Did you notice my update where I said it could have been because I was such a newb?XP did not and does not need to be reinstalled regularly. That is an outdated carryover belief from times long past. Previous versions of Windows, yes, but since XP did not need DOS installed first, it did not have that problem. I have several XP systems still running that were initially installed in 2001 and 2002. Re-installation for XP and later versions is always a last resort option.
Why? Because of the Internet. The Internet allows Microsoft, security software makers and hardware driver makers to make updates and fixes available for download and installation, thus keeping our systems current. If you were to reinstall XP now, assuming you have installation disks, you would likely be years behind in critical updates, patches and hardware drivers. And, unless you saved a current version copy of all your downloaded programs, you would have to download and reinstall all of them too. And with security software, unless you saved a current copy to CD first, you will be exposed until you get fully setup again and that is risky, to say the least.
Yes, a total reinstall can make a poorly running XP run smoother and at peak performance - if a corrupt Windows installation is the problem. But fixing what is wrong, keeping it fully updated, and keeping the clutter to a minimum will too.
Note sure. If that was an edit, we don't get notices when a post is edited. But either way, your comment was also about Windows 98 and before, so if familar with the earlier versions, not sure you could still be a newbie today when XP has been around for 10 years. But in any event, my point was for the understanding of all readers and not meant to illustrate that you or anyone else was wrong. Not offense was meant. As I noted, it was a carryover belief from long times past which indicates many others besides you were mistakenly led to believe that too.Did you notice my update where I said it could have been because I was such a newb?
That's fine but (1), the site that originally leaked this unauthorized release has recanted their initial comments and now says clearly (their bold italics) on their site, "Warning: Microsoft's official position is as follows: Microsoft has not released SP1 to OEMs at this time... The comments made in this blog entry included some inaccuracies." And (2), since we cannot verify the leaked version will be the OEM version, we cannot assume it is the final build.Veegertx said:...but in the end a OEM release is final build.
Mike said:Many over-clocking websites, PC review magazines, and other media organizations have decided to consider this the prime candidate for a final RTM (“release-to-manufacturer”) build.
Oh? Who? Got examples that don't simply cite the Russian site? I have not just been complaining about this. I have tried hard to validate the claims. I have looked hard to find even a shred of supporting evidence this was genuine and have found nothing. I have seen no OC website, PC review magazines, other media organizations or other places do anything but cite the original leaking blog site. Nothing from a second source, Microsoft or otherwise, to corroborate it all. And that's why I have been against jumping the gun on this from the beginning. No corroborating evidence. Just the word of an unauthorized Russian blogger.Veegertx said:MS won't change anything after releasing to OEM's and that site may say that it is not but other places are saying this is.
I was not expecting one today. I am hoping next month, but it could be up through June and still meet Microsoft's published deadline.Well here it is "update Tuesday" and no SP1.
Update for Windows 7 (KB2502285) I have SP1 installed and did not get this update, I downloaded it from MS and when I try to install it I get not applicable to your computer
Here is the reason for this update
Consider the following scenario:
- You run an active antivirus application on a computer that is running Windows 7.
- You install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on the computer.
- You restart the computer.
In this scenario, you may receive a Stop error message that resembles the following:
STOP: 0x0000007F (0x0000008, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
Now I may not need this update as I run MSE as my Anti virus so this error should not occur