Aaaargh

[Kenyth]

You can uninstall SP2. I've had to do that on a couple of uncooperative PC's at work.

[TheyCallMeManiX]

yeah thats the first thing i thought . . . just uninstall it. but smoke the cigars and shoot some stuff anyway

[Kenyth]

I've found that WXP SP2 is best loaded on a PC before putting the rest of the applications on. It pretty much works flawlessly then. Be careful of the firewall software loaded on the PC by default. It can screw up your network functionality since it automatically locks down almost all the ports. If you don't want to screw with it, go into control panel, open the "firewall" icon, and turn it off.

[mithril]

my cd-rw/dvd drive has been sh*tting for about 2 years now. it only plays dvds. i've tried countless things to fix it but its worthless. i have a job interview tomorrow so i might be able to get enough money to replace the whole unit soon. all i can say is that this never would have happened if i didn't switch from Macs to PC but i'm stuck in my ways now so i won't go back.

best wishes with your troubles! that shotgun idea sounds good though.