Alias wrote:
> Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> At http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx I read
>> "Before you install SP2, get your version of Windows completely
>> up-to-date with the latest performance and security updates. Go to the
>> Microsoft Update, click Express Install, and then install all high
>> priority updates listed."
>>
>> Is that absolutely essential please? Because I'm in a sort of Catch 22
>> situation here.
>>
>> On my wife's new PC which we ordered without an OS, I've run her old
>> XP SP1 CD, successfully installing a raw version of XP Home SP1. But
>> before proceeding with adding her broadband and all the many other
>> applications she had running on her old PC under XP SP2, I want to get
>> back to the familiar look of her old desktop etc. To do that I used
>> the File & Transfer Wizard. But the new PC doesn't recognise the
>> settings I've copied across, i.e. the wizard won't run on the new PC.
>> I'm *guessing* this is because it's on SP1 and the settings were saved
>> on SP2. So I've downloaded the full 266 MB SP2 update EXE (on my own
>> PC), copied it across to the new PC, and am now hesitating about
>> running it.
>>
>> Any advice urgently appreciated please.
>>
>
> Install SP2 first but do a clean up/chkdsk/defrag first and do a clean
> up/chkdsk/defrag after installing SP2. Then install the MB drivers, NIC,
> sound and video. Then your programs. Then your anti virus/anti malware
> programs and, finally, your devices like the printer, scanner, camera,
> etc. Finally, do a clean up/chkdsk/defrag again. I would wait a couple
> of weeks before activating to make sure that your install is OK.
>
> Alias

Forgot to mention that you need to get the updates after installing SP2.
Use Auto Update and configure it to download but let YOU decide what to
install. Once they're downloaded, use the custom install and be sure NOT
to install WGA or IE7.

Alias