Windows 2000, sp4

[mrtristan]

Has anyone else had problems with Windows 2000, sp4? It's awfully glitchy, to me. I noticed all kinds of little bugs, after I installed it. The final straw was when my computer stopped recognizing my Canon camera. I could connect other usb devices, but it had trouble communication with the camera. I checked the device manager and the computer could detect the device, but it wouldn't allow it any software to connect.

I thought it might be time for a fresh install, so I reinstalled windows and installed sp4, again. I also installed a patch that's supposed to fix the problem with the camere, but it still didn't work. I installed windows again, but went back to Directx 8.1 and sp2. Everything works like a dream. I have no more driver issues or software compatability problems.

If anyone's experienced similar problems that are related to sp4, I'd like to hear about them. I'm sure I can't be the only one. I posted a similar message before, but sp4 had just come out, at the time.

[nissmo300]

XP SP1 is the way to go.

When SP2 comes out XP will be the best.

[sterno]

I've had no real problems with SP4 that I hadn't always had. Needed to patch one program when I installed it.

[ChrisX]

If anyone's experienced similar problems that are related to sp4, I'd like to hear about them. I'm sure I can't be the only one. I posted a similar message before, but sp4 had just come out, at the time.

Not a problem for me on Win2k SP4. I don’t have a problem with WinXP SP 1 either.

I had to postpone the upgrade to SP4 for several months due incompatibility of NIS/NAV 2001 and now I am using a new version and all is fine for now.

Any program incompatibility and a new bug is always a risk when upgrading any OS and this includes WinXP SP1 and WinXP SP2.

I experienced one minor problem the other day using my CD writer program, Roxio’s “Basic Easy CD Creator 5”.

This may not be Win2k SP4 related; however this does show that formatting a CD-RW disk as not compatible on this OS. Everything else is fine, making a music CD backup and backing up my computer files.

I originally thought the OS upgrade was causing this problem and later found not to be the case as the program CD-ROM disk belongs to another computer, a notebook on WinXP Pro.

I think the formatting part of the program is only compatible on WinXP and this doesn’t work on any version of Win2000.

I am lucky in some ways using this program on a different PC and some guys can’t use the disk at all on a different PC and a different OS.