Alias wrote:
> 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

IE7 does NOT cause problems on a clean, properly functioning machine, as
evidenced by millions of installs to date. It also includes some niceties I
really like. YOU ARE WRONG and shouldn't foist your opinions from a
minority onto the masses at every opportunity.
IT's not our fault you cannot read.