Re: Best way to install Windows Updates?

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From: Michael Stevens (mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 01:10:03 -0700

Cody wrote:
> What is the best way or the recommended way to download and install
> updates from Microsoft? I am going format my disk and reinstall
> Windows XP Pro. The CD shipped with my computer is XP Pro SP1, so
> some updates are already taken care of. But now that SP2 has been
> released, I don't know what the best way to download and install the
> updates. Should I install the updates that were released prior to
> SP2, and then SP2 last? Or should I install SP2 first and then the
> remaining updates? If I understand correctly, I believe that SP2
> contains the critical and other important updates that have been
> released prior to SP2. Am I correct? If so, then if I install SP2
> first, it would cause less updates to be downloaded that are
> remaining, right?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help/advice!!

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