Re: Service Pack 2

From: 14tonks (mail.2.14tonks_at_recursor.net)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:28:43 -0400

The only things you need to download are the critical updates that apply to
your operating system. If you aren't running XP Tablet edition, you don't
need downloads for that. If nothing you have installed has complained about
the lack of Net Framework, you don't need that yet, although you might if
you get new software at some point that requires it. The chances are fair
that the software in question will install it for you in that case, though,
so wait until you need it. If you aren't running a network firewall that
uses NAT, you don't need a download for that, either. Critical updates
related to things you have, you need. Windows updates that aren't marked
critical are optional - if you think it applies to software you have or that
you have seen the bug it's designed to fix, go ahead and download an
optional. Otherwise I'd leave them alone. 

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Sheila
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"ChrissyPete2" <chrissypete2@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040829160241.00126.00002071@mb-m10.aol.com...
> Thank you for clearing that up for me Sheila. I do have XP on my laptop
and I
> just updated that last Monday when I needed to use it as a back-up work
system,
> but everything is still working glitch-free over there. I can't remember
for
> sure, but I may have skipped the SP2 on that one. Everything is such a
blur at
> this point, as to what I've done, need to do, what I haven't. LOL. I do
> download ALL critical updates and service packs on my Windows 2000, but
try to
> figure out which of the driver ones and Windows 2000 ones I need. I have
> downloaded a number of them in the past, but I have to say I've been
unsure as
> to whether or not I've actually needed some of them, based on the details
it
> provides and based on what I use and do -- does that make sense? Is it
just
> safest to assume that I need ALL of them if the Windows Update site claims
I
> do? For instance, "This accessory allows people who do not have a computer
> running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to view files that were created in MS
> Windows Journal on a Tablet PC."--I don't completely understand this, but
I
> also don't believe I need this. Then there is something like "The .NET
> Framework is a feature of Windows. Applications built using the .NET
Framework
> are more reliable and secure. You need to install the .NET Framework only
if
> you have software that requires it. After you install...." and "This
update to
> internet Protocol Security Clients IPSec and L2TP/IPSec allows IPSec to
work
> across Network Address Translation (NAT) boundaries. A client may connect
to a
> Windows Server 2003 Server with PTSec or L2TP/IPSec when the client is
behind
> one or more NATs. Users should download this update if they use IPSec
and/or
> L2TP Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. After you install this
item,
> you may have to restart...."-which I can't even say I understand, other
than
> the one part referring to maybe the wireless connection or something? LOL.
> Thank you for the tip on obtaining an up-to-date CD from MS, I will
definitely
> check that out so that I have that for the "next time" - God forbid!

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