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."

Short answer: Just install SP2; forget the rest.

NOT necessary to install all that before installing SP2. SP2 includes ALL
of the SP1 and ALL of the hotfixes since SP1 up to SP2.

AFTER you install SP2, then let the rest of the updates install.

>
> Is that absolutely essential please? Because I'm in a sort of Catch 22
> situation here.

No, it's not essential. SP2 however is very important, so install SP2 and
THEN get the rest of hte hotfixes.

HTH
Pop`



>
> 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.