>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>What is the actual installation sequence for products I install in my system?
>>>>
>>>>I have NT, NT-SP5, VS6, VS-SP2...
>>>>
>>>>In what order should these be installed?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>Michael
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>>>NT, VS6, VS-SP2, NT-SP5
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>>Just out of curiosity, is there a specific reason for installing VS* before NT-SP5?
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>There are common components updated by both VS-SP2 and NT-SP5; it shouldn't make a difference, but I'd give SP5 preference to VS-SP2 in case something is sloppy in updating shared components.

That's what I figured. Update OS, then apps.