so who has the nads to install this and give us a review?
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Paging LynchknotOriginally Posted by phishhead
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I evaluated RC 1 before but I'm gonna wait for final this time.
I just wanna see how many times LK reinstalls for this one LOL![]()
OK you cowards....lmao...I am downloading it now and will install before the night or morning ends...will let you know if I stepped on my willy or not with this one.![]()
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I'm in...for what I not know but going the exspress install.
Had a very stable RC1 running for the past few months...
I hope there's no big holes![]()
RC1 prevented this certain porn site from displaying, had to use FireFox for it to display once again. That's when I decided to reformat and go back to SP1.Originally Posted by SupaStar
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LMAO....you slut.....just kiddin dood. I am going to install today. Did not get a chance yesterday...will keep ya all posted if it doesn't hose my system...Originally Posted by Conan
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SP2 RC2
Running fine without any major issues...
Only one that I found a pain was the Windows Update problem that some people seem to be having.
Solution below:![]()
O.K. GOOD NEWS!!!
Someone in one of the Beta newsgroups has found a solution for this error when trying to update the Windows Update Site and getting the "0x80070005" error.
I am posting it for you so that mabey you can help someone else with this issue.
It worked like a charm.
It seemed to happen only after installing SP2 RC1 or SP2 RC2.
Hope this info is helpful.
Please reply to me to let me know your opinion.....
SEE PROCEDURE BELOW:
Windows Update error 0x80070005 fix:
v5 Windows Update error 0x80070005 from WindowsUpdate.log:
Registration failed with error 0x80070005 or
InstallUpdatedBinaries failed with error 0x80070005 or
UpdateClientWorker failed: error 0x80070005
Step 1: Error 0x80070005 accessing the Windows Update .v5 beta site, please try the following: Click Start > Run > Type the follow commands in the Open box (one at a time, in sequence):
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\atl.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wups.dll
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