Hotfixes & updates

[Donna D]

I am having trouble with knowing what updates & what
Hotfixes to use. I have a bunch of hotfixes in the
control panel, but they have no size beside them. Some
of them are SP1 &some SP2. Does it hurt your computer if
you download a update rollup for Windows XP if you
already have some of the individual ones downloaded. I
am very confused about hotfixes. Could someone please
help out here. Thank you

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Donna;
Do you have Service Pack 1 installed?
If not, install it.
Go ahead and install the Rollup.
If some of the updates are installed already, it is not a problem.

You should be going to Windows Update regularly to help keep the
computer up to date:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/update.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Donna D" > wrote in message
...
> I am having trouble with knowing what updates & what
> Hotfixes to use. I have a bunch of hotfixes in the
> control panel, but they have no size beside them. Some
> of them are SP1 &some SP2. Does it hurt your computer if
> you download a update rollup for Windows XP if you
> already have some of the individual ones downloaded. I
> am very confused about hotfixes. Could someone please
> help out here. Thank you

[Donna D]

Thank you for your help. I do have Service Pack 1
installed. In my Control Panel- Add,remove programs, it
lists a bunch of hotfixes that say SP2, but there is no
file size beside them. I go into Windows Update everyday
as soon as I go online, and then directly to norton
antivirus from there. So far, have not had any virus's.
Hope it stays that way. Thanking you again Jupiter
Jones, for your help.
>-----Original Message-----
>Donna;
>Do you have Service Pack 1 installed?
>If not, install it.
>Go ahead and install the Rollup.
>If some of the updates are installed already, it is not
a problem.
>
>You should be going to Windows Update regularly to help
keep the
>computer up to date:
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/update.htm
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
>"Donna D" > wrote in
message
...
>> I am having trouble with knowing what updates & what
>> Hotfixes to use. I have a bunch of hotfixes in the
>> control panel, but they have no size beside them. Some
>> of them are SP1 &some SP2. Does it hurt your computer
if
>> you download a update rollup for Windows XP if you
>> already have some of the individual ones downloaded. I
>> am very confused about hotfixes. Could someone please
>> help out here. Thank you
>
>
>.
>

[JAX]

The items in the "Add Remove" panel are there to allow you to remove a
"Hotfix" if, for some reason, the Hotfix causes a problem. If there is no
problem after taking the update, leave it alone.

LOL, JAX

"Donna D" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you for your help. I do have Service Pack 1
> installed. In my Control Panel- Add,remove programs, it
> lists a bunch of hotfixes that say SP2, but there is no
> file size beside them. I go into Windows Update everyday
> as soon as I go online, and then directly to norton
> antivirus from there. So far, have not had any virus's.
> Hope it stays that way. Thanking you again Jupiter
> Jones, for your help.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Donna;
> >Do you have Service Pack 1 installed?
> >If not, install it.
> >Go ahead and install the Rollup.
> >If some of the updates are installed already, it is not
> a problem.
> >
> >You should be going to Windows Update regularly to help
> keep the
> >computer up to date:
> >http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/update.htm
> >
> >--
> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
> >
> >
> >"Donna D" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> I am having trouble with knowing what updates & what
> >> Hotfixes to use. I have a bunch of hotfixes in the
> >> control panel, but they have no size beside them. Some
> >> of them are SP1 &some SP2. Does it hurt your computer
> if
> >> you download a update rollup for Windows XP if you
> >> already have some of the individual ones downloaded. I
> >> am very confused about hotfixes. Could someone please
> >> help out here. Thank you
> >
> >
> >.
> >