-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with updating XP Pro

Sandy,

I bet you love M$ almost as much as I do.  Especially there dialog 
boxes that say a lot without telling you anything you need to know.

In this case only:

#1 will download SP3 for Windows XP and all other critical updates but 
none of the option software or driver updates.

#2 gives you the option to customize your download/install to include 
SP3, any optional updates and of course all the critical updates.  You 
can pick and choose bewtween them all.   OR  you can elect to do a 
custom download of all critical and optional updates for XP as if SP3 
did not exist.

I have slipstreamed SP3 into 2 different install discs for XP Pro and 
have run them both in a virtual machine to see how it works.  So far, 
So good.  So far the only thing that caught my attention was the 
removal of the addrss toolbar for the taskbar.  That is no big deal 
for me as I prefer to use the original Google Deskbar.

If you want to update to SP3 and - in the absence of a compelling 
reason not to you should - I suggest you take option 2 and install the 
second choice.  Once that is done run update again and allow it to 
install SP3.

Please note:  If you have upgraded to Internet Explorer 7 and want to 
retain the ability to uninstall it and return to IE 6 then you must 
uninstall IE 7 BEFORE you install SP 3 and then reinstall after SP3 is 
installed.

Almost forgot... the second option is a larger download because there 
is more to download.  With 104 updates for SP2 it must have been a 
while since you last installed updates for it.


Don



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:41 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with updating XP Pro


> I'm confused and needing help with updating.  I go up from 
> Start>Windows
> Update and see two options:
>
> #1) Express - get high-priority updates (recommended)  Install 
> Update 66.9
> mb
> High-priority updates
> Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929)
>
> #2) Custom
> Microsoft strongly recommends you install XP Service Pack 3 - 
> Download and
> Install Now OR
>
> Review and Install Other Updates
> If you do not install Windows XP SP3 other updates might still apply 
> to your
> computer        so I click on this option and it shows:
>
> 104 updates 115.1 MB and shows them as high-priority updates
>
> So I'm wondering as I read that the first option includes ALL 
> updates up to
> that point.  But the 2nd option sure is a much larger file?
>
> When I first got this pc up and running I did go to update and get 
> all the
> critical ones listed and just left SP3 alone, cause even tho I was 
> only
> using Me at the time, I'd heard
> lots of talk about this update crashing pcs, but like you said, it 
> was a
> while back and maybe not official.  I just thought one of the 
> members on
> here just recently talked about
> SP3 messing up his pc??  Maybe not.
>
> Just call me confused!  Again!
>
> Sandy
>

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