SP3 installed correctly

Hello;

I finally decided that installation of Vista on my Inspiron 6000 is not cost
effective. However, it might last until 2014 even if I don't. I will be 84
by that time. However, my Dimension 4600 will go to desktop heaven sometime
next year; hence installation of SP3 on it is not likely.

So, I decided that I should install SP3 on the laptop.

The installation started at 1:30 PM and was done by 2:30 PM. I did
disconnect every device not needed for the upgrade (USB drive and HP
printer). I turned off the router and NOD32.

So far, everything seems to be running just as before.

Jim

Jim wrote:
> I finally decided that installation of Vista on my Inspiron 6000 is
> not cost effective. However, it might last until 2014 even if I
> don't. I will be 84 by that time. However, my Dimension 4600 will
> go to desktop heaven sometime next year; hence installation of SP3
> on it is not likely.
> So, I decided that I should install SP3 on the laptop.
>
> The installation started at 1:30 PM and was done by 2:30 PM. I did
> disconnect every device not needed for the upgrade (USB drive and HP
> printer). I turned off the router and NOD32.
>
> So far, everything seems to be running just as before.

Not surprsing to me - but nice to see a positive posting in a place usually
reserved for problems. ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>> I finally decided that installation of Vista on my Inspiron 6000 is
>> not cost effective. However, it might last until 2014 even if I
>> don't. I will be 84 by that time. However, my Dimension 4600 will
>> go to desktop heaven sometime next year; hence installation of SP3
>> on it is not likely.
>> So, I decided that I should install SP3 on the laptop.
>>
>> The installation started at 1:30 PM and was done by 2:30 PM. I did
>> disconnect every device not needed for the upgrade (USB drive and HP
>> printer). I turned off the router and NOD32.
>>
>> So far, everything seems to be running just as before.
>
> Not surprsing to me - but nice to see a positive posting in a place
> usually reserved for problems. ;-)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
That is precisely why I posted the message. Since the posting, I have
created a full backup of the system drive with ATI. I have also created a
system state backup with Ntbackup. Both operations were successful, as I
expected.

I also updated Belarc which requires internet access.

Jim