topic Re: SP2 Upgrade in PCs & Accessories

SP2 Upgrade

gyron1 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:37:20 GMT

Hi Gents,

I have a Vaio PCG-Z1SP 1GB RAM/60GB HDD/1.5GHz CPU. The operating system is Windows XP Pro with SP1 pre-installled on delivery (some time ago).

I am currently installing MS Office Pro 2007 onto my wifes laptop (an VGN-FE31H with SP2 pre-installed).

I was also thinking of upgrading my (very old) MS Office with this same software but instructions say you must have SP2 installed. My question is whether 'you' think I am opening a can of worms upgrading my machine to SP2 (which I am continually being prompted to do). I seem to remember that some people had lots of problems upgrading their software to SP2.

Advice/opinions would be appreciated please.

Gyron

Re: SP2 Upgrade

Thalamus. — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:14:14 GMT

Hi Gyron,

I did not encounter any problems when I upgraded to SP2, installing Sp2 will plug a lot of holes and makes your PC more secure, this alone I feel makes it worthwhile upgrading..

Re: SP2 Upgrade

kee-lo_ — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:35:19 GMT

Had to do it twice to get my friend's RA104 to accept it, had to do a system restore (the windows app not reformat)

Re: SP2 Upgrade

gyron1 — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:22:36 GMT

Thank you Thalamus and Kee-Lo for replies. One for and one against by the sounds of things. I have so much trouble after using the DiscClean software I am very wary of creating more problems suh as the one cited by Kee-Lo. I think I would prefer to leave the upgrade for ime being IF possible.
If Office 2007 is 'saying' that I ought to have SP2 on the machine, would I be in trouble installing the Office 2007 'on top of' SP1 in your opinion?
Thanks again,
Gyron

Re: SP2 Upgrade

Blencogo — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:31:20 GMT

Hi Gyron,

My view would be that you are asking for more trouble installing Office 2007 on a SP1 machine than you are by installing SP2.

I think you should install SP2 if you are going to install Office 2007. I am just reading the System Requirements for Office 2007 that are very specific that SP2 or later is required. If you do not want to install SP2 then I would leave Office 2007 also.

I probably have a spare SP2 upgrade on CD if you need it.

Re: SP2 Upgrade

gyron1 — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:40:16 GMT

Hi Blencogo,
Hmm, thanks for that. One of the upgrade prompts I periodiclly get from the task bar is for SP2 but I have always resisted its installation because I had 'heard' on the Vaio Forum just how many problems various people seem to have had with it. So I guess I have it available there for upgrade - thanks for the offer.
Maybe I ought to back-up all important files and 'bite the bullet'!!
Thanks again,
Gyron