SP2 Pre-install Process?

you will want to CLOSE not Disable these programs,
uninstalling should not be needed.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx


>-----Original Message-----
> I know that this subject has been rehashed several
times, but I want
>detailed info before proceed with the install. My PC is
running XP
>with adequate speed and memory. I run Mozilla as my
internet access
>(cable with router) I am also running Norton Sytemworks
2004, Ad-Aware
>and Spybot. I also have WindowBlinds modifying my desktop.
>I am looking for better info as to what should be
disabled, and what
>should be removed totally. Do I need to REMOVE Norton
products, or will
>simply disabling them work? Same for Ad-Aware as well as
Spybot and
>Windowblinds. Thanks. ;-Deano
>.
>

[Plato]

Deano wrote:
>
> I am looking for better info as to what should be disabled, and what
> should be removed totally. Do I need to REMOVE Norton products, or will

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#1

[Rock]

Deano wrote:

> I know that this subject has been rehashed several times, but I want
> detailed info before proceed with the install. My PC is running XP
> with adequate speed and memory. I run Mozilla as my internet access
> (cable with router) I am also running Norton Sytemworks 2004, Ad-Aware
> and Spybot. I also have WindowBlinds modifying my desktop.
> I am looking for better info as to what should be disabled, and what
> should be removed totally. Do I need to REMOVE Norton products, or will
> simply disabling them work? Same for Ad-Aware as well as Spybot and
> Windowblinds. Thanks. ;-Deano

Installing Service Packs
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

Pre-Install, Install, Cleaning Up Afterwards
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45

[r]

How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm

Good Luck!
---
How to optimize Windows XP, 2000, ME
for the best performance (Step-by-step Visual Guide):
http://www.fixyourwindows.com

Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
(Links to online virus scans on the same page)

[Alex Nichol]

Deano wrote:

> I know that this subject has been rehashed several times, but I want
>detailed info before proceed with the install. My PC is running XP
>with adequate speed and memory. I run Mozilla as my internet access
>(cable with router) I am also running Norton Sytemworks 2004, Ad-Aware
>and Spybot. I also have WindowBlinds modifying my desktop.

Certainly disable Norton and *uninstall* WindowBlinds, or anything else
that *might* be modifying system components, or making assumptions about
how they work. See a collection of suggestions we have put together at
Installing SP2:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45



--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)