Guest Ron Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 I am working on a relative's older HP Pavilion XT963, and had to do a non-destructive recovery of the system, which means it reinstalls all the OEM factory installed operating system and programs, but leaves data files, and after-market programs mostly intact. So, now I have a fresh install of XP SP1 on this computer. I have the XP SP2 upgrade on CD right from Microsoft. Should I do any critical updates through the MS Windows Update site, before I install XP SP2, or should I install the upgrade first, and then do the rest of the updates through the Windows Update website? As a side note, there is no broadband connection for this machine yet, so these updates would be done via dial-up, or I would consider letting Win XP auto-update to SP2. Any suggestions?
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 Ron wrote: > I am working on a relative's older HP Pavilion XT963, and had to do > a non-destructive recovery of the system, which means it reinstalls > all the OEM factory installed operating system and programs, but > leaves data files, and after-market programs mostly intact. > > So, now I have a fresh install of XP SP1 on this computer. > > I have the XP SP2 upgrade on CD right from Microsoft. Should I do > any critical updates through the MS Windows Update site, before I > install XP SP2, or should I install the upgrade first, and then do > the rest of the updates through the Windows Update website? > > As a side note, there is no broadband connection for this machine > yet, so these updates would be done via dial-up, or I would > consider letting Win XP auto-update to SP2. Install SP2 immediately before the machine touches the Internet in any way. Also - dial-up? There are 80+ updates after SP2 - expect 24-48 hours of download unless you just get all the updates for them, copy them to CD/DVD/USB drive and bring it to the machine. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest MowGreen [MVP] Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 Ron, Suggest you show hidden files, folders, and system files: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html#winxp Next, using Windows Explorer, navigate to WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution Is there a ReportingEvents.log resident there ? If yes, then open it and see if there are any entries. The log shows all updates that were successfully installed. IF the log shows updates have been installed then, in effect, this is a Repair Installation of XP. You would then need to delete the contents of the following subfolders: WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache IF there is no or an empty copy of ReportingEvents.log, then this was a clean installation of XP. You do not need to deal with any of the above. Install SP2 after reading this: Preparing for installation http://winhlp.com/WxSP2.htm#Preparing_for_installation After the required restart, use the dial up connection to access the Windows Update site and update the software components required to update XP. Whether you then use WU or Automatic Updates to install the updates published after SP2 came out is up to you. If possible, highly recommend that you connect the system to a broadband connection as there are quite a number of updates. NOTE: If you find this was a Repair installation then you will have to register one .dll file after first visiting the WU site and updating the software components. Go to Start > Run > type in cmd Click OK or press Enter At the Command Prompt type in the following, pressing Enter after each: net stop wuauserv regsvr32 wups2.dll net start wuauserv exit Restart the system MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Ron wrote: > I am working on a relative's older HP Pavilion XT963, and had to do a > non-destructive recovery of the system, which means it reinstalls all > the OEM factory installed operating system and programs, but leaves data > files, and after-market programs mostly intact. > > So, now I have a fresh install of XP SP1 on this computer. > > I have the XP SP2 upgrade on CD right from Microsoft. Should I do any > critical updates through the MS Windows Update site, before I install XP > SP2, or should I install the upgrade first, and then do the rest of the > updates through the Windows Update website? > > As a side note, there is no broadband connection for this machine yet, > so these updates would be done via dial-up, or I would consider letting > Win XP auto-update to SP2. > > Any suggestions? > > > >
Guest Ron Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 Shenan Stanley wrote: > Install SP2 immediately before the machine touches the Internet in > any way. Just wanted to say thanks to you and MowGreen. SP2 is now installed and all critical updates applied to date that are available. > Also - dial-up? There are 80+ updates after SP2 - expect 24-48 hours > of download unless you just get all the updates for them, copy them to > CD/DVD/USB drive and bring it to the machine. It only took about 5 hours via dial-up once I got SP2 installed. -) I intentionally skipped the .Net Framework updates until I get it hooked up to a broadband connection.
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