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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
In other words does SP2 "roll up" all security patches
and other updates from XP's inception or only from SP1? My grandson's computer has the orignal XP. It was never hooked up to the internet. He enters 1st grade next week and he'll pobably need internet access very soon. I ordered the SP2 CD to avoid downloading hundreds of megabytes and want to know if I should order the SP1 CD as well. (Links to ordering an SP1 CD would also be appreciated if necessary.) |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
Dan wrote:
In other words does SP2 "roll up" all security patches and other updates from XP's inception or only from SP1? My grandson's computer has the orignal XP. It was never hooked up to the internet. He enters 1st grade next week and he'll pobably need internet access very soon. I ordered the SP2 CD to avoid downloading hundreds of megabytes and want to know if I should order the SP1 CD as well. (Links to ordering an SP1 CD would also be appreciated if necessary.) SP2 contains all the updates that were included in SP1, so you do *not* need to install SP1 before you install SP2. |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
"Dan" wrote in message ... In other words does SP2 "roll up" all security patches and other updates from XP's inception or only from SP1? My grandson's computer has the orignal XP. It was never hooked up to the internet. He enters 1st grade next week and he'll pobably need internet access very soon. I ordered the SP2 CD to avoid downloading hundreds of megabytes and want to know if I should order the SP1 CD as well. (Links to ordering an SP1 CD would also be appreciated if necessary.) 1st grade, it boggles the mind. SP1 is included in SP2 Dick Kistler |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
"Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... "Dan" wrote in message ... In other words does SP2 "roll up" all security patches and other updates from XP's inception or only from SP1? My grandson's computer has the orignal XP. It was never hooked up to the internet. He enters 1st grade next week and he'll pobably need internet access very soon. I ordered the SP2 CD to avoid downloading hundreds of megabytes and want to know if I should order the SP1 CD as well. (Links to ordering an SP1 CD would also be appreciated if necessary.) 1st grade, it boggles the mind. SP1 is included in SP2 Dick Kistler But, if my PC will not powerdown with SP2 and it did with SP1 (SP2 seems to fail to recognize that the mobo is ACPI compliant), will it pick up that feature from SP1 and not have it overwritten by SP2? I'm thinking of trying it to find out...a lot of work for a simple question. |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
"J_Seagull" wrote in message ... "Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... "Dan" wrote in message ... In other words does SP2 "roll up" all security patches and other updates from XP's inception or only from SP1? My grandson's computer has the orignal XP. It was never hooked up to the internet. He enters 1st grade next week and he'll pobably need internet access very soon. I ordered the SP2 CD to avoid downloading hundreds of megabytes and want to know if I should order the SP1 CD as well. (Links to ordering an SP1 CD would also be appreciated if necessary.) 1st grade, it boggles the mind. SP1 is included in SP2 Dick Kistler But, if my PC will not powerdown with SP2 and it did with SP1 (SP2 seems to fail to recognize that the mobo is ACPI compliant), will it pick up that feature from SP1 and not have it overwritten by SP2? I'm thinking of trying it to find out...a lot of work for a simple question. The fact that SP1 is included in SP2 doesn't mean that there may not be changes in SP1 files in SP2, just that all the upgrades in SP1 are at least included or improved in SP2. The OP's question was whether he needed the SP1 CD to install it before SP2, and you don't need to do that. When you get through with installing SP2, there will probably be some files that are identical with SP1 files and some files that were in SP1 that are changed in SP2. Possibly not, though, maybe all SP1 files are changed in SP2. I can give you a definite maybe on that one. So SP1 and SP2 behaviors for the same stimulus can certainly be different. Dick Kistler |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
I ran the test to see if SP2 slipstreamed into WinXP Pro(with
SP1 slipstreamed) would solve the powerdown problem. It did not. [This test was to determine if there was anyway to preserve the ACPI compliant feature of XP/SP1 which SP2 now fails to recognize]. "Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... "J_Seagull" wrote in message ... "Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... "Dan" wrote in message ... In other words does SP2 "roll up" all security patches and other updates from XP's inception or only from SP1? My grandson's computer has the orignal XP. It was never hooked up to the internet. He enters 1st grade next week and he'll pobably need internet access very soon. I ordered the SP2 CD to avoid downloading hundreds of megabytes and want to know if I should order the SP1 CD as well. (Links to ordering an SP1 CD would also be appreciated if necessary.) 1st grade, it boggles the mind. SP1 is included in SP2 Dick Kistler But, if my PC will not powerdown with SP2 and it did with SP1 (SP2 seems to fail to recognize that the mobo is ACPI compliant), will it pick up that feature from SP1 and not have it overwritten by SP2? I'm thinking of trying it to find out...a lot of work for a simple question. The fact that SP1 is included in SP2 doesn't mean that there may not be changes in SP1 files in SP2, just that all the upgrades in SP1 are at least included or improved in SP2. The OP's question was whether he needed the SP1 CD to install it before SP2, and you don't need to do that. When you get through with installing SP2, there will probably be some files that are identical with SP1 files and some files that were in SP1 that are changed in SP2. Possibly not, though, maybe all SP1 files are changed in SP2. I can give you a definite maybe on that one. So SP1 and SP2 behaviors for the same stimulus can certainly be different. Dick Kistler |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
"J_Seagull" wrote in message ... I ran the test to see if SP2 slipstreamed into WinXP Pro(with SP1 slipstreamed) would solve the powerdown problem. It did not. [This test was to determine if there was anyway to preserve the ACPI compliant feature of XP/SP1 which SP2 now fails to recognize]. Sounds like you have it conclusively pinned down. Now to determine whether the current behavior is considered to be a "feature" rather than a "bug" by Microsoft. Are you sure that its not some BIOS inconsistency? Dick |
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Is SP1 a prerequisite for SP2?
"Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... "J_Seagull" wrote in message ... I ran the test to see if SP2 slipstreamed into WinXP Pro(with SP1 slipstreamed) would solve the powerdown problem. It did not. [This test was to determine if there was anyway to preserve the ACPI compliant feature of XP/SP1 which SP2 now fails to recognize]. Sounds like you have it conclusively pinned down. Now to determine whether the current behavior is considered to be a "feature" rather than a "bug" by Microsoft. Are you sure that its not some BIOS inconsistency? Dick I've tried two BIOS with 2 flashes, no difference. When XP SP2 is installed there are no references to ACPI in device manager, and it doesn't powerdown. A fix is to hit F5 when setup says hit F6, to select ACPI Multiprocessor; device manager now shows ACPI in two places. But, it's very tricky after the F5 selection to hit F6 fast enough to get it reconized so I can load raid drivers for my SATA. But it can be done. I presented the problem to Gigabyte, and I don't like their answer very much: "SP2 has certain bugs, please revert back to SP1. If you wish to use SP2 you will need to contact microsoft regarding this issue since it works with SP1." Don't 'cha just love 'em? That's exactly what another vendor told me when I said their program didn't work with SP2, hey said ok, you will have to use SP1. |
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