Installation problems

[RadioHead84]

Is it really that bad to install windows wihout service pack one and then update it trhough windows update? is that little time without it that bad? I dont have another way of doing it

 

[dq]

Originally posted by: RadioHead84
Is it really that bad to install windows wihout service pack one and then update it trhough windows update? is that little time without it that bad? I dont have another way of doing it

You ran Windows without SP1 all that time before it came out.. Why would it be bad?
After all, a system is only as secure as you want it to be.

 

[AMCRambler]

Before you connect any xp machine to the internet you need to get the Blaster virus security patches on there, unless you have a firewall or router blocking the ports. Otherwise blaster will infect it. Damn thing is still out there on the net. It blows my mind. I loaded my girlfriend's laptop up and dialed up to get the patches, and sure enough I started getting those NT authority shut down messages. If you got a virus scan though that should stop it too, if you can update it before you connect to the web.

 

[RadioHead84]

is ok if i get the blaster worm and then install the patch...In my past experainces with it i ahve been able to get in and download the updates before i get shutdown