XP Service Pack 1

[Harry]

I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
I should be aware of before I install SP1?

Thanks

[Patty MacDuffie]

There an always been unforseen issues when you install something as =
major as a service pack. You should back up your data files before =
installation for sure.
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Patty MacDuffie
Windows XP MVP

"Harry" > wrote in message =
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> I should be aware of before I install SP1?
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> Thanks

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"Harry" > wrote in message
...
> I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
> I should be aware of before I install SP1?

Harry,

Take all necessary precautions for the recover of a dead system - be ready
and able to perform a bare metal recovery.
Other then that - install and then go back to Windows Update for all the
latest patches, critical updates and security fixes that have been released
since September last year (when we shipped SP1).
Also ensure you Anti Virus software is disabled during the install and that
you have no other applications open running.


--
Regards,

Mike
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"Harry" > wrote in message
...
> I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
> I should be aware of before I install SP1?
>
> Thanks

[Ionizer]

Hi, Mike:

I've read debate about this in the past and would like to hear your expert
opinion: When we are advised, as you indicate, to have no other
applications running during an install, how thorough do we really need to be
about shutting things down? Should we strip things down to just Explorer
and Systray, or does this just mean that we need to shut down any obvious
programs that we are using?

Thanks,
Ian.

"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
...
> "Harry" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
> > I should be aware of before I install SP1?
>
> Harry,
>
> Take all necessary precautions for the recover of a dead system - be ready
> and able to perform a bare metal recovery.
> Other then that - install and then go back to Windows Update for all the
> latest patches, critical updates and security fixes that have been
released
> since September last year (when we shipped SP1).
> Also ensure you Anti Virus software is disabled during the install and
that
> you have no other applications open running.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions.
> Please use these newsgroups
>
> "Harry" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
> > I should be aware of before I install SP1?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

[Harry]

Thank you Mike. Successfully installed SP1.

Regards

Harry
>-----Original Message-----
>"Harry" > wrote in message
...
>> I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any
pitfalls
>> I should be aware of before I install SP1?
>
>Harry,
>
>Take all necessary precautions for the recover of a dead
system - be ready
>and able to perform a bare metal recovery.
>Other then that - install and then go back to Windows
Update for all the
>latest patches, critical updates and security fixes that
have been released
>since September last year (when we shipped SP1).
>Also ensure you Anti Virus software is disabled during
the install and that
>you have no other applications open running.
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Mike
>--
>Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no
>rights
>
>Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions.
>Please use these newsgroups
>
>"Harry" > wrote in message
...
>> I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any
pitfalls
>> I should be aware of before I install SP1?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
>.
>

[Harry]

Thank you, Patty. Installation succcessful.

Aloha, Harry
>-----Original Message-----
>There an always been unforseen issues when you install
something as major as a service pack. You should back up
your data files before installation for sure.
>--
>Patty MacDuffie
>Windows XP MVP
>
>"Harry" > wrote in message
...
>> I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any
pitfalls
>> I should be aware of before I install SP1?
>>
>> Thanks
>.
>

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

In my personal opinion - I close all normal foreground applications (thing
that will appear on the task bar ).
Stop my anti virus program, stop any anything that might kick off - like a
disk defragger , and disconnect any synching programs (like ActiveSync to a
PDA or SmartPhone) as these hold open certain application and other DLLs.
Other then I go and install.

--
Regards,

Mike
--
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

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rights

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"Ionizer" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, Mike:
>
> I've read debate about this in the past and would like to hear your expert
> opinion: When we are advised, as you indicate, to have no other
> applications running during an install, how thorough do we really need to
be
> about shutting things down? Should we strip things down to just Explorer
> and Systray, or does this just mean that we need to shut down any obvious
> programs that we are using?
>
> Thanks,
> Ian.
>
> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Harry" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
> > > I should be aware of before I install SP1?
> >
> > Harry,
> >
> > Take all necessary precautions for the recover of a dead system - be
ready
> > and able to perform a bare metal recovery.
> > Other then that - install and then go back to Windows Update for all the
> > latest patches, critical updates and security fixes that have been
> released
> > since September last year (when we shipped SP1).
> > Also ensure you Anti Virus software is disabled during the install and
> that
> > you have no other applications open running.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights
> >
> > Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions.
> > Please use these newsgroups
> >
> > "Harry" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have received SP1 on CD from MS. Are there any pitfalls
> > > I should be aware of before I install SP1?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>