"Alias" <alsoknownas@maskedandanonymous.ru> wrote in message
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> Keith wrote:
>> 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
>>> 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 ?
>
> It causes problems and is not necessary for *anything*.
>
> Alias

Works fine here , better than IE6