06-11-2007, 06:20 AM
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| Re: Update SP1 before installing SP2?
Alias wrote:
> 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
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> 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
Wot's rong wiv IE7 ?  |