In the almost 10 years that I've been working on Compaq/HP hardware I've never received any guidance near that.
That's not to say there might be specific components/accessories that would follow that guidance, but in general servers - nope, download, execute, reboot(if necessary). - John Barsodi From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Proliant Softpaqs What do you guys do for new SS cd installs? I was told by an HP support tech that you need to uninstall everything, which may take multiple reboots, then install the new one fresh? Is what you all do? jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~