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fins60
10th Mar 2005, 09:11
I recently installed this pack on my computer and now I can't get connected to the internet. Anyone else had this problem? This happened on my girlfriends computer aswell but I just thought it was her laptop as it is a bit stupid at times
TheGurkha
10th Mar 2005, 09:14
Is this on XP? If so go to control panel, Security Center and check the settings in there. By default SP2 locks down all the security on your PC to the max. You have to tell it to allow certain things.
Either the Firewall or the Internet Settings might be restricting you.
Slime101
10th Mar 2005, 09:18
It shouldnt cause a problem!!!

What connection do you use, and what hardware??? (ie: 56K with Diamond internal modem, or ADSL with Netgear Router)
TheGurkha
10th Mar 2005, 09:26
It shouldnt cause a problem!!!

lol - welcome to my world.
Slime101
10th Mar 2005, 09:29
lol - welcome to my world.

Aye - you aint the only one! ;)
fins60
10th Mar 2005, 09:59
It's on XP, will check the security when I finish work.

I'm using Virgin broadband with the modem they supplied, connects to USB port. Everything was working ok untill I restarted after the pack was installed. all this to try and get my new MP3 player to work :rolleyes:
fins60
11th Mar 2005, 00:35
well turned all the security off and it still didn't work so uninstalled it.

internet is now working.

Any thoughts?
Pete H
11th Mar 2005, 00:51
Paul.have a look at these links
http://www.landrovernet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19795

http://www.landrovernet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18800

theres some positive and negitive points made on the service pack....I did it with no probs...
R0Y
11th Mar 2005, 01:17
well turned all the security off and it still didn't work so uninstalled it.

internet is now working.

Any thoughts?Have Virgin released any paches/software needed to aid the sp2 upgrade? I know BT did and a lot of people screwed up by not installing those first.
Newsreader
11th Mar 2005, 09:57
I'm with Virgin on dial-up and I had no probs after installing SP2 ... :dunno:
jjsaul
11th Mar 2005, 23:54
argh SP2 , 2 out of the 3 computers i installed it on were completely f****d up by it :eek:
fins60
12th Mar 2005, 10:59
i'm on broad band. thanks for the advice will see what i can do.

on another note did get the mp3 player working though