-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with updating XP Pro
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:28:04 -0400
Sandy,
The Express option allows Windows Update (WU) to install ALL critical
updates in the order that it deems best. From what you're showing here, it
feels that a single update neds to be installed all by itself before it
looks for any others you might need (and we know that there are a bunch of
them waiting behind this one).
The Custom option allows you to pick and choose among all of the
critical updates that are currently available for your system. Only
critical updates that apply to what's already installed will be included in
the list that it will present to you if you select this option, but you
won't get any advice on the best order for installing them. As you can see,
it REALLY wants you to install SP3. That's because SP3 contains some really
important security fixes that can only be obtained through that pack.
This screen is telling you that you already have all of the updates
required before installing SP3, so you're as ready for it as you're ever
going to be. So, I would select the first option here since it is only
offering SP3 as a single, standalone update. After the update installs and
the computer is rebooted, it won't be long before WU comes up again and
offers you the updates that have been released since SP3 came out.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:59 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fixing what's wrong with computers WAS - Re:
> Wireless
>
>
> Sandy,
> The problems that affected some users were mostly the result of them
> trying to install the pre-release that was irresponsibly released to the
> public by well meaning beta testers. Some of those pre-releases were
> repackaged and reoffered without any hint that they were not 'official'
> and
> that caught a bunch of folks by surprise when they failed in one way or
> another.
>
> As long as you have ALL of the available critical updates and THEN
> download SP3 through the Windows Update site or through the MS Downloads
> page, you should be fine. Of course you should ALWAYS back up your system
> before making major updates, but that advice applies to a lot more than
> just
> SP3.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 5:36 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fixing what's wrong with computers WAS - Re:
> Wireless
>
>
>>I didn't know anything about a zone alarm problem cause I was in my own
>> little world just minding my own business running Windows Me ;-)
>> I am scared to death to install the SP3 for XP............somewhere I
>> read
>> about a guy that downloaded an .iso version of it, burned it to CD,
>> and installed it from there and had no problem. He did this after trying
>> to
>> install the normal way and all the pcs in his home crashed. So from
>> the link I downloaded that .iso and have burned it to CD and yes Roger, I
>> DID it as an IMAGE file, lol. I sure know how to do that now, lol.
>> I have no idea how to install it and am just going to leave that for
>> another
>> day anywho.........cause I have too much going on all at the same time
>> right now.
>>
>> Wow, these program Companies and Microsoft don't play very well together
>> do
>> they? And to think that it takes such a complicated thing
>> to supposedly make our lives easier??? Not so sure anymore.
>>
>> Sandy
>
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