Upgrade must-see: Win XP SP2 installation and installation manual

Recently, there are 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. , almost equivalent to a new version of Windows XP, which also makes us more difficult to install and configure than SP1, you will encounter some unforeseen problems during the installation process. 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 Technology
, if you use a genuine burning disk to install Windows XP, then when installing SP2, there may be problems that cannot be installed or installed and cannot be activated. 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, this method can also be used to verify the legality of the registration serial number.

Method 2: Call Microsoft China's toll-free number (number: 8008301832), directly tell the wiring lady your Windows XP key, the other party will tell you whether the key is legal.

Second, vacate the hard disk space for the SP2 installation

SP2 installation is divided into network installation and download to the hard disk installation, for the need of software installation, your hard disk space is the most 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 firewall and anti-virus software) during the installation process. For security reasons, it is recommended that you open the system restore function of Windows XP.


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Installation: Several problems need to be solved
One, four ways to install SP2
For Chinese Windows XP users, we can use Windows Automatic update service, Windows Update, download SP2 network installation package, and install SP2 through 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 the SP2 version with the previous version number 2135, 2149, you can upgrade from this basis, but you need to run the "Regedit" command to open the registry and navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\ SOFTWARE\\" Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion”, delete the two key values ​​CSDVersion and CurrentBuildNumber under it. 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, solve the atapi during the installation process. Sys problem
If you install a virtual CD-ROM software such as daemontools, you may encounter the error "ERROR: atapi.sys is open or in use by another application" when you upgrade SP2. We can uninstall these software before installing. SP2, you can also remove the atapi.sys in the C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\drivers directory and then install SP2. After the installation is complete, 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.
Third, if the installation fails
SP2 still has various problems. If you install SP2, the installation fails and you want to abort the installation. The steps are a bit more troublesome.
1. If the system restore function is turned on
Restart the computer, if you can enter the system, restore the system to the state before the SP2 was installed. If not, try to press F8 to enter the safe mode during the startup. If the security mode cannot be accessed, after the power-on self-test is completed, press the F8 key, then select the “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” item in the menu, then log in as an administrator and type “ at the command prompt”. The %systemroot%\\system32\ estore\ strui.exe" command, after the carriage return, can perform the system restore operation according to the system prompt.
2. If the system restore function is not turned on
First use the Windows XP CD to start the computer, press the R button to enter the Recovery Console when installing the welcome screen, follow the prompts to enter the administrator username and password and enter the console command prompt interface. , execute the following command:
cd $NtServicePackUninstall$\\Spuninst
batch spuninst.txt
exit
Restart the computer from the hard disk, enter XP, run the "CMD" command to open the command prompt window, execute The following command:
cd %Windir%\\$NtServicePackUninstall$\\Spuninst
spuninst.exe
Next, follow the prompts to uninstall SP2.
After installation: configuration and troubleshooting
First, SP2 set skills point to pass
1. Retrieving lost IE image verification code
After installing SP2, most users found that they could not display the verification code image (shown as a red cross) in some places where they need to fill in the verification code. This is a very serious problem. Bug. The solution is: run the "Regedit" command to open the registry editor, then navigate to "[HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Security]", and create a new REG_DWord value named "BlockXBM" on the right side of the window. Its value is set to "0" (hexadecimal value).
2. Solve the problem of slow download speed of BT
Many friends found after installing SP2: If you open BT download file, either BT is obviously slower, or the speed is very slow when you open the webpage again, and even the problem of "can't open webpage" appears. This is because the SP2 default setting limits the number of TCP simultaneous connection requests to less than 10. Currently, we can solve this problem in two ways.
Method 1: Turn off anti-virus software. Turning off anti-virus software can alleviate this problem to some extent, but for system security, I don't recommend this method.
Method 2: Modify the tcpip.sys file. We use Winhex (the download address is: http://JS-http.skycn.Net:8180/down/HA_WHex11_2SR1_ZQ.rar
) to complete the modification work, the specific method is as follows: first C:\\WINDOWS Copy the tcpip.sys file in the \\SYSTEM32\\DRIVERS directory to another directory, open the backup file with Winhex, and locate the "00000130" and "4F322" lines in the offset column, and set the original value to "6E 12 06 00". “0A 00 00 00” was changed to “62 13 06 00” and “FE FF FF 00” respectively. After saving, copy the files in the safe mode to overwrite the files with the same name under C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\DRIVERS, C:\\WINDOWS\\SERVICEPACKFILES\\I386, C:\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\ DLLCACHE folder. It is worth noting that the above is the modified data of SP2 2180 version. For other versions, the modified data values ​​are different. You can refer to http://www.lvllord.de/4226fix/4226fix
- The data provided in the table in en-manual.htm.
Tip: You can also directly use a patch made by a foreign master (applicable to most popular SP2 versions), first tcpip. Copy the sys file to a directory, download the patch (download address: http//www.lvllord.de/4226fix/EvID4226Patch20c.exe) and put it in tcpip. After the sys directory is running, restart the computer after the completion, and finally tcpip. The sys file copy is overwritten into the above three folders.
3. Let Style XP come back to life
Many friends are using Style XP to beautify the system, but after installing SP2, Style XP can't be used. There are two solutions, we can download the latest version of Style XP, download address: http://www.tgtsoft.com/download.PHP
, you can also use the method of modifying uxtheme.dll: Copy uxtheme.dll under %systemroot%\\system32