Installing SP2 on a mchine without any service packs

[Nick]

Hi


I am planning to roll out service pack 2 via a group policy. I wondered
does service pack 2 install straight on a machine that does not have sp1
applied to it or do you have to install sp1 before you can install service
pack 2.


Thanks

Nick

 

[UncleZen]

I understand that SP2 includes everything that came before it.

 

[gerryR]

You don't need service pack 1 to uninstall SP2

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Nick.

Service Packs are cumulative, so SP2 includes SP1 and other fixes up to the
date of SP2. You should visit Windows Update regularly to get any critical
updates after SP2. (Yes, there have been several since SP2 was released in
August 2004.)

RC

 

[Plato]

I am planning to roll out service pack 2 via a group policy. I wondered
does service pack 2 install straight on a machine that does not have sp1
applied to it or do you have to install sp1 before you can install service
pack 2.

You dont need SP1 installed to put on SP2.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I am planning to roll out service pack 2 via a group policy. I
wondered does service pack 2 install straight on a machine that
does
not have sp1 applied to it or do you have to install sp1 before
you
can install service pack 2.

SP1 is included within SP2. It is not necessary to install
both--just SP2.

 

[bumtracks]

I loaded XP-home 2002 upgrade on a laptop and turned on auto updates and MS
sent 14 updates all at once then an hour or so later it sent the first part
of SP2 then followed with a 2nd part later on ... over the first day.
Then it further updated after SP2 I think about 18 updates all at once.
Then I turned off autoupdate.
Everything Worked ! pretty much.