I recently REPAIRED my WinXP Home system. It was an SP1 platform with ALL
most recent updates (but not SP2). Of course, I used my original CD to
repair it, a flat (not even SP1) operating system. After repair I installed
SP1a too.

Now I expected to have to reinstall ALL patches published after SP1. However
I gave first a look at Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs list. I was
surprised to see all previously installed patches there. I wonder now if
they are REAL patches or simply fake records.

How do I know if a patch is REALLY installed if I cannot trust the records
listed in Installed Program list?
Thank you in advance.

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Dr. Dario de Judicibus - Italy (EU)
Site: http://www.dejudicibus.it/
Blog: http://lindipendente.splinder.com
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"Dario de Judicibus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently REPAIRED my WinXP Home system. It was an SP1 platform with ALL
> most recent updates (but not SP2). Of course, I used my original CD to
> repair it, a flat (not even SP1) operating system. After repair I
> installed
> SP1a too.
>
> Now I expected to have to reinstall ALL patches published after SP1.
> However
> I gave first a look at Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs list. I was
> surprised to see all previously installed patches there. I wonder now if
> they are REAL patches or simply fake records.
>
> How do I know if a patch is REALLY installed if I cannot trust the records
> listed in Installed Program list?
> Thank you in advance.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dr. Dario de Judicibus - Italy (EU)
> Site: http://www.dejudicibus.it/
> Blog: http://lindipendente.splinder.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>

qfecheck...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../mbsahome.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Dario de Judicibus" wrote:

| I recently REPAIRED my WinXP Home system. It was an SP1 platform with ALL
| most recent updates (but not SP2). Of course, I used my original CD to
| repair it, a flat (not even SP1) operating system. After repair I installed
| SP1a too.
|
| Now I expected to have to reinstall ALL patches published after SP1. However
| I gave first a look at Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs list. I was
| surprised to see all previously installed patches there. I wonder now if
| they are REAL patches or simply fake records.
|
| How do I know if a patch is REALLY installed if I cannot trust the records
| listed in Installed Program list?
| Thank you in advance.
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Dr. Dario de Judicibus - Italy (EU)

The MBSA as Carey suggested.
But since you installed a Service Pack, why the increasingly obsolete SP-1
instead of the current SP-2?

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Dario de Judicibus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently REPAIRED my WinXP Home system. It was an SP1 platform with ALL
> most recent updates (but not SP2). Of course, I used my original CD to
> repair it, a flat (not even SP1) operating system. After repair I
> installed
> SP1a too.
>
> Now I expected to have to reinstall ALL patches published after SP1.
> However
> I gave first a look at Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs list. I was
> surprised to see all previously installed patches there. I wonder now if
> they are REAL patches or simply fake records.
>
> How do I know if a patch is REALLY installed if I cannot trust the records
> listed in Installed Program list?
> Thank you in advance.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dr. Dario de Judicibus - Italy (EU)
> Site: http://www.dejudicibus.it/
> Blog: http://lindipendente.splinder.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> The MBSA as Carey suggested.
> But since you installed a Service Pack, why the increasingly obsolete
> SP-1 instead of the current SP-2?

I had serious performance problems after installing SP2 on two different
systems. I verified that SP1 PLUS all patches from Windows Update gives no
performance problems.

DdJ

Haggis wrote:

>>
>
> qfecheck...
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Thank you. I wonder why there are so many valuable tools mostly hidden to
end-users ;-)

DdJ

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../mbsahome.mspx

Downloaded. I'll try it. I hope I cannot need an Internet connection to use
it. I do not want to connect that machine to Internet until I am sure it is
quite robust.

DdJ

"Dario de Judicibus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Haggis wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> qfecheck...
>>
>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> Thank you. I wonder why there are so many valuable tools mostly hidden to
> end-users ;-)
>
> DdJ
>
>

"google" is your friend :>

A Clean Install which you just performed is the best time to install any
Service Pack
Since the system is clean, there are fewer possibilities for complications
such as you describe.

Also as time goes on, more will depend on having SP-2 installed and your
options will be fewer.

I would also wonder what the two computers had in common if they experienced
similar problems.
The commonality goes beyond just SP-2 and that is what you should attempt to
determine.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Dario de Judicibus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I had serious performance problems after installing SP2 on two different
> systems. I verified that SP1 PLUS all patches from Windows Update gives no
> performance problems.
>
> DdJ

"Haggis" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
| qfecheck...
|

I installed it, but... what it does? I see no new program or item in control
panel. How can I launch it?

DdJ