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From: Auric__ on 20 Feb 2010 18:02
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:49:48 GMT, Jack wrote:

> "Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
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>
>> Why not just install SP3?
>
> SP3 requires either SP1 or SP2 to be installed first.

Ah. My bad.

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From: relic on 20 Feb 2010 18:25

"Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:49:48 GMT, Jack wrote:
>
>> "Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9D257A8676E64auricauricauricauric(a)69.16.185.247...
>>
>>> Why not just install SP3?
>>
>> SP3 requires either SP1 or SP2 to be installed first.
>
> Ah. My bad.

XP's SP3 is the first one that needed an earlier service pack.


From: Mumia W. on 20 Feb 2010 10:09
On 02/19/2010 08:35 PM, BrianAlex wrote:
> I have a customer who had an accident and can't get upstairs to the
> HP desktop so I had the ISP (AT+T) come out and set up wireless and I
> moved the machine and peripherals downstairs.
> It turns out that the wireless USB card will not install. We keep
> getting something like "This application has not passed Windows LOGO
> inspection..." and if we click "continue anyway" and continue with
> everything,the wireless does not show up under network connections or
> available connections.
> We were going nuts trying to figure this out for a few hours.
> Then three weeks later a phone tech had me right-click "My Computer"
> to see what version SP she has.
> There is nothing there,only "Windows XP Home edition 2002 Vesion" so
> I am assuming that it has never even had an update,it is a virgin
> 2002.
>
> So anyway,the tech thinks that without SP-1 it doesn't have some
> component (I can't remember exactly) to allow the wireless install.(We
> tried 2 different ones "2-wire" and another).
> I am sending her my SP2 CD that I've had sitting around for years.I
> will help her out over the phone,and then try to install the wireless
> card again.
> I'm checking here to see if there is anything we should know about
> this situation.I'm hoping that SP2 will do the trick but it is not up-
> to-date SP2.I think I got it in 2004.
> There is no Windows Firewall listed and I'm hoping SP2 will fix
> this.
> It seems to have USB 2.0.
> Any other ideas? thanks -BA

You didn't explain why a wired connection was not on option--oh well.
Bluetooth is an alternate wireless option that you might consider. I use
it regularly on SP3, but I've never tested it on SP2.

It's not such a bad idea to use a wired connection to upgrade til you
can get a wireless connection. Even using a modem and lots of time would
work.

A free firewall program should be installed and enabled before she goes
online. After she has upgraded to SP2 she will have the Windows
Firewall, and the alternate firewall program can be removed. Remind her
to enable the Windows Firewall before removing the other program since
in SP2 the Windows Firewall is not enabled by default AFAIK.

HTH

From: Jack on 21 Feb 2010 15:03

"relic" <relic211(a)cjb.net> wrote in message
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> "Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
> news:Xns9D25A32755D12auricauricauricauric(a)69.16.185.250...
>> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:49:48 GMT, Jack wrote:
>>
>>> "Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9D257A8676E64auricauricauricauric(a)69.16.185.247...
>>>
>>>> Why not just install SP3?
>>>
>>> SP3 requires either SP1 or SP2 to be installed first.
>>
>> Ah. My bad.
>
> XP's SP3 is the first one that needed an earlier service pack.

I think it's the only one.

From: Auric__ on 21 Feb 2010 16:36
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:25:47 GMT, relic wrote:

> "Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
> news:Xns9D25A32755D12auricauricauricauric(a)69.16.185.250...
>> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:49:48 GMT, Jack wrote:
>>
>>> "Auric__" <not.my.real(a)email.address> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9D257A8676E64auricauricauricauric(a)69.16.185.247...
>>>
>>>> Why not just install SP3?
>>>
>>> SP3 requires either SP1 or SP2 to be installed first.
>>
>> Ah. My bad.
>
> XP's SP3 is the first one that needed an earlier service pack.

That just seems like such a bad, bad, whoa bad idea to me.

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