From: doregan@verizon.net   
      
   On 3/21/2014 8:35 PM, Auric__ wrote:   
   > I tried installing XP on a new-to-me (Pentium 4-ish) machine, but despite   
   > repeated attempts, using numerous sources (including my original no-service-   
   > pack disk), I've yet to get it installed properly.   
   >   
   > The main problem is, networking doesn't get installed. At all. Or at least,   
   > not so I can tell.   
   >   
   > (Also, local disk management fails to work, but I'm hoping that's a secondary   
   > issue.)   
   >   
   > I'm looking for some ideas as to where I should start troubleshooting. Or   
   > perhaps a decent google search; my prodding has failed.   
   >   
      
   I just did two completely new installs of XP using the original XP Home   
   edition CD.  A real pain.  You need to do it incrementally or by a CD   
   with SP3 already on it.   
      
   Incrementally, I started both with newly formatted HDs. Add SP1, Sp2,   
   Sp3, plus various net framework installs.  Then add IE8.0.   
      
   The clean installs needed hardware-specific drivers, so you won't access   
   the net until you do that.  Overall, it was a great waste of time.  Both   
   machines work fine now.   
      
   A good approach is to download and save all of the updates to another   
   machine and then move them to the subject updated machine via a network   
   or flash drive.   
      
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