Is SP1 needed before installing SP2?

[Nancy]

I have Win XP Home Ed.
I know I should have the Service Packs installed.
However, the individual security updates that were offered
are all installed. I decided to get SP2 and ordered the
CD after my auto update would show that on a list to be
downloaded.
After I received the SP2 CD, I checked for new updates by
turning on the auto updater. It showed SP2 on the
download window.
I went to the Windows Update Website and it showed that I
needed SP1. That is confusing because it showed only SP2
on the list a couple of weeks prior to this.
So can I just go ahead and install SP2 from my CD, or do I
have to install SP1 first?
Thanks.

Nancy

[Alan Smith]

"Nancy" > wrote in message
...
>I have Win XP Home Ed.
> I know I should have the Service Packs installed.
> However, the individual security updates that were offered
> are all installed. I decided to get SP2 and ordered the
> CD after my auto update would show that on a list to be
> downloaded.
> After I received the SP2 CD, I checked for new updates by
> turning on the auto updater. It showed SP2 on the
> download window.
> I went to the Windows Update Website and it showed that I
> needed SP1. That is confusing because it showed only SP2
> on the list a couple of weeks prior to this.
> So can I just go ahead and install SP2 from my CD, or do I
> have to install SP1 first?
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy
>
>

No.

Read through the help files on the CD.

[Winux P]

Is SP1 needed before installing SP2? Na!

Just install SP2 first then perform your required updates. Set Autoupdates
to manual as well.

- Winux P

"Nancy" > wrote in message
...
>I have Win XP Home Ed.
> I know I should have the Service Packs installed.
> However, the individual security updates that were offered
> are all installed. I decided to get SP2 and ordered the
> CD after my auto update would show that on a list to be
> downloaded.
> After I received the SP2 CD, I checked for new updates by
> turning on the auto updater. It showed SP2 on the
> download window.
> I went to the Windows Update Website and it showed that I
> needed SP1. That is confusing because it showed only SP2
> on the list a couple of weeks prior to this.
> So can I just go ahead and install SP2 from my CD, or do I
> have to install SP1 first?
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy
>
>

[Tom Porterfield]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:11:11 -0500, Nancy wrote:

> I have Win XP Home Ed.
> I know I should have the Service Packs installed.
> However, the individual security updates that were offered
> are all installed. I decided to get SP2 and ordered the
> CD after my auto update would show that on a list to be
> downloaded.
> After I received the SP2 CD, I checked for new updates by
> turning on the auto updater. It showed SP2 on the
> download window.
> I went to the Windows Update Website and it showed that I
> needed SP1. That is confusing because it showed only SP2
> on the list a couple of weeks prior to this.
> So can I just go ahead and install SP2 from my CD, or do I
> have to install SP1 first?

SP2 is cumulative, meaning all fixes from SP1 are included. No need to
install SP1 before SP2.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

[Nancy]

> SP2 is cumulative, meaning all fixes from SP1 are
included. No need to
> install SP1 before SP2.
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows
> http://support.telop.org
_________________________________________

Thank you for the super fast replies.
I will go ahead and install SP2.

Nancy

[Paul Pedersen]

To require the install of SP1 before installing SP2 would waste millions of
extra man-hours around the world. That would be pretty dumb. Making SP2 a
stand-alone update is the only sensible way to do it.



"Nancy" > wrote in message
...
>I have Win XP Home Ed.
> I know I should have the Service Packs installed.
> However, the individual security updates that were offered
> are all installed. I decided to get SP2 and ordered the
> CD after my auto update would show that on a list to be
> downloaded.
> After I received the SP2 CD, I checked for new updates by
> turning on the auto updater. It showed SP2 on the
> download window.
> I went to the Windows Update Website and it showed that I
> needed SP1. That is confusing because it showed only SP2
> on the list a couple of weeks prior to this.
> So can I just go ahead and install SP2 from my CD, or do I
> have to install SP1 first?
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Paul Pedersen > typed:

> To require the install of SP1 before installing SP2 would waste
> millions of extra man-hours around the world.


Nevertheless, lots of other products work that way.


> That would be pretty
> dumb. Making SP2 a stand-alone update is the only sensible way
> to do
> it.


It has the advantage of not requiring people to download SP1
first. It has the disadvantage of requiring people who already
have SP1 installed to effectively download it a second time.

Which is better, I don't know for sure, but it's nowhere near as
clear cut as you make it out to be. From a personal point of
view, it would have been better for me if it didn't include SP1
fixes, since I already had them installed.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


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> "Nancy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I have Win XP Home Ed.
>> I know I should have the Service Packs installed.
>> However, the individual security updates that were offered
>> are all installed. I decided to get SP2 and ordered the
>> CD after my auto update would show that on a list to be
>> downloaded.
>> After I received the SP2 CD, I checked for new updates by
>> turning on the auto updater. It showed SP2 on the
>> download window.
>> I went to the Windows Update Website and it showed that I
>> needed SP1. That is confusing because it showed only SP2
>> on the list a couple of weeks prior to this.
>> So can I just go ahead and install SP2 from my CD, or do I
>> have to install SP1 first?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Nancy