On 2/28/12 2:22 PM, Ray_Net wrote: > TMitchell wrote: >> Is there any difference or advantage between updating SM via the >> update option within the program itself versus going to the website >> and downloading the complete new version and installing it over the >> older one? > I prefer to clean-up the windows details to .... > 0. download on my pc the .exe and all extensions i need. > 1. make a backup of the profile. > 2. Add-Remove Program to delete completely the old SM version. > 2a. Unplug Internet connection. > 3. Reboot the pc and install the new fresh SM version. > 4. Install the downloaded extensions. > 5. Re-Check the automatic update options and other options as well. > 6. Re-Connect Internet.
Except for #2 (not excepting #2a) and #3, I do approximately the same thing when installing a new version of SeaMonkey. However, I also have a tool that logs all changes to my Windows registry and which files are new, deleted, or changed. I tweak my registry to ensure that Wordpad is the default editor for HTML files and that an old Mozilla icon is used on HTM and HTML files. Finally, I tweak the install.rdf files in any extensions that indicate incompatibility with the new version of SeaMonkey. Why do I download the installer file and then disconnect from the Internet? * I do not want any extraneous activity to appear in the logging of registry and file changes. Such extraneous activities might include recalibrating my PC clock based on Internet queries to atomic clocks around the world and automatic updates of the virus definition database of my anti-virus application. * I maintain both my own PC and my wife's. I want install updates twice but download them only once. * I do not want SeaMonkey to query addons.mozilla.org regarding extension compatibility (or whatever handles that issue). Not only does this impact my logging, but it also hides situations where compatibility depends only on version numbers are contained in the install.rdf files. This latter is important because I also separately log the installation and updates of extensions, for which I thus need compatibility to exist without any Internet connection. * I archive the installer file in case I need to recreate my configuration. This is handy when setting up a new PC, especially for software that I still use but is no longer available. Remember, no software is obsolete if it still performs the tasks you want done. Thus, my default E-mail application is Eudora Lite 3.0.6 from 1997; and I am still using Office 97 (updated for Y2K). By the way, for "minor" SeaMonkey updates (e.g., 2.7.1 to 2.7.2), I use FTP to download the partial MAR files instead of the complete installer EXE files. Using the information at <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file>, I created a DOS script to update from the MAR files. For "major" updates (e.g., from 2.6.1 to 2.7), I download the installer EXE files. Whether using EXE or MAR files (or extensions from XPI files), my installation process involves logging without an Internet connection. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
