Service pack 2 and 3 stopping my internet?

Question

ive installed windows xp on a pc and setup my internet connection but when i install service pack 2 or 3 from microsofts website then when i connect to my ISP i can access webpages and email for about 30 seconds then nothing but everything is still connected. but if i remove the service pack everything starts working again

hope you can help me

Answer 1

I had the same prob with SP2 downloading from microsoft.

I went to PC World they gave me a FREE disc with SP2 which i installed and had no problems at all.

Hope this helps and good luck.