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Reinstall & SP2
I need to reinstall Windows XP and my Windows XP disc is SP1. After
installing Windows and hardware drivers, is it best to download and install SP2 before installing all my applications and programs or to install the programs before SP2? Thanks for your help, David |
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Hash: SHA1 David wrote: I need to reinstall Windows XP and my Windows XP disc is SP1. After installing Windows and hardware drivers, is it best to download and install SP2 before installing all my applications and programs or to install the programs before SP2? It's always better to do a clean installation with sp2 integrated **//integrated installation http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...d_std_vzku.asp **//**/How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828930 Sorry about my poor english... I'm spanish... :-P - -- Saludos Fernando M. / Registered Linux User #367696 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCS+udTOjWl8puOQ4RAtdqAJ92GQyb6X4yah2VKbyyhs U0aVp4wACePVn1 oBwj/+DUDuRCpyRgkiUeBGQ= =rB59 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Best to "Slipstream" your SP1 disk, before installing. This way you
avoid the post-install upgrade. Your install won't require a folder on the drive ServicePackFiles, that takes up 400+ Megabytes. It also avoids the $NT uninstaller folder that would hold the SP1 back out data. There are a number of web-sites that have step-by-step instructions or tools to automate the process. "David" wrote in message ... I need to reinstall Windows XP and my Windows XP disc is SP1. After installing Windows and hardware drivers, is it best to download and install SP2 before installing all my applications and programs or to install the programs before SP2? Thanks for your help, David |
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Here are the steps that I do:
1) Install XP (either original or SP1) 2) Install drivers 3) Install SP2, from original networked version of the SP2 install. 4) Process all remaining Windows Updates 5) Install anti-virus and firewall. 6) Install all other applications. Note: I install anti-virus, and firewall, after processing SP2(and other updates) since I have encountered installation corruptions with anti-virus when install SP2 and some other updates. Just be careful since your PC is exposed to the perils of the Internet. "David" wrote in message ... I need to reinstall Windows XP and my Windows XP disc is SP1. After installing Windows and hardware drivers, is it best to download and install SP2 before installing all my applications and programs or to install the programs before SP2? Thanks for your help, David |
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Thank you, Yves Leclerc I don't quite understand Step 3: - Install SP2, from original networked version of the SP2 install. Do you mean run Windows update to get SP2? Thanks, David |
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David;
No, download SP-2 and burn to CD or order the CD, Step 1 on this link: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol http://www.dts-l.org "David" wrote in message ... Thank you, Yves Leclerc I don't quite understand Step 3: - Install SP2, from original networked version of the SP2 install. Do you mean run Windows update to get SP2? Thanks, David |
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David typed: I need to reinstall Windows XP and my Windows XP disc is SP1. After installing Windows and hardware drivers, is it best to download and install SP2 before installing all my applications and programs or to install the programs before SP2? I would choose to get SP2 on the drive (and all post-SP2) before installing any applications. That's for two reasons: 1. You should get the security enhancements in SP2 as soon as possible. 2. In the unlikely even that any of the updates cause a problem, and you want to do yet another reinstallation, you won't have wasted any extra time installing applications. By the way, rather than install the SP1 CD, then install SP2, I would create a slipstreamed SP2 and install from it. See http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262 -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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