You cannot use the Express installation option to install SP1 on computers running Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.

Important

During the download, check the URL of the Web site to make sure that you are downloading files from Microsoft.

Because downloading XPsp1.exe takes a substantial amount of time, you might want to save the file on your computer. This way, if you need to restart the installation or reinstall SP1, you will not need to download the file again. Because of the size of this file, if your computer has more than one hard disk, you should save XPsp1.exe on a disk other than your system disk.

2.4 Installing Service Pack 1 on Multiple Computers

You can install SP1 on multiple computers from a shared folder on an internal network. Using this medium, you can create a logon script that installs SP1 when users next log on to their computers. You can also specify command-line options that control how SP1 is installed. For example, you can install Windows XP along with SP1 in an integrated installation. Even if SP1 is installed from a folder over the network, users can still store their SP1 source files locally.

Important

If you complete an integrated installation of Windows XP and the beta version of SP1, in order to use the commercially released version of this product, you will need to complete a clean installation.

Because shared folders are the most common means of distributing service packs for corporate installations, the other distribution media are not covered in this Readme file.

To install SP1 from a shared folder, you must copy XPsp1.exe to the folder from which you want to install SP1. You can download XPsp1.exe from the Microsoft Beta Web site, or you can copy it from the Service Pack 1 CD. When you run XPsp1.exe, the updated system files are extracted. By default, Update.exe then automatically installs the updated system files and makes the necessary registry changes. After the computer is restarted, the installation is complete and Windows XP runs with an updated file set.

Important

If a system file on a computer becomes corrupted or needs to be replaced for some other reason, you will need the SP1 source files to replace that system file.

To install Service Pack 1 from a shared folder

1. Create and share the folder from which you want to install SP1.
2. Copy XPsp1.exe to the shared folder from the Service Pack 1 CD or a Web download.
3. Before you begin the installation, ensure that any real-time virus checkers are disabled on the computers on which you will install SP1.

   This step is important because real-time virus checkers could cause problems with the installation if they are running.

4. To install SP1 from the shared folder, type the following at the command prompt:

   E:\SP1\XPsp1.exe

   In this example, the computer on which the shared folder resides is mapped to drive E:, and the shared folder is named SP1. You can include command-line options as needed. For example, you can include the /Z option to prevent the computer from restarting before you install hotfixes.

5. Reenable the virus checkers after the installation is complete, after you have installed any hotfixes or other system updates, and after the computer has restarted.

Command-Line Options for Installing Service Pack 1

You can define the way SP1 is installed by typing one or more of the following command-line options when you run XPsp1.exe or Update.exe. You can precede the options with either a forward slash (/) or a hyphen (-), and the options are not case-sensitive.

Using Command-Line Options

You can use these options to install SP1 as follows: For an unattended installation, use the /U option:

XPsp1.exe /U

Use this option to install SP1 using all of the default options. The installation will not prompt you for input, but the installation progress bar will appear throughout the installation process. For a quiet installation, use the /Q option:

XPsp1.exe /Q

Use this option to install SP1 the same way as described for the unattended installation. However, neither the progress bar nor any errors that might occur will appear during the installation. To force open applications to close at before the computer is restarted, use the /F option:

XPsp1.exe /F

After the installation is completed, you must close all open applications before restarting the computer. Use this option to force applications to close without saving files. You can use this option in conjunction with other command-line options, with the exception of /S (used for integrated installation mode), /L (used to list installed hotfixes), and /Z (used to prevent the computer from restarting automatically after the installation). To prevent the automatic creation of backup files for removing SP1, use the /N option:

XPsp1.exe /N

Use this option to prevent the creation of the backup files needed to remove SP1. This option can help save disk space, but you will not be able to remove SP1 at a later date. If you use this option, the Add or Remove Programs entry is not added for removing SP1, and you will not be able to remove SP1 from the command line.

You can use this option in conjunction with other command-line options, with the exception of /S (used for integrated installation mode) and /L (used to list installed hotfixes). To prevent the computer from automatically restarting after SP1 is installed, use the /Z option:

XPsp1.exe /Z

Use this option to prevent the computer from restarting automatically after SP1 is installed. You can use this option in conjunction with other command-line options, with the exception of /S (used for integrated installation mode) and /L (used to list installed hotfixes). To list the hotfixes that are currently installed, use the /L option:

XPsp1.exe /L

Use this option to display all of the hotfixes that are currently installed on the computer. This option is not designed for use in conjunction with any other command-line options. To deploy Windows XP with SP1, use the /S:folder_name option:

XPsp1.exe /S:folder name

Use this option to deploy Windows XP with SP1 as an integrated installation, thus saving time. This feature is not available for hotfixes.

To see which hotfixes are installed at any given time, type the following at the command prompt:

qfecheck.exe

For more information about the Qfecheck.exe program, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q282784: Qfecheck.exe Verifies the Installation of Windows 2000 and Windows XP Hotfixes Q304864: Qfecheck Hotfix Tool Reports False Need to Reinstall Freshly Installed Hotfixes

Command-Line Options for XPsp1.exe Only

The following table identifies additional command-line options that only the XPsp1.exe program supports.

Command-line option	Description
/X	Extracts service pack files without starting Update.exe. You are prompted to provide the path for the folder in which you want the extracted XPsp1.exe file to be placed.
/U /X:folder_name	Extracts service pack files and places them in the <folder name> folder without prompting and without starting Update.exe.

Important

SP1 will not be fully operational until your computer has been restarted.

3.0 Installing the Service Pack 1 Debugging Symbol Files

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The debugging symbol files are recommended for system administrators and other advanced users who will be diagnosing Windows XP system problems. To use the symbol files successfully, you need the symbol files for both Windows XP and SP1. If you already have the Windows XP debugging symbol files, you should install the SP1 debugging files in the same folder where you have your Windows XP symbol files. If you do not already have the Windows XP debugging symbol files, you can download a complete set of symbols for Windows XP with SP1 from the How to Get Symbols page on the Microsoft Debugging Tools Web site.

To install the debugging symbol files for SP1 only, click here. During the installation, the SP1 debugging symbol files are copied over any existing versions of the debugging symbol files in the symbol installation directory. 

Note

You do not need to have debugging symbol files installed for your computer to operate properly.

You can also download symbols from the How to Get Symbols page on the Microsoft Debugging Tools Web site. This page also contains information about the Microsoft Symbol Server, which enables you to download symbols on demand during a debugging session. For more information and to obtain the most current version of Debugging Tools for Windows, see the Microsoft Debugging Tools Web site.

4.0 Removing Service Pack 1

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If you chose to create backup files when you installed SP1, you can use Add or Remove Programs to remove SP1 at any time and restore your computer to its previous state.

Note

If you choose to remove SP1, a dialog box displays a list of the applications that you installed since you installed SP1. If you continue with the removal, these applications might not work correctly.

Multiple descriptions of some applications might appear instead of a single generic description. You should ignore these additional descriptions.

5.0 Copyright

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