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| Sun, 09-19-2004 - 3:04pm |
Is it safe now to install the new Windows Pack?
If I install the Firefox or an alternative browser, do I have to uninstall IE first? If I install an alternative browser, do I need the Windows Pack update? Is Netscape a good alternative?
KathEy

Yes we should have SP2. I have it downloaded but have not installed it as yet. But here is some information for you.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;ln;xpsp2getinstall
Then do a search for should I install SP2. I know I am going to have to break down and do something but so far I am just sitting on the fence about it.
You can have more than one browser on your computer. And right now I am on the edge about having my system cleaned off and if I do that I am going to have 2 browsers. Why? Well, then I can do what a friend of ours said and it would sure be simple that way.... Log into iVillage without my CL hat and click on the Remember my password on one and log into iVillage with the other browser with my hat on
Have a nice day !.
~~joannaran~~
Have a nice day !.
~~joannaran~~
When I got this computer with XP on it I didn't get a MS Windows XP disk either. But we did reinstall from the disk that came with the computer,,(Dell) you didn't even get that?
Have a nice day !.
~~joannaran~~
Have a nice day !.
I decided to get into this discussion an tell you my experience. I read all the Horror stories and I vaguely remember getting the automatic update but declined it for the time being....but then again, maybe I am remembering some of the stuff I read...CRS! When I decided to go ahead with it I didn't have a clue to how to see if it was available or if I might have it....I did check and found that it wasn't downloaded or installed, so I took Kim Komando's advice and ordered the disc from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx
Kims message:--> WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 IS AVAILABLE ON CD
Microsoft has started automatic downloads for Windows XP Pro.
It had previously begun downloads for the Home version.
At more than 80 megabytes, SP2 is a hefty download, especially for
people who have dial-up Internet connections. However, Microsoft is
trickling the download, so individual computer users won't even notice.
If a user goes off-line before the download completes, it picks up
at that spot when the user returns to the Web. So I recommend that
people get SP2 via automatic update. But Microsoft has SP2 on a
CD, too. It's worthwhile, even if you use automatic update.
You never know when you might have to install again--say, if your
system crashes and you need to reinstall XP. You don't even have to
pay shipping for this CD. To get it, go to the Microsoft site at:
http://snipurl.com/8a8s
I also printed out instructions for preinstalling preparations from
http://www.syracuse.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-1/1095239701164420.xml
I Installed the update yesterday and, so far as I can tell, there are no problems and the Popup Stopper is much more efficient than the one I had and uninstalled before I downloaded SP2. It
Are you the one, Joanna, who has a Compaq?
Kathey
Dogs have families, Cats have servents.
~~joannaran~~