Re: sp2

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From: Don Burnette (d.burnette_at_clothes.comcast.net)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:15:09 -0500

stephen crawford wrote:
> looks like iam staying with sp1
> nero 6 wont , no upgrade unless i pay again
> asus V6800 grahic card wont take DX 9
> plus a few others maybe ill wait for sp3...!!!
>
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I am not exactly sure what your problems are, but I do know Nero has an
update on their site to make Nero6 SP2 compatible.

As far as your graphic card, while it may not utilize all of DX9's features,
it still should run ok - have you checked for latest drivers for that video
card from the mfg?

Below is what I did to install SP2, and everything went fine.

Checked for adware/spyware with Ad Aware 6.0
Checked for latest updates for my peripherals
Checked for latest updates for my applications
Updated my AV software virus definition files.
Ran a virus scan.
Did a disk cleanup, cleaning out temp files and cookies.
Did a chkdsk on my system drive.
Imaged my system partition with PowerQuest Drive Image to external hard
drive. ( if no imaging software, I would strongly recommend , at the least,
backing up all important data files, and settings ). Take precaution when
deciding what to back up, make triple sure you have any data files that are
very important to you backed up in some way, either to another partion, hard
drive, cdr, floppy.

Downloaded SP2 network version ( complete 266 mb file) from windows update
catalogue site.
Disabled my AV software.
Installed SP2. I think it took about 15 minutes for me, maybe 20 at the
most.

After installation:
Ran disk defragger on system partition. Made sure AV software was activated
again. Checked my main applications and programs I run to make sure no
issues.

No problems, and my computer appears to be a little snappier. No conflicts
with any of the security features, matter of fact i have a hardware nat
firewall with my router for my cable internet, and have the XP firewall on,
and no issues. I also really like the pop up blocker. 

-- 
Don Burnette

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