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Robert--
Hi. I'm currently helping with a first-time PC build and my partner and I
today installed the Windows XP Pro 32-bit OS on our system and encountered
something odd. According to the Microsoft article on installing an OS in
Windows XP, at the end of the build: "Part 3: Completing the Installation,"
we successfully got all the way to Step 19, the "Help Protect your PC by
turning on Automatic Updates" page where I declined to check Enable Automatic
Updates and checked "Not right Now" instead (I had a reason for doing this).
After continuing the Setup, the computer jumped all the way to Step 25, to
the "Thank You...click Finish" page!
After Setup finished, we got to Log On to our new system directly and bypass
the "first time" log on "Enter Administrator account and Password" Step which
was outlined in the Install Manual that came with our XP Pro software.
Lastly, the standby / hibernate button on the Shut Down screen is also
greyed out and unusable at present (Do we have to manually enable it?) We
did, however, find the Microsoft article #330909 which might apply to our
case but are unsure.
Is this normal for a first-time, clean installation of XP Pro or was our
installation faulty? The program seems to otherwise work just fine and we'll
add software drivers, etc., later. Has anyone else encountered this and is
this normal installation behavior or not?? Thanks in advance.
today installed the Windows XP Pro 32-bit OS on our system and encountered
something odd. According to the Microsoft article on installing an OS in
Windows XP, at the end of the build: "Part 3: Completing the Installation,"
we successfully got all the way to Step 19, the "Help Protect your PC by
turning on Automatic Updates" page where I declined to check Enable Automatic
Updates and checked "Not right Now" instead (I had a reason for doing this).
After continuing the Setup, the computer jumped all the way to Step 25, to
the "Thank You...click Finish" page!
After Setup finished, we got to Log On to our new system directly and bypass
the "first time" log on "Enter Administrator account and Password" Step which
was outlined in the Install Manual that came with our XP Pro software.
Lastly, the standby / hibernate button on the Shut Down screen is also
greyed out and unusable at present (Do we have to manually enable it?) We
did, however, find the Microsoft article #330909 which might apply to our
case but are unsure.
Is this normal for a first-time, clean installation of XP Pro or was our
installation faulty? The program seems to otherwise work just fine and we'll
add software drivers, etc., later. Has anyone else encountered this and is
this normal installation behavior or not?? Thanks in advance.