Re: Any good news on SP2?

From: Max Burke (mlvburke_at_%$%#@.nz)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:04:32 +1200

> Joe Zorzin scribbled:

>> Max Burke wrote in message
>> I installed it on Thursday from the Microsoft XP SP2 CD Rom:
>> Actual install time including reboot was under 30 minutes.
>> Initial reboot was slow but reloaded all previously installed
>> settings, themes, and programmes successfully.
>> The only minor problem was that the system tray did not show all the
>> startup icons, even thought the 10+ startup utils and programmes did
>> start OK.
>> After 2 - 3 reboots the icons re-appeared, and after running a
>> BootVis optimise and trace, reboot to desktop is back down to 24
>> seconds....
>> Over all it's been a painless upgrade for me....

>> Before doing the install I read all the necesary info on how to
>> install SP2, disconnected from the 'net, did a full backup of the OS
>> partition, defragged all drives, ran disk cleanup, then shut down
>> all but the esential services ands applications using task mamanger
>> and then let it install.

> Doesn't sound like something for an amateur to do.

I'm just an amatuer... ;-)

> Where did you read
> this info?

All of the above are basic system/OS maintenace anyway. To keep your
computer(s) running 'smoothly' backups, defrags, disk cleanups, etc, are
normal housekeeping tasks that should be done regularly.

Shutting down programs and services before doing an update to the OS are
fairly simple as well; Just right click on any icons in the system tray and
select exit from their pop up menus. Then Press Cntrl Alt Del (at the same
time) to start task manager and shut down any running applications.

Shutting down running processes (from the Task managers processes Tab)
requires a little bit of care; generally you can shut down processes that
are running under your user ID (or name) and you can leave processes running
under system, Local service, or network service alone.

One process that should be left running under your user ID is explorer.exe.
If you do shut it down accidentally you can restart it from Task Manager by
clicking on the new task button and typing explorer.exe.

If you're not sure about what processes to shutdown then leave them running.
Generally shutting down a running application will stop it's running
processes anyway.
Most processes have descriptive names and you should be able to figure out
what they are...

Once all running applications (and uneeded processes) are shut down you can
then run the update.

When the update re-boots during the install it will also restart the
applications and processes that you have shut down. 

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