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| Thread ID: 83712 | 2007-10-10 08:50:00 | Installing XP SP2 and Autopatcher | Grimy (3041) | Press F1 |
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| 600214 | 2007-10-10 08:50:00 | Having sorted my neighbours PC (with help from you all) a month or so back from it's viruses and Trojans, I'm ready to do a bit more on it. It is running XP SP1. I have a PC World CD with SP2 on it and Bob Doe kindly burnt me a disc of Autopatchers last release (August 07 Core). I installed AVG, Spybot, AdAware, Rogue remover, Trojan remover, C Cleaner and as far as I know everything has been working fine. They have been updating weekly and running scans. I'm going to do a back up of their important files and then will install SP2 and then the Atuopatcher updates. A couple of questions; 1/ Should I do anything else before installing SP2? Are there any known issues that I might expect to crop up, or is it normally a painless install? 2/ After I install the Windows updates with Autopatcher, can I then run the normal Windows update to get the latest updates? Will there be any conflict from using AP for the initial update? I can't see why there should be. As usual, thanks for your help, always appreciated. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 600215 | 2007-10-10 08:56:00 | First thing I would do is disable the AV when doing the SP2 upgrade. Some software has problems when Antivirus's are running. Auto Patcher - I think thats been force stopped by Microsoft, so I don't know if your normal windows update will be affected, hopefully someone who does / used to use it can advice if any prolems now exist. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 600216 | 2007-10-10 09:08:00 | You really should have installed SP2 and run Autopatcher directly after installing XP. Granted its too late to do that now but its worth keeing in mind for (if) there is a next time. You can run auto-patcher, then uninstall it from the system, You shouldn't have any trouble then getting udates from the usual sources. When you run Auto-Patcher its worth running through the list and selecting/deselecting what you want, Some are bloat, others are just crap (WGA) and some will make configuration changes you may not want. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 600217 | 2007-10-10 09:14:00 | Thanks for those tips. Metla, do you mean I should run Autopatcher (select/download updates wanted) and then delete AP from the PC? Or can it be left on and just get future updates from Microsoft? I didn't put XP on the machine, it was just that when I was checking what they had I noticed it was only running SP1, that's why I want to update to SP2 and get the subsequent Windows Updates for it. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 600218 | 2007-10-10 09:18:00 | Make SURE its clean of malware too, BEFORE you update it to SP2. It may / or will crash / or reboot if you install SP2, while malware is on the system, once you reboot, after SP2 has been installed. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 600219 | 2007-10-10 09:20:00 | After you have run Auto-Patcher there is no reason to keep it installed, Its done its job, So I have always been in the habit of uninstalling it. Its doesn't undo the patching. And of all the machines I have run it on I have then just enabled automatic updates within XP and everything has functioned normally. I can only recall one machine I seviced going belly up after running Auto-Patcher, and I would bet good money that it wasn't the fault of the people who put auto-patcher together. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 600220 | 2007-10-10 09:24:00 | And as Speedy states, Make sure she is clean as a whistle before you run SP2 and Auto-Patcher. I'd go as far as to give her a complete service, and then uninstall the AV, and disable every single item under startup |
Metla (12) | ||
| 600221 | 2007-10-10 15:06:00 | Should I do anything else before installing SP2? Are there any known issues that I might expect to crop up, or is it normally a painless install? possible issue if the system is running a prescott cpu.......theres a patch for it at microsoft...... This non-security critical update helps resolve an issue where a limited number of systems running a BIOS without production support for Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Celeron D processors based on Prescott C-0 stepping can potentially hang on Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer. WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 600222 | 2007-10-10 15:48:00 | I've had some problems requiring a complete fdisc and reinstall when I let Sys Restore keep running on an older install when they FINALLY decided to put in SP2 . Fear and old wive's tales about the problems with SP2 were just that . . . tales . They persist yet, but they are basically unfounded unless . . . . . . . there's some mileage on the internet, installed and uninstalled files/folders/cute "toys" etc . For some reason, Sys Restore messed things up and it became more a time/work factor to either work for a day or so to repair and purge or reinstall XP WITH SP-2 immediately afterwards . I chose to fdisc and start all over . Made a faster system too with all the junkware out of it . To this day I turn off Sys Restore on every installation I make . If you have the XP install disc, why do you need it anyway? But SP2 is very necessary for those zero-day exploits and such as you cannot get the latest patches and security updates without it and WGA . I cannot speak for Autopatcher though . I don't use it . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 600223 | 2007-10-10 17:24:00 | Should I run some programs other than AVG, Spybot, AdAware, Rogue remover, Trojan remover, C Cleaner to check for Malware? And if so, which? Thanks. | Grimy (3041) | ||
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