Hello Mary, Thursday, January 6, 2005, 6:48:27 AM, you wrote and sent the following: > What order should I proceed in?
> 1) I have the CD for the SP2 to install on this year-old copy of > Windows XP-Home which the notebook comes with. > 2) From there I need to go on-line and obtain all the XP-Home SP2 > updates. > 2a) Should I first replace the AV, then do the Windows Updates? > 2b) Or should I let the bundled PC-Cillin run, and then after the MS > updates put my AV of choice on? > 3) I already know the third piece of software I'm going to install on > the new machine: It's called The Bat! > P.S. I am on broadband, but behind a router. I'm either going to use > the Sony's wifi that I presently don't know how to use, or else take > the Desktop cable connection to Comcast loose and attach it to the > little notebook for all this downloading. > Special thoughts and prayers for me, a "babe-in-the-woods" of new > hardware and software, will be greatly appreciated. :) Hope this helps, worth reading: How to Secure (and Keep Secure) My (New) Computer(s): A Layered Approach: http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/8463 On the, whole if you haven't got a firewall in place, take care of that first before connecting to the 'Net. So applying SP2 might be the first answer. SP2 has a basic one built in to it. Many people have reported issues with applying SP2 (many have said it went smoothly, it did for me). A back-up before something major is not a bad idea. With the FW in place, anytime you connect to the Net to do anything else you are protected against most nasties. -- Andrew Using The Bat! 3.0.1.33 On Windows XP, 5.1 Build: 2600 I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
