WINXP SP2 Flawless Install

[Zolaris]

To-day, I installed SP2 on two computers, both run on Asus P3BF motherboards
with the 440 chipset, a 400 Mgh cpu on one and a 500 Mgh cpu on the other;
in other words not your top of the line systems.

I took great care to run Adaware and Avast Anti-virus, cleaned all temp
and Win prefetch before downloading SP2 on an automatic update. I also
removed Zone Alarm from both systems since it is listed as problematic in
Microsoft list of incompatibles.

Microsoft's installation was flawless on both machines; both presently purr
like contended kittens.

Don't believe all the horror stories.

 

[Ron Martell]

To-day, I installed SP2 on two computers, both run on Asus P3BF motherboards
with the 440 chipset, a 400 Mgh cpu on one and a 500 Mgh cpu on the other;
in other words not your top of the line systems.

I took great care to run Adaware and Avast Anti-virus, cleaned all temp
and Win prefetch before downloading SP2 on an automatic update. I also
removed Zone Alarm from both systems since it is listed as problematic in
Microsoft list of incompatibles.

Microsoft's installation was flawless on both machines; both presently purr
like contended kittens.

Don't believe all the horror stories.

It is amazing what a bit of forethought and a few simple precautions
can do, isn't it?

Thanks for sharing your results.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Guest]

Yep, and 'uninstalling' programs that are there to protect
your machine in the first place cause they conflict with
Microsoft's latest security patch. I can taste the sweet
irony.

The install went fine for me, until I started using VS.NET
again - I didn't read anywhere I needed to uninstall that
too

 

[Cyrus Afzali]

To-day, I installed SP2 on two computers, both run on Asus P3BF motherboards
with the 440 chipset, a 400 Mgh cpu on one and a 500 Mgh cpu on the other;
in other words not your top of the line systems.

I took great care to run Adaware and Avast Anti-virus, cleaned all temp
and Win prefetch before downloading SP2 on an automatic update. I also
removed Zone Alarm from both systems since it is listed as problematic in
Microsoft list of incompatibles.

To anyone who wants to run Zone Alarm and update to SP2, I'd recommend
"downgrading" to 4.5. It's running flawlessly for me on SP2 and this
version solved a couple of minor incompatibilities with another
program I regularly use.