Recently, there have been more and more consultations about Windows XP SP2. Because SP2 has made great improvements to the system, especially in enhancing the security of Windows XP, it is almost equivalent to a new version of Windows XP. It also caused us to be much more difficult to install and configure than SP1. During installation and use, everyone will encounter some unpredictable problems. In view of this, we organized this SP2 installation and configuration skills and troubleshooting topics today, hoping to help those who use Windows XP to upgrade and install SP2.
Before installation: SP2 is on the road, are you ready?
First, test whether your Windows XP can install SP2
Since SP2 has added a new activation
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, if you use a genuine burning disk to install Windows XP, you may not be able to install or install it when you install SP2. How to predict in advance whether your system can successfully install SP2?
Method 1: Open the Explorer, run the "Help → Is this Windows legal?" menu, or go directly to http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/Windows /default.mspx
, click "Validate Now" in the opened page. After a while, the page will ask you to install an ActiveX plugin named "ProductIDGatherer". Click "Yes" to install it and you will See the test results. If your system can upgrade SP2, the result is "Congratulations...", if not, the result is "It appears that your Windows product key is not valid" (Figure 1).
Tip: For Windows XP SP1 /Server 2003 systems, this method can also be used to verify the legitimacy of its registered serial number.
Method Two: China's toll-free call Microsoft (number: 8008301832), tell Miss wiring your Windows XP key, the other side will tell you that Key is legitimate.
Second, in order to free up hard disk space to install SP2,
SP2 installation into network installation and downloaded to install two hard drives, the need for installed software, most of your hard disk space Don't be less than 1.6GB. If the space requirements are really tight, then it is recommended that you run "sfc /purgecache"; uninstall SP1; add "-n" parameter when executing the installation command during installation, so that Windows XP SP2 is not installed. Backup does not create an uninstall folder and other methods to reduce hard disk space usage. There are still a lot of tips for losing weight to Windows XP. We won't go into details here. You can refer to the previous article.
III. Preparation before installation
1. Since installing SP2 may cause many unforeseen problems, please be sure to back up important information (including personal documents, pictures, etc., collection before installation). Folder, CookIEs, registry, etc.), use the chkdsk.exe command to scan the disk, use the dfrg.msc command to open the "disk defragmenter" to sort out the disk fragmentation, detect whether the system is poisoned, check whether the system contains Trojans, "parasitic Insect software, check if the system time setting is correct, and install all patches released by Windows Update before installation.
2. If the "Fast User Switching" mode is enabled, please log out other users and log in with the administrator user; please close all running programs (especially the firewall and Anti-virus software); For security reasons, it is recommended that you open the system restore function of Windows XP.
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installation: a number of issues need to be addressed a
the four ways to install SP2
For Chinese Windows XP users, we can update and install SP2 through Windows Automatic Update Service, Windows Update, download SP2 network installation package, and SP2 installation CD. It should be noted that the use of Windows automatic update service requires us to open the automatic update of Windows XP, SP2 Chinese version network installation package download address: http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/6/4 [f>http://download.microsoft.com//Download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d
-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe (266MB). You can get a free reservation for the SP2 installation CD. Reference address: http://www.microsoft.com/Windowsxp/
downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx.
Tip: If you installed a previous version to version 2135,2149 SP2, you can upgrade directly from the installed base, but requires prior run "Regedit" command to open the registry, navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE \\ SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion, delete the two key values CSDVersion and CurrentBuildNumber. In addition, SP2 installation does not require SP1 to be installed first, and can be upgraded directly from the original Windows XP Pro/Home.
Second, the solution installation process atapi. sys
problem if you install the daemontools and other virtual drive software, upgrade SP2 may encounter an error "ERROR: atapi.sys is open or in use by another application", we can uninstall the software After installing SP2, you can also remove the atapi.sys in the C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\drivers directory and then install SP2. After the installation, the system will rebuild the file. If a file error occurs during the installation process, you will need to copy the relevant files from the Windows XP installation CD.