-pops- Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 I'm doing my first installation of WXP with integrated SP2 soon.Am I right in thinking that I don't need to download any virus patches etc before connecting up to the Internet - as was becoming the norm a few months ago before SP2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 No you don't, everything that affected XP was pre SP2. All was fixed with SP2 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 As I suspected but I didn't want to go ahead and then end up with all sorts of evil things and coming here with loads of HJT scans :) Thanks, powerless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 My advice would to at least leave the XP Firewall on whilst you visit the update site and check to see if there is anything extra to be added. Once you are sure you are up-to-date with updates then you can do what you like with the firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Yep, I'll do that then move over to my usual Sygate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 yeah, i just ordered a full oem ver xp home from newegg. if you buy some cheap thing, like what i got , a cable splitter for 1.69 then you can buy the oem full xp home for 91 bucks. cost me less than 97 bucks all together. cheaper than the upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 yeah, i just ordered a full oem ver xp home from newegg. if you buy some cheap thing, like what i got , a cable splitter for 1.69 then you can buy the oem full xp home for 91 bucks. cost me less than 97 bucks all together. cheaper than the upgrade.Yep, same in the UK but on this occasion I was building a whole new system so there was no "stretching" of the rules regarding OEM versions :) Very pleased with the new machine. It's in an Antec Aria "cube" case with a Asus A7V400-MX microATX motherboard. Athlon XP 2800 fitted with a Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU Super Flower Cooler, 1GB Crucial RAM, 2 x 80GB Maxtor HDD and a NEC 3500 DVD RW. Quite a squeeze to get it assembled - especially with my arthritic fingers and the small space to work in but it's done. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Yes pops they are great fun to build these small computers.I have built a couple of Shuttle computers and have rather big hands and putting the floppy drive connector in place under the power supply was quite a challange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Funnily enough I reformatted yesterday! :D I loaded SP2 and then went to Windows update, the only extra thing I needed to download was thisCumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB834707) A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Not linked the new machine to the Internet yet but, I'll bear the new update in mind when I do. Thanks, Nellie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Thanks to powerless, i Autostreamed my XP and i must say its brilliantWhen you re-format, you get all the updates installed.Powerless you are a star mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 just how does that autostreamer work, i mean what does it do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Cpt James T Kirk take a look at this.http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.ph...hl=autostreamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 good info there trackrat. i should be getting my new xp home w/sp2 intergrated this week and installing it. i think since sp2 is already on the same disk and installed when i install the os i wont need the autostream. unless it was on a seperate disk from the os then id say it would work that way. right now im using xp home w/sp1 intergrated and it installed sp1 at the same time when the os was installing. and i assume since the new os is setup the same w/sp2 intergrated that this prg wont do me any good. am i correct in this assumption? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 New purchases of XP should all have SP2 integrated into the disk now - you don't even know it's there. The O/S is installed as it normally is. There are no extra things to do to install SP2.If you new XP has SP2 as a separate item, refuse it or get it at a huge discount as it's old stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 its supposed to be intergrated on the os disk so i should be jus fine. it should install jus like the dell os did. it has sp1 intergrated on it. and yep your right i never noticed any thing when it installed since everything was on the same cd. and the new xp home oem full w/sp2 should do the same. once i get it. oh and if need be. i have the sp2 cd i got from ms sent to me in the mail. but i shouldnt need it with it intergrated on the xp disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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