Re: Uninstall Updates Folders

Did you read the SP2 install notes as you installed it? It may have said
something like you can't
uninstall it. Reinstall from scratch to lose it.


"RoyC" <RoyC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B79DF378-401E-41A4-A03A-8383C9E1F3CE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am only talking about the uninstall files under windows and sp2 uninstall
> file. I have xp sp1 installation disk and if I need to do a repair install
> I
> will need to uninstall sp2 to do that and need to know if I burn it to cd
> or
> dvd will I be able to use that to put the uninstall files back and
> uninstall
> sp2.
>
> "Alan Smith" wrote:
>
>>
>> "RoyC" <RoyC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:D9729FED-A0AF-4714-AA6F-D14D2F2A2304@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > If I burned all the update and sp2 uninstall files to a dvd and then
>> > deleted
>> > them from windows and at a later time wanted to uninstall sp2 or any
>> > update
>> > and moved them back to windows would that work ? The only reason I
>> > would
>> > want
>> > to do this is in case I needed to do a repair installation later. I
>> > have a
>> > notebook and would like to have the hard drive space.
>> > Thanks for any responce.
>> > Roy
>>
>> It depends on what the problem is. It wouldn't work if your CD drive
>> wasn't
>> working. But you are talking about two different things. If you've saved
>> the
>> update files then so long as they can be accessed if needed then why
>> would
>> it matter where they are?
>>
>>
>>



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