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Hi George - Well, you might want to slipstream it with your XP or XPSP1 disk
to make a composite for future Repair installs. Use AutoStreamer or nLite.
You won't need Win Installer 3.1 to install SP2; however, it shouldn't
present a problem if you want to use it. If you're convinced that your
machine is clean, then the most important recommendation I would make is to
install from a Clean Boot (so that you can use the Installer and at the same
time avoid interference from other programs such as Norton.) Directions at
the link I pointed you to or in my Blog, address in Signature.
--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
My, Blog Defending Your Machine, here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uS%23%23iCueFHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
> Hi Jim. Well I'm not really concerened about Spyware. That isn't an
> issue. Nothing has been installed and the only site it has ever been
> to is www.microsoft.com I have run a few checkers here and there and
> HijackThis runs there. So spyware should be out of the loop here.
>
> Maybe though I should make a restore point. I haven't done that
> yet. What do you think of installing the Windows Installer 3.1
> before I install SP2? I was able to d/l the package and plan on
> putting it on CD-R. Trouble is I did that with SP3 for Windows 2000
> and sfc still wanted me to insert my Windows 2000 SP3 CD-ROM which I
> did and sfc still didn't like it. I'd like to avoid that with
> Windows XP SP2 if I can.
>
>> Hi George - You might want to have a look here, particularly at the
>> Installing SP2 forum:
>>
>>
http://forum.aumha.org/index.php?c=16&sid=bdad5d4125c29e56f820e86ac0304508
>>
>> --
>> Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>> My, Blog Defending Your Machine, here:
>> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>>
>> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23QvlxEteFHA.1136@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>>> Yes that is the way I have it now. OK thanks. By the way do you
>>> think there is anything I should do to prepare the system. It has
>>> no applications installed in at this time so the chance of conflicts
>>> should be minimal. It is a SCSI system but the SCSI is not being
>>> used at the moment. Maybe I should with till I hook it up again?
>>> Before I do that I have to get a stronger PSU though.
>>>
>>>> In news:e3ZCB%23seFHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>>>> George Hester <hesterloli@hotmail.com> had this to say:
>>>>
>>>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to install SP2 in one of my Windows XP SP1 clients in the
>>>>> domain. This is a Windows 2000 domain from Windows 2000 Advanced
>>>>> Server SP3 as the Domain Controller. I'd like to know that if I
>>>>> do that can I make sure that no security updates get installed in
>>>>> Windows XP unless I choose to do it? In other words does
>>>>> installing SP 2 in Windows XP still give me complete control what
>>>>> updates if any are going to be installed in the system? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. You can disable automatic updates but the better idea is to
>>>> set it to notify you but not download nor install. From there when
>>>> the notification comes in you'll be able to select custome options
>>>> and install only the updates you want.
>>>>
>>>> Galen
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my
>>>> ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me,
>>>> Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a
>>>> profession might be made out of what had up to that time been the
>>>> merest hobby."
>>>>
>>>> Sherlock Holmes
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