XP Media Ctr Recovery disk re-install

  My O/S system is acting up after removing a port monitoring system from AT&T
my DSL provider. Some of the icons in the try were removed , and IE explorer
7 is now acting up when 2 or more Adobe PDF files are open and closed, I get
a non responding box.  I also lost the ability to regulate my battery setting
on this laptop.  I think the easiest solution is to just back up file and
stick in the recovery Cd.
Is it advisable to install SP 2 and SP 3 directly one after another or
shoould I do MS updates in between ?  Is there a limit to how many times
Office can be installed? It would be my 3rd, since I had to change my hard
drive last year.
Any help would be appreciated, Im uneasy when it comes to software
installations etc.
Alfonso Fernandez
fernandeza@att.net

 You can install SP3 either over SP1 or,SP2.

Regarding Office installation:-

Ref:-
Activation and Product Licensing Policies
How many installations can be made with one product license? ...

http://www.microsoft.com/norge/piracy/activation_faq.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927921

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]





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