XP2 UPGRADE WHAT

[Michael W]

Hi, Can you answer this please and advise.
I have been reading the newsgroups for all the things I can find about
Service pack two and seeing as I have a slow connection I decided to send
for the upgrade disk.
I received the Free Windows XP Service Pack 2 today and thought right we
will give it a go, I booted the computer and inserted the CD only to get the
message "Autorun experienced a problem" and stopped.
Shot in the foot before I even start, any ideas guys??.
Below is a read out of my set up extracted from Aida 32
Michael
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Personal
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
Computer Name MSA-53ODDB9083C
User Name Michael
Logon Domain MSA-53ODDB9083C

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP-A, 1833 MHz (5.5 x 333)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2
System Memory 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (11/07/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter ABIT Siluro GF4 MX420 SD (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Monitor CTX 1569S

Multimedia
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2 - Audio Codec Interface

Storage
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 2B020H1 (20 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Disk Drive Maxtor 4D040H2 (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive OPTORITE DVD RW DD0201

Partitions
C: (FAT32) 19530 MB (14484 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 19530 MB (2311 MB free)
E: (FAT32) 19083 MB (2273 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (217.135.212.253)
Modem SoftK56 Data Fax Voice CARP

Peripherals
Printer FaxTalk Communicator
Printer Lexmark Z600 Series
USB Device SoftK56 Data Fax Voice CARP

 

[Guest]

Auto run huh,have you tried to go to
start>>>my computer>>>right click on the drive with the
SP2 disc in it and select open.
this will cause it to manualy run.

 

[Michael W]

That doesn't work either I'm afraid, all it does is open the disk to show
the contents.
Michael

 

[Mike H]

And in the 'contents' somewhere is an executable file which you double
click..

 

[Michael W]

The only way I could get the CD to start as it should was in Safe Mode.
However I opened the Cd and clicked the file XPSP2.exe.
"IT HAS INSTALLED SP2" and all seems to be working ok up to now.
One thing I noticed:- Drive C: before installation 3,797,763 KB
Now Drive C: 6,696,779 KB Quite an increase, there must be some files that
can be cleaned up from the installation??
Michael