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Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP

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Re: Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP

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Aug 17th, 2005

or just ask microsoft for a disc with it on. take a couple of weeks but it'll save having to download it again if you get problems with the machine

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Re: Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP

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Originally Posted by dlh6213

Several posts in this forum seem to have a common theme: problems with spyware after installing Service Pack 2 (SP2). Though Microsoft's new security update package is mainly about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can't do much about what's already on these computers – and that's what's causing problems.

Microsoft is warning users of Windows XP to check for spyware before downloading SP2.

Barry Goff, a group product manager at Microsoft, said some spyware could cause computers to freeze up upon installation of the update.

Programs such as AdAware and Spybot can help remove spyware, and it would also be a good idea to run hijackthis and post a log in the security forum for review before downloading SP2 (sorry about creating more work for the HJT techs ).

Microsoft recommends that users clean their PCs of spyware and back up their data before turning on the auto update feature that automatically downloads SP2, or downloading it manually.

I used Stinger after trying Defender Pro and I also realized some problems incur because more then one program may be on at the same time, for the same task. Windows' newly added Firewall. My Norton subscription is just ending and I am still thinking of using XP's own Firewall...along with AOL 9.0 SE. Am I OK in doing so for general surfing and to get info on a rumor I heard, sites as databases for song lyrics are ripe for trojans, How can I get around this if true?
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Re: Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP

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Oct 8th, 2005

If you guys are trying to use VNC Scan Enterprise Console on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 applied, you may want to check out the part about the hot fix at http://www.vncscan.com/vs/Download.htm

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Re: Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP

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Mar 13th, 2006

[QUOTE=dlh6213]Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related).

Question: do you need to install sp1 before sp2, or is there everthing in it sp1 has?

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Re: Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP

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Mar 15th, 2006

If you have the SP2 upgrade CD from Microsoft (that you can order for free off their site if you dig deep enough), or are installing from scratch with a full (not just upgrade) XP SP2 installation CD, you can use that to get a system to SP2 without having to have SP1 installed first. However, if you go to Windows Update with a generic XP, it will make you install SP1 first just because and only because Microsoft is requiring at least SP1 just to use the update site (to get anything after that level, anyway), but isn't making SP2 mandatory to use the Windows Update site. So to re-cap, SP1 will come up before it will let you upgrade to anything else on that site, but only for that reason. Bottom line is that SP2 is the culmination of everything, and has patches that have superceded SP1 and would replace them if they were there originally, or will just add them if not already present. Once the system is at SP2, it is at SP2 - it doesn't matter how it got there.