Ron Martell <ron.martell******.com> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> 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."
>>
>
>That paragraph contradicts everything that I have ever been told about
>Service Pack 2 by Microsoft, and I would suggest that you disregard
>it.
>
>
>>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.
>
>
>If you have the complete SP2 download then I suggest you just install
>that. SP2 is a complete package and includes all critical updates
>from the original release of Windows XP up to the date of SP2.
>
>Of course once you have installed SP2 then you still need to go to
>Windows update because there are a tremendous number of updates that
>are post-SP2 which you also need to get installed.
>
>And before you install SP2 you might want to look at the following web
>site:
>Service Pack Installation Checklist
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
>
>Good luck
>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

Thanks. As you see from my later posts, I did disregard it, and all
went well.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK