[ale] If you own (almost) ANY HDD, repartition with 4k boundaries

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

These links should help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936929
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389#method2

Do some reading to make sure the service pack is all inclusive, otherwise you might have to install sp1 thrn sp2 then sp3.  Backup first.  Massive service packs occasionally crash things.  Also, if you do a full image backup and restore to the same machine, all the patches should be there.  The current xp machine with auto update on should already be at sp3 level.

The xp machine might be able to run 7 if it has 1 gb or more of ram, although I haven't tried it.  7 is lighter than vista.  I'll probably retire my old xp machine next year rather than buy another win 7.

Sincerely,

Ron



Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:

>On 1/6/2013 08:53, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>> By the way, security patch support for Windows XP ends in something
>like 400 days.
>
>Speaking of this, anyone know how/where to download full copies of all 
>the patches (preferably in one giant download or at least something
>that 
>can be scripted).  I've got two machines that probably couldn't handle 
>Win7 and if I ever have to reinstall them, I'll need the patch files to
>
>bring them back up to reasonable security.
>
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