Keith wrote:
> "Alias" <alsoknownas@maskedandanonymous.ru> wrote in message
> news:eD3ybsCrHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>
>

That doesn't mean it works fine for everyone, especially if you use
Outlook and, again, it's not necessary for *anything*.

Alias