Poprivet wrote:
> 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.
>
>

You're wrong.

Now what?

Alias