Alias wrote:
> 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

WRONG. ANYTHING and EVERYTHING has some problems at some time. You are a
very small minority amongst millions who have successfully and enjoyably
installed and used IE7. IME it's a positive step forward.