Oh yes, this is why I hate reinstalling XP...

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SP2 not downloading. Not telling me why not, just sitting there twiddling its thumbs with no movement whatsoever.

20 minutes later: Ah! It has decided to start downloading. Ooooh, I'm excited now. Will it all get here?

10 minutes on: We have movement! We have a complete download! It's going to do something! It's...

...inspecting settings and configuration. I'm getting myself a drink.

5 minutes on: Still checking. You know, I may want to get a copy of XP that is up to date. Yeah, it'll be expensive, but also a damned sight faster...

5 minutes on: Installing! And checking. And more installing. It's going somewhe...oh. It stopped. And now it's cleaning up.

Reboot!

No, I do not wish to turn on automatic updates, thank you. I'll do that later.

And here we go with SP3. My life is so exciting...

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