new system with xp pro should i add sp2?

[rustywood]

after hearing all the bad about sp2 ,am i better off without it? am building new pc with windows xp pro and i dont need anymore grief,thanks

[juicelooser]

I haven't had any trouble with SP2 so far, and I'd recommend installing it. That way you'll have a built-in firewall and won't have to worry about it.

[raftero]

installed on my xp pro no problems. better firewall and popup blocker are the notisable changes.

[slotzintin]

I suppose it depends on what you'll be doing with your PC. Do you like file sharing?

[RJ]

after hearing all the bad about sp2 ,am i better off without it?

No. You only heared about the bad. Bad things are always the first things everyone hears. If someone has problems he/she will post here. If there are no problems, no reason to post.
So, time for you to hear about the good things about SP2.
Look here: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=107037

There are way more people who didn't have problems with SP2 than the ones who do. And nothing is perfect, there are always problems with every product. I don't know of anything that everyone is happy with.

So, since there is way more good about SP2 than bad, go ahead and install it. And even better, slipstream it.
I did, and my SP2 is working fine. No problems

RJ

[Mesaeus]

I'd only worry about SP2 when having to deal wih a pc that has an old, cranky XP installation, or that cannot have downtime for any reason. In your case, installing SP2 should be relatively painless plus you can easily revert it (or even reinstall XP, should it be necessary).

[rustywood]

yea my xp version on my old pc is 2002,since ive downloaded sp2 into it im getting pc lockup from time to time especially playing call of duty on line.

[eldon]

I have installed sp2 on 6 rigs so far and havent had a problem with any of them.