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Service pack 2

Since this is my first full, two-day weekend in six weeks I managed to do everything I needed to do today. That leaves me with tomorrow and nothing on my to-do list. So, what do I come up with, installing WindowsXP Service Pack 2 on both my laptop and desktop. Since the laptop is a tablet and sp2 gives me way cool new features, that’s the first to go under the knife.

For those wondering how I’m pulling this off without waiting for the “automatic update” feature of Windows to do this for me, you can download the 272.391MB version on the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers page. The only difference between this one and the auto version is that the auto version only downloads the files you need for your system. This download includes everything, but only installs the files you need. So, if you’re on dial-up, this is not the version you want.

I’ll report on the success or failure of the installs later.

Published by Michael Sauers

Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.

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