Re: SP2 -How long does an upgrade take?
From: Papa (bikingis_at_my.fun)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:13:03 -0400
After a recent experience with a new laptop, I must say that 1 hour could be
overly optimistic, even with broadband. For this laptop, the downloading and
installing of SP2 took over 2 hours to complete, on broadband, and that was
after I had installed all of the latest drivers and critical updates.
"Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
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> I'd say, set aside an hour per machine for the download and install - that
> is, IF you have a cable modem. For dial-up, order the free SP2 CD from
> Microsoft.
>
> "Eric" <ea@frg.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>I have a lot of machines to upgrade and would like to know other peoples'
>> experiences re: the time it takes to carry out - assuming that the PC is
>> otherwise *healthy* e.g. spyware, viruses removed, disk defragged &
>> scanned,
>> registry OK etc.
>> Almost all machines are Celerons 2Ghz, 512 MB Ram and plenty of disk
>> space.
>>
>> TIA
>> Eric
>>
>>
>
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