Should I do any specific maintenance after sp3 install (Microsoft Automatic
Updates)?
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Ed H
Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

"Ed H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Should I do any specific maintenance after sp3 install (Microsoft
> Automatic Updates)?
> --
> Ed H
> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.
>
>
>

Defrag, for sure. That's all my machine needed.
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Bruce Hagen
MS - MVP

Check for defragmentation and defrag as needed. Then make an image backup.
That's about it.

"Ed H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Should I do any specific maintenance after sp3 install (Microsoft
> Automatic Updates)?
> --
> Ed H
> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.
>
>
>

"Bruce Hagen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
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> "Ed H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>> Should I do any specific maintenance after sp3 install (Microsoft Automatic Updates)?
>
> Defrag, for sure. That's all my machine needed.

You probable also want to (eventually) delete all those uninstall directories
in the Windows directory that were created by the automatic updates.

Regards,
-Roger
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"Roger Hunen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Bruce Hagen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>>
>> "Ed H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>>> Should I do any specific maintenance after sp3 install (Microsoft
>>> Automatic Updates)?
>>
>> Defrag, for sure. That's all my machine needed.
>
> You probable also want to (eventually) delete all those uninstall
> directories
> in the Windows directory that were created by the automatic updates.
>
> Regards,
> -Roger
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> E-mail: (E-Mail Removed)
> Home: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhunen
> ADSL: http://adsl.hunen.net
>
>

Good point. I also ended up with an SP3 uninstall directory when I
downloaded SP3 and for some reason, that ended up in My Documents. Any idea
about that?
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~Bruce

And don't forget, always do a chkdsk before a full defrag.


ju.c


"Colin Barnhorst" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Check for defragmentation and defrag as needed. Then make an image
> backup. That's about it.
>
> "Ed H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Should I do any specific maintenance after sp3 install (Microsoft
>> Automatic Updates)?
>> --
>> Ed H
>> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
>> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.
>>
>>
>>
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