> I am having trouble with other software requiring SP2 and yet I have kept SP1 because of past issues I have read regarding the LAW5.5 and compatibility. > The main thing I want to know ( I'm on windows XP - SP1) is that if I try SP2, how do I go back to SP1 with the same setup as I have now ? > Do I just set a restore point before I D/L and install SP2? > Also are there any specific settings I need to do for SP2 to aviod any conflicts etc. > I am happy to turn off the firewall etc if necessary. Any guidance accepted :) > Thanks in Advance, Greg I'm using Logic 5.5.1 on windows Xp and SP2 with no problems. I haven't altered any settings. I use Norton Ghost backup if I want to do a complete restore. Hope this helps!

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "James Regan" <jamesreganmusic@...> wrote: > > > I am having trouble with other software requiring SP2 and yet I have > kept SP1 because of past issues I have read regarding the LAW5.5 and > compatibility. > > > The main thing I want to know ( I'm on windows XP - SP1) is that if I > try SP2, how do I go back to SP1 with the same setup as I have now ? > > > Do I just set a restore point before I D/L and install SP2? > > > Also are there any specific settings I need to do for SP2 to aviod any > conflicts etc. > > > I am happy to turn off the firewall etc if necessary. Any guidance > accepted :) > > > Thanks in Advance, Greg The best solution is normally to have one computer for music and one for everything else. Myt music computer is still on Win2k and works wonderfully well with Logic 5.5 - so I never upgraded it, changed it, installed anything else on it, use it on the internet etc. A second computer is so cheap these days I don't consider it worth the risk to screw with an existing 'working' system. Joe Joe Public Studios, London.

> --- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "James Regan" wrote: >>I am having trouble with other software requiring SP2 and yet I >>have kept SP1 because of past issues I have read regarding the LAW5.5 >>and compatibility. Never had any problem with SP2 and Logic 5.5.1, I turned everything but the Firewall off. SP2 takes a bit more RAM and slows the PC down just a fraction but it's a very solid working environment. HW

> > --- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "James Regan" wrote: > > >>I am having trouble with other software requiring SP2 and yet I > >>have kept SP1 because of past issues I have read regarding the LAW5.5 > >>and compatibility. > --- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "pancenter" <hwooten@...> wrote: > > Never had any problem with SP2 and Logic 5.5.1, I turned everything > but the Firewall off. SP2 takes a bit more RAM and slows the PC down > just a fraction but it's a very solid working environment. The solution is to re-format your computer completely using the original pre-SP2 XP disk - thereby putting the computer back to how it was. If you do this and find your music stuff works fine then LEAVE IT ALONE and by another computer for all your other work...

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <joe@...> wrote: > >The solution is to re-format your computer completely using the >original pre-SP2 XP disk - thereby putting the computer back to how it >was. If you do this and find your music stuff works fine then LEAVE IT >ALONE and by another computer for all your other work... That may be "a" solution.. but I've never found it necessary to go to such extremes and Logic 5.5.1 was/is solid as a rock here. I'm running an original WinXP installation that has to be four years old, it's been upgraded from SP1 to SP2 and migrated through at least one full hardware upgrade. All it takes is some common sense, don't install a bunch of cr@p, get rid of the eye candy... run a clean system keeping background processes at a minimum, works for OSX too. Logic windows does not like to see more than 1GB RAM available, but there are workarounds. HW