Re: Updating XP is a pain! - was Re: Transfer of XP
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:39:36 -0600
Shenan Stanley wrote:
<snipped advice on installing and getting updates>
<see http://snipurl.com/13h9l
Graham wrote:
I have a fresh copy of XP installed on the computer just to prove I
could get the computer running trouble free.(I found out that it
had previously had an intermittent POST problem, that was not
completely resolved - I found a bad overheated connection on a DIMM
socket.)
Right now, I am using my W2k machine to do the XP downloads you
listed because it has CD burner. It is a laborious job :(
As I am doing this, thought come to mind - What does someone who
buys a new computer with XP do? Presumably they get the same disk
as I have and have to do the same upgrades? I am sure Branded
computer makers do this for their customers, but anyone buying XP
today has a ton of work to do - There are hundreds of security or
update downloads on the MS site.
I read about making a slipstreamed version of XP with SP2
integrated. That would be a start, but could all the updates also
be integrated so they don't have to be installed one at a time? Or
has someone made an update CD that would speed this up. I have
enough experience to know that I will be doing this more than once!
One other thing - I checked my wife's existing computer and it is
running W98SE. Not too much software installed, but enough to make
it a fair job to re-install. I was thinking about cloning her
drives and installing the copy on the new (XP) machine. I imagine
W98 will cope with the new MB and other hardware OK. This
installation would have virus protection installed as it does now
and I would get it running properly on the new machine. I would
then do an Upgrade to XP and see how it goes. I realise that this
may not be the best idea, but MS does suggest this in the XP
installation booklet. What do you think?
When someone buys a new computer from a larger vendor - it is usually only a
couple of months behind with patches; if that. Automatic updates or
visiting http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ can substitute (usually do) for
the extensive download you are doing now.... but they chance getting
infected/infested until all of the critical security updates are in place.
Yes - one can easily integrate SP2 and most post-SP2 updates into their
installation media in most cases. I alluded to it in my last response. The
first step is to download all the patches (which you will have done soon)
and then you can use one of many methods (including some third party
applications) to integrate SP2 and all the patches into a Windows XP CD.
nLite and AutoStreamer come to mind as third party products that can do much
of the work for you. There are also applications that can download all the
patches for you - so you don't have to know which patches to get. You can
even do more customizing and make a CD/DVD that installs a little of
everything.
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/
You could do your clone trick - but depending on the software - it may not
be worth it. And if the current system has ANY issues, transferring it will
just transfer those issues. =)
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Shenan Stanley
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