If you have any modified system files (ie- AquaTransfomation packs), about 90% of those files are replaced and most of the modifications that were done are history. 4.) The new ICF (internet connection firewall is enabled by default- on my computer I found a bug where I couldn't access the ICF settings to change anything-therefore, all of my apps that need to communicate with the outside world cannot.
I'm usually a pioneer with new software, but this was too much for me to handle. I have my 'puter set up just the way I like it and MS has already decided for us that we can't have our OS' look the way we like. I re-formatted my hard-drive and restored the GHOST image I made just before I installed SP2. Thank God for GHOST.
Gosh, I guess when SP2 comes out, I'll format and get all the updates done to the XP, and then replace resources with batchmod & Flyakite's system files.
>.<
-cherrysoul
i've installed it and it works cool. i love the new features of internet explorer like pop up blocker, and new built in firewall seems to be great.
I highly doubt that the built-in fw is good. I would never use it 
Originally posted by LoofyGun@Dec 22 2003, 03:00 PMI highly doubt that the built-in fw is good. I would never use it
hmm i think it's a good built-in fw
Cherrysoul: You can't replace the system files until Flyakite modifies them to be compatible with SP2.
No probs here with SP2 V.2055, picked up a new themepatcher and I'm back in business. None of the sysfile replacements will probably work of course, but that's nothing unexpected, it is a whole new Service pack after all. But msstyles work fine and so do iconpacks. Looks just like it did before 
Oh, so does Y'z toolbar, Y's shadows and Mobeydock etc.
Hey Smeggy- do you have an actual "automatic" theme patcher, or just a fixed uxtheme.dll that you had to manually install?
Originally posted by smeggy@Dec 22 2003, 07:55 PMNo probs here with SP2 V.2055, picked up a new themepatcher and I'm back in business. None of the sysfile replacements will probably work of course, but that's nothing unexpected, it is a whole new Service pack after all. But msstyles work fine and so do iconpacks. Looks just like it did before
Oh, so does Y'z toolbar, Y's shadows and Mobeydock etc.
what do u use for icon packs? stardock?
I have heard a lot of horror stories about people installing this beta pack on their Primary pcs especially with 3rd party apps (like norton)
I read the specifications for the new firewall/port configuration/ie browser features and I may very well do without sygate when this comes out...
No Links to SP2 Beta please unless offically released by ms.
Originally posted by Timan@Dec 27 2003, 10:17 AMNo Links to SP2 Beta please unless offically released by ms.
I could have sworn I already said that here...
But we've had so many SP2-related threads, who knows <_<
If the pop up blocked is all you're after, Google's Google Bar has those built in features.
I recommend it