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Posted by - Bobb - on April 30, 2009, 10:06 am
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>> but will it then work at www.windowsupdate.com ? I sent PC back to her.
>> She's looking to buy a CD. Since her install will probably be dated
>> ~2001, I'd like her to then fetch the latest win2k, IE, WMP ... updates
>> ! THAT's where I thought msft would say " bad s/n" or "too old to run
>> install verification " etc . No ? Will it update OK from 8 yr old Win2000
>> SP1 CD for example ? Even if CD had been used on someone else's PC before
>> ? ( she'll be buying online from someone claiming "new / never used
>> CD...")
> I replaced a HD in an older computer about 3 weeks ago, installed from the
> Windows 2000 Professional CD with the CD key; Windows Update then updated
> itself, and several reboots later, the computer was fully up to date. It
> was necessary to update from SP1 to SP3 (I think, I
> still had SP4 and used it) before Windows Update would work, it also
> protested about the old version of IE. I updated IE to version 6 (newer
> versions will not work on W2000), then all else went well.
Recap:
Her disk had bad spot. I got it fixed and started Win2000 SP1 install. After
first reboot ( when it asks for language, kb type etc) I stopped and she was
going to use her restore CD. I sent PC back to her. Well, she has no restore
CD.
NOW:
I can send her W2k SP1 Cd that I used, have her continue - THEN update to
SP4,
BUT
can I send her W2k SP4 CD and have it just continue OK? Or would she have to
reboot/restart install with SP4 CD in there ?
( just trying to save her from starting from scratch but forget which files
are used already/different on SP1 vs SP4)
Either way - I'm done with it after that !
Thanks for the advice.
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>> She's looking to buy a CD. Since her install will probably be dated
>> ~2001, I'd like her to then fetch the latest win2k, IE, WMP ... updates
>> ! THAT's where I thought msft would say " bad s/n" or "too old to run
>> install verification " etc . No ? Will it update OK from 8 yr old Win2000
>> SP1 CD for example ? Even if CD had been used on someone else's PC before
>> ? ( she'll be buying online from someone claiming "new / never used
>> CD...")
> I replaced a HD in an older computer about 3 weeks ago, installed from the
> Windows 2000 Professional CD with the CD key; Windows Update then updated
> itself, and several reboots later, the computer was fully up to date. It
> was necessary to update from SP1 to SP3 (I think, I
> still had SP4 and used it) before Windows Update would work, it also
> protested about the old version of IE. I updated IE to version 6 (newer
> versions will not work on W2000), then all else went well.