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Message: [QUOTE="peter, post: 8324313"] I see no reason to update IF you never ever go online with this machine. You could download SP2 on this machine that you are using for email and burn the file to a CD/DVD and install onto the other from there. This would be a safe way to go ..in case one day you do decide to go online.This would prevent that XP specific malware from attacking as soon as you are online. On another note I noticed 128 of Ram...its cheap to double that and increase the speed by about 50% especially with the build in video using some of that RAM. peter -- "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others." Hi to all, Have scored this WinXP computer from a friend, as "it doesn't work very well, I'm getting a new one" Luckily she had never made the mastor restore discs or boot floppy, so did all that and decided to see what could be done with it. Lots of viruses, spycrap and completely useless programmes which I seemed to get rid of. (It's not now online - and never will be) So had to download all the tools on the trusty Win98SE and CD copy to XP. Decided to restore to factory settings using recovery option 1 from the recovery boot disk, I did originally hope to avoid the factory settings option, but after cleaning, scanning, scouring, uninstalling and deleting, decided to go for the "as new" option. Have never done that before, seemed to go quite smoothly. Belarc advisor tells me I have about 50 updates to download. As this computer will never be online, do I really need ALL the updates and fixes? I only want this machine for the bigger oomph than the 98SE and that NTFS file system to do video work on, or are some of the updates needed for other fixes. Am going to chuck in a firewire card, more memory and a DVD burner. -- B-) Pebble in Boulder SYSTEM SPECS Imedia C2123ADRWS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600 xpclient.010817-1148 System Manufacturer Packard Bell NEC System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1202 Mhz Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1200MHz BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 17/10/2001 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Mainboard : ECS (P6IWF) Chipset : Intel i810E Processor : Intel Celeron @ 1200 MHz Physical Memory : 128 MB Video Card : Intel Corporation 82810E 810e Graphics Controller Hard Disk : Maxtor (41 GB) DVD-Rom Drive : COMBI RW16x10/DVD DirectX : Version 8.1 [/QUOTE]

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