Sharing WinXP system installation and setting manual manual skill

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 if 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 there may be problems when installing SP2 can not be installed or installed can not be activated. How to predict in advance whether your system can successfully install SP2?

Method 1: Open the resource manager and run “Help → Is this Windows legal? & rdquo; menu, click “Validate Now” in the open page, after a while, the page will ask you to install an ActiveX plugin called "ProductIDGatherer", click & ldquo; Yes & rdquo; after installing it 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".

Tip: For Windows XP SP1/Server 2003, this method can also be used to verify the legality of its registration serial number.

Method 2: Call Microsoft China's toll-free 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 SP2 installation

SP2 installation is divided into network installation and download to hard disk installation, for the need of software installation, your hard disk space is the most Good not to be less than 1.6GB, if the space requirements are really tight, then it is recommended that you run “sfc /purgecache”; uninstall SP1; add the "-n" parameter during the installation process, let Windows XP SP2 install When you do not back up or create an uninstall folder, you can reduce the 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). Folders, cookies, registry, etc.), use the chkdsk.exe command to scan the disk, use the dfrg.msc command to open the "disk defragmenter", tidy up the disk fragmentation, check if the system is poisoned, check whether the system contains Trojans, & ldquo; Parasite & rdquo; software, check the system time settings are correct, whether all patches released by Windows Update are installed before installation.

2. If the "Quick User Switching" mode is enabled, please log out other users and log in as an administrator; please close all running programs during installation (especially firewall and antivirus) Software); For security reasons, it is recommended that you open the system restore function of Windows XP.

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