Re: Repair XP SP2 installation with XP SP1 CD-ROM

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Seems like you have mixed code with both probably leading to future
problems.
If SP-2 was truly gone, you would not have what you have.
If SP-2 was installed, you would not have what you have.
You currently have something that can not be relied upon.
Winver does not tell the whole story and clearly in your case is not
reliable.

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"Stephen" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Poor Carey Frishe, God love him, Yup. Chiming in, so to speak, I want to
> say
> I did a repair of a clean installed WinXPSP2 using a WinXPSP1 CD-ROM.
>
> THE result was the Windows installation was downgraded to WinXPSP1. Some
> of
> the SP2 icons remained in the Control Panel.
>
> I clicked on the Security Center icon .. the panel opened but reported
> that
> the Security Center was unavailable because the service had not started.
> Clicking on the Windows Firewall and Wireless Network Setup Wizard icons
> just threw up error messages.
>
> Winver reported SP1.


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