wny do i need sp2 on xp? see inside please

[amore125]

i have an amd athlon 2.66 processor with seperate segate hd on a compaq presario ez2600..ok it's 5 yrs old but pretty virgin..i wiped everything off the hd and reinstalled xp but i have sp 1...i'm not on the net..could be..but why?..what do you guys suggest i do before i reinstall pt le 7 and up?...thanks

[amore125]

actually part two of this question is: i have 1.1 gig interal ram...or 2 x 512k...a couple firewire cards...andpt versions le6 up to 7.1..which one wold work better given this set up?...bfd seems to stuttter a litte and i know it's timeto upgrade but i need to hold out for another month or two when i go 003 or better and either an new imac or mac pro..which seems to be the trend..so which version of pro tool le will work best with my ancient setup? thanks for the help...

[CS10987]

System reqirements for PT 7 say "SP2" required. Im not sure why they say that, but I can mention that you should check with your machine's manufacturer to see if your computer's BIOS supports SP2. I've got two identical machines- except the BIOS of one is earlier than the other. The older BIOS machine would not allow SP2 to be succesfully installed. It will require me flashing(updating) the BIOS before I can put SP2 on the older machine.
HTH,
CS

[CS10987]

Im totally new to PT though I have years of experience on DP and SX3, so I don't know the performance characteristics of PT. On a related note - I think I did read somewhere on the Cubase forum that someone over there said they didn't want the risks of installing SP2 so they just installed PT LE7 on their SP1 XP machine. They said it works, but who knows?
Is anyone succesfully running PT LE7 on XP SP1?

CS

[JMS40]

PT LE v7.x was written on SP2 equipped machines.
Wouldn't bet money it won't work on SP1, but...

It's funny, there are current threads wondering why Digi is so behind the times (XP 64... Vista). And this thread is wondering why it's not recommended to run on a legacy version of XP.

To the original poster... you obviously have an internet capable computer, you can download SP2 from Microsoft, burn it to a CD and install it on your Pro Tools computer.
http://tinyurl.com/5bobl

[mykhal c]

successfully runnin' 7.3.1 cs2 on SP1 on a P4. and FWIW, 7.3.1 is the best PTLE to date IMHO. and i've been usin' it since V5.x. hope that helps

[Jamtime]

successfully runnin' 7.3.1 cs2 on SP1 on a P4. and FWIW, 7.3.1 is the best PTLE to date IMHO. and i've been usin' it since V5.x. hope that helps

Yep, I have also tried 7.3.1 on SP1 and it worked perfect. One of my experiments with my old laptop, tried to keep it as clean as possible..

/Micke

[amore125]

thanks fr the replies..i couldn't even find servicepack 2 on the ms site...anything else i need to check for on my original machine in xp before i install pt 7.1?

[JMS40]

thanks fr the replies..i couldn't even find servicepack 2 on the ms site...

I gave you a link...
http://tinyurl.com/5bobl

[amore125]

i know and thanks but the laptop i use is windows vista...and the xp is on the desktop without internet access...so everytime i try to download the update it says i'm doing fine with sp 2..how do i isolate it and then download to burn and transfer???