XP and Service Pack 2

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   XP, retail version, is finally installed on the old Toshiba laptop.

The "original" XP...no service packs...no updates. But I do happen to have a SP2 disk from Microsoft. Do you think I can go straight to the SP2 disk...or run windows updates via the internet first?

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Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Topic: XP and Service Pack 2 Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:05am
	XP, retail version, is finally installed on the old Toshiba laptop. The "original" XP...no service packs...no updates. But I do happen to have a SP2 disk from Microsoft. Do you think I can go straight to the SP2 disk...or run windows updates via the internet first?

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22616	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:07am
	I've only done it once but I went right to the SP disc with no ill effects. It still download so much stuff that I couldn't tell exactly how much it helped but it had to help some as SP2 was a whopper.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:32am
	Thanks. When I installed the Toshiba version of XP a few days back...I thought I could install a SP and skip a lot of the individual updates. So I did...online. But if it skipped any individual updates...I sure couldn't tell; so many of them!

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22616	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:33am
	Yeah, it's hard to tell. No, it's impossible (for me anyway) to tell. But it didn't hurt.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:37am
	After I get about a half-dozen or so Toshiba stuff installed, like display driver, network and stuff...I'll go with the SP2 disk. So nice not to have all the crapware!!

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:01am
	Once I get Toshiba and Windows updates installed...I think I'll make about a dozen images...LOL

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:17am
	Whew. It's installed. It wants Windows activated to run Windows Updates manually on their website. But it won't. Unable to activate at this time...I can call a telephone number. Pooh. Can't believe it's because it's an old disk that was used on my first home-built desktop. That's been...gee...2002?

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:51am
	Automatic updates (just turned on) seems to work: Now installing 1 of 72.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29674	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 10:26am
	Must have been a temporary MS glitch. The activate popup popped up again..and this time it activated.