installing sp2

[Kram]

Greetings,

I'm going to be wiping my hd and install xp. Can I just update with sp2 or
do I have to update with sp1 first?

Thanks, Mark

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hello,

SP2 contains all the updates that the SP1 update carries. So you just need
to apply SP2.

Windows XP Service Pack 2
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2

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[Malke]

Greetings,

I'm going to be wiping my hd and install xp. Can I just update with
sp2 or do I have to update with sp1 first?

Thanks, Mark

SP2 includes SP1. You don't have to install SP1 first.

Malke

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm going to be wiping my hd and install xp. Can I just update
with sp2 or do I have to update with sp1 first?

SP2 is cumulative.
Install SP2 before reconnecting the machine to any Internet access - it's a
safer way to go.

 

[Kram]

Thanks much, that will shorten the process.

 

[antioch]

Greetings,

I'm going to be wiping my hd and install xp. Can I just update with sp2
or
do I have to update with sp1 first?

Thanks, Mark

I would also recommend that you visit windowsupdate group and search/find
all matters concerning SP2 with lots of links and suggestions - in partic
when you come to download and install all the 60-70 other security/criticals
since SP2.
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Steven Ruth]

Greetings,

I'm going to be wiping my hd and install xp. Can I just update with sp2
or
do I have to update with sp1 first?

Thanks, Mark

Why don't you "slipstream" SP2 into your Windows XP install CD.
This means that you will create a new Windows XP install CD with SP2 already
applied.
Google for slipstreaming.
Also, a good program that will do it for you is "Autostreamer".

 

[Antioch]

Greetings,

I'm going to be wiping my hd and install xp. Can I just update with sp2
or
do I have to update with sp1 first?

Thanks, Mark

Kram
Don't forget that you can get a free CD from MS with SP2 - might save a bit
of time and all the trouble with getting PS2 to download etc.
Whilst in there ordering the CD, get their very handy preparation advice for
pre-install of SP2.
Antioch

 

[Kram]

If MS is giving away free sp2 cd's can I just call them and get a free xp
sp2 cd? I currently have an upgrade xp cd.

Thanks, Mark

 

[Bob I]

All you get is a CD with SP2 on it, you don't get a "fresh copy of XP
with SP2 installed".

 

[Rock]

If MS is giving away free sp2 cd's can I just call them and get a free xp
sp2 cd? I currently have an upgrade xp cd.

You have to pay for shipping. It's just SP2, not XP with SP2. Or you can
download the full version and burn it to CD. After that you can slipstream
SP2 into your current install CD to create one with SP2 integrated.
Slipstreaming is simple with autostreamer.

Download Windows Service Pack 2 Standalone Version
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default810.mspx

Slipstream

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/slipstream.htm

Autostreamer
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

 

[Kram]

So I can:
1. use my original update CD
2. SP2
3. Slipstream sp2 with xp

After doing 1.2.3 can I also slipstream the latest "autostreamer" into
1.2.3. to get the latest updates all on one CD?

Thanks, Mark

 

[Rock]

So I can:
1. use my original update CD
2. SP2
3. Slipstream sp2 with xp

After doing 1.2.3 can I also slipstream the latest "autostreamer" into
1.2.3. to get the latest updates all on one CD?

<snip>

1-3, Yep, that's what I said.

Yes, you can also integrate updates into the CD. I've not done that so I
can't say if autostreamer does that. There is an MS knowledge base article
on it. Here you go.

How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source
files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930/en-us