Windows XP Installation Guide - Installation Guide Part 2
- Now is when we want to update the USB drivers
so that they are properly installed for USB2.0 functionality. To
do this, click Start Button, then right click My Computer and
choose Properties. Click the "Hardware" tab, then click the "Device Manager" button. On the tree in the Device Manager you
should see a device with a yellow question mark over it called
either "USB Controller", "Serial Device", or something of
similar wording.
Right click that device and choose
"Update
Driver." Make sure the "dot" is in the box called "Install the
Software Automatically" – then click the "Next" button.
Windows will find the proper USB2.0 drivers and
stack from Service Pack 1a and install them properly. Once the
process is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the computer.
It not, reboot now anyway as this is a major configuration
change.
- Intel Application Accelerator is not a
necessary piece of software to install. For every person who
reports good luck with IAA, there's another person reporting
bad luck. So installing IAA is a personal choice.
- Now is a very good time to install
Microsoft DirectX. Hopefully you'll still have your "Drivers
CD" to hand, if not you are going to have to download.
I would recommend the use of DirectX version
9.0b as this is stable and contains some bug fixes from the
original DirectX 9.0
- Now is the time you want to install your
LAN drivers. Depending on your motherboard and whether you
are using a PCI NIC or onboard NIC, Windows may or may not
have drivers installed already.
If you are using onboard LAN, go get the
CDROM that came with your motherboard. Put it in and install
the LAN drivers ONLY. Do not install any LAN Utility
software if possible. Follow all instructions rebooting if
required.
- It is now time to go online and get some
updates from Microsoft, either through your newly installed
network connection via broadband or through your old dial-up
modem (which should be installed now if required).
- Go to "Windows Update" and install all
available "non driver" updates. If some updates need to be
installed by themselves, the site will prompt you. If this
happens you will want to return to Windows Update after
rebooting to get the remainder of any "non driver" updates.
Only proceed to the next step once all "non
driver" updates have been installed.
- Now is when you want to update the
drivers for any PCI cards you have OTHER THAN your video
card, sound card, and TV Tuner card. Video, sound, and any
device that relies on video and sound should have their
drivers installed last.
Try whenever possible to use WHQL certified
drivers for best compatibility and system stability.
- Now you want to install your video card
drivers. Video card drivers are updated quite often and I
would recommend going along to the manufacturers website
rather than using any installation CD that came with the
card. Of course these drivers should also be on the "Drivers
CD" you created before starting all this.
Make sure you reboot your system after the
video card installation even if you are not prompted to do
so.
- Once the video drivers and software are
installed and you are back at the desktop, go ahead and
install your Sound Card drivers.
- Now install any TV Tuner card drivers if
you have such a device.
This is more or less "Job Done".
You've followed the rules listed in the
"Background" section of this guide and the end result should be
a very stable operating system installation. It may well be
worthwhile using your system for another week or so before
activating Windows, just to make sure all is as it should be.
<Background>
<Preparation Notes>
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