Hi guys,
Update list from you guys and others who have emailed me.
I have found so far the following bugs with this service pack. This is compiled from friends' feedback and my own. Anyone else?? Please add here.
Warning!!!!!! - Now advise do not install SP3
Last updated (02/09/02)
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1. Problem: Application popup: Explorer.EXE - Application Error : The
instruction at "0x77fcb8f4" referenced memory
at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written".
---> System will crash after doing this more frequently until it no longer
boots.
---> Serious problem as of 302 emails thus far about this problem!!)
Solution1: Format and reinstall Windows 2000 SP2 (do not use SP3)
** DIRECTX GAMES ALSO LOOK HERE:
Solution2: - Create two new directories called "tmp" and "temp" in the
route of your windows installation.
- Go to Control Panel>System>Advanced>
- Select "Environment Vairables" Option.
- Edit the entries that talk about "tmp" or "temp" to refect
the drive letter and directory name where you located
these.
- 4 entries should be edited. point them all at the same
places (User and system vairables) e.g. C:\temp and C:\tmp.
- In most cases this forced windows to stop writing this error
message. No idea why the default install directories
report this problem again with SP3.
- Don't forget to reboot your PC after all this.
(this will also fix cache problems in Games using directX)
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2. Bug: ISP dialup may stop validating correctly after install of SP3
Solution: Uninstall SP3, update your dialer (if possible and reinstall)
3. Bug: Windows Update may stop allowing you to install
updates reporting an error after selecting your updates
and clicking "install".
Solution: ??????????
4. Bug: Audio drivers of some sound cards stop functioning correctly.
Soultion: Uninstall SP3, update your drivers (if possible and then
reinstall)
5. Bug: Blue screen of death on boot of some computers - specifically Dell.
Soultion: Format your PC and install after a clean system restore.
6. Bug: After install SP3, the opera no longer work. I even re-installed the
opera, but the same thing. I refuse to run, and no error messages.
Solution: ???????????????/
7. Bug: IE (5.5) hangs when waiting for login (to secured network sites)
window to display.
Solution: ???????????????/
8. Bug: Outlook Express (5.50.4807.1700) extremely slow starting up.
Solution: ???????????????/
9. User Report 1: I just installed SP3, and now, no matter what I do, I can't
get the web view stuff to show up in Windows
Explorer. "Enable Web Content in Folders" _IS_ checked,
and the window is more than wide enough.
Solution: this all has to do with MS doing away with NON-Signed
WebView templates, so this is the fix...... simply rename your
default.htt file to folder.htt , and the do the same for the
folder.htt file and rename it to default.htt .... you'll have to do
this so that you dont overwrite them by accident. but it worked
for me, and i'm hoping it will work for you too.
10. Bug: Neowin.net Board - Sp3 Broke My Dvd Drive
Solution: Uninstall SP3
11. Bug: Neowin net Board - Cardbus Card in Docking (IBM Dock) can not
be installed after installing SP3. This update resolves
the "CardBus PC Cards May No Longer Function on Specific
Docking Stations After You Apply SP3" issue in Windows 2000
Service Pack 3 (SP3) and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge
Base (K
Article Q327269
Solution: Download
here
Can anyone else add to this list of suggest solutions or bugs????
Cheers
Hawk
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