- windows upgrades; to do or not to do
- Posted by kellrobinson@billburg.com on March 29th, 2006
As a result of a recovery operation, I now have a *virgin*
three-year-old WindowsXP operating system. Should I go online and get
all the upgrades MS brought out for windows over the last three years
Expert opinions?
- Posted by Wolf Kirchmeir on March 29th, 2006
kellrobinson@billburg.com wrote:
Yes.
- Posted by Jupiter Jones [MVP] on March 29th, 2006
Yes, generally you need all Critical Updates.
Start with Service Pack 2 from CD, Step 1 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
Then go for the rest.
Now is the best time to install the updates since you have a fresh
installation and less likely to have malware or other conflicts with
updates.
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- Posted by kellrobinson@billburg.com on March 29th, 2006
Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
I went to that site but it's unclear what to do.
Excuse me, but I don't even know what you mean by "Step 1."
- Posted by Bob I on March 29th, 2006
Scroll down to the 1, that's Step 1.
kellrobinson@billburg.com wrote:
- Posted by mamamia on March 29th, 2006
kellrobinson@billburg.com wrote:
YES, ABSOLUTELY!!!!
But Install a firewall software, antivirus, and antispyware before
connecting the computer to the internet. Otherwise you'll most likely
end up with some unpleasent, non- microsoft updates as well.
- Posted by Jupiter Jones [MVP] on March 30th, 2006
Step 1 about 1/4 down the page gives options for obtaining Service Pack 2 on
CD.
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- Posted by Michael Stevens on March 30th, 2006
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kellrobinson@billburg.com <kellrobinson@billburg.com> replied with a ;-)
Absolutely.
Apply the SP2 update and then use Windows update to apply updates released
since SP2.
Download the network SP2 or use a MS supplied SP2 CD.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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