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Installing Win2k, Off2K and VS6 tips?

  • 08-11-2002 2:38pm
    #1
    oneweb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,150 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I'm planning on installing (in this order):

    Windows 2000
    Win2K SP2
    Visual Studio 6
    VS6 SP5
    Office 2000
    O2K SP2

    Anyone think this is a bad idea in that order? It's for a fresh start, and I'd like to get it right pretty much first time. I've tried a google, but no matches are up to date on the Service Packs (SPs)

    All help, tips, dos and do-nots appreciated :)

    It is what it's.



Comments

  • #2
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    Check whether sp's are cumulative

    W2ksp2 IS, it has all of sp1 and more

    sp3 is current and there is a security only version of sp3 called (confusingly) a secirity rolloup sp2sr or something similar.

    Office2k SP2 is additional,
    sp1 is 27Mb while
    sp2 has an additional 9Mb and and there are more security patches since from

    http://office.microsoft.com

    you will be asked for the install cd a lot as well.

    I am not sure if VS6 sp5 is cumulative or additiional , I would do that last as it will install a debugger for crappy scripts and the like in IE

    M


  • #3
    ando
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭ando


    its nice to see some ppl having a bit of sence and staying with SP2 on win2k. SP3 is a bit of a nono in my experiance. I'll stick with SP2 until sp4 comes out


  • #4
    Dun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    Originally posted by ando
    its nice to see some ppl having a bit of sence and staying with SP2 on win2k. SP3 is a bit of a nono in my experiance. I'll stick with SP2 until sp4 comes out

    How come? I've had a lot less problems under SP3 than SP2.


  • #5
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Anyone think this is a bad idea in that order?

    VB is demon jism, I'd be inclined to installed Office first, because at least you know you'll be clean until you hit VB.

    That said, I'm defintely not authoritative on this: I installed VB /once/, just to have a poke and see what all the fuss was about, and uninstalling it really didn't do what I expected it to do. I ended up wiping a nice setup and starting again. I hate it when that happens.

    Nothing is as bad as Oracle though, when you uninstall it it leaves it's services behind, and running -- and they're hungry feckers too. What a whore of an application.

    Hey, aren't mods supposed to keep threads ON-topic?

    adam


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