The information is, Disconnect everything! That includes removing any plug
in boards such as sound cards, LAN cards, modems - you get the picture. You
want only the video adapter, mouse, keyboard, primary master hard drive and
one CD drive connected. Everything else goes.

Note: This is usually only recommended if you are having problems installing
the operating system on a computer. I have never seen, nor would I recommend
that you do this just to update to SP2. If that were the case, Microsoft
would have grave problems indeed!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"CGB" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OAkpRU11FHA.1060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Guess I'm delaying updating XP SP1 to SP2. I think I have all questions
> answered and preparations made but lingering questions:
>
> From an MSMVP web site ( http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm )
> (Hope
> that MVP sees this note) it tells you to:
>
> 1. disconnect all peripherals except keyboard and monitor
> If these are disconnected, will I have to reinstall drivers for printer
> and scanner and digital camera peripherals afterward? I'm particularly
> concerned about this because my HP 4100C scanner won't run on Windows XP
> and
> I have it functioning on a jury-rigged combination of a driver for it for
> Windows 2000 and an XP patch. I'm not sure I can reproduce this should
> SP2
> installation undo it. I've heard stories of people having driver problems
> after going to SP2.
> Does this advice also mean to disconnect the telephone line for the
> telephone modem? I also have a cable modem and can disconnect it.
> Does simply unplugging the computer-to-peripheral cable at the
> peripheral
> count or must it be disconnected at the computer side(harder to reach).
>
> 2. Go into MSCONFIG>startup and uncheck everything
> I thought one MUST have systray and Iexplore checked for the computer
> to
> work. Or, are these two items necessary only to run Windows and SP2
> actually installs in a "DOS" environment? If so the SP2 program won't
> start
> automatically from the CD drive (I have the patch on CD), or will it?
>
> 3. If one of the options to install SP2 is to go to MSN and have it
> download and install in the background while you are using your computer
> (that must take a while!!) why is it necessary to take above steps?
>
> I hope I'm not beating a dead horse on this but I try to avoid things
> rather
> than try to fix them. Also, it's just interesting. Because above advice
> came from and MS-MVP, I place great credence in it and am just interested
> in
> the background.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Chet
>
>