Re: SP3 uninstall question
- From: "xylophone" <m-rharrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:57:51 +0100
JS
Thanks. I think Bear has answered the technical question.
It may interest you, and Bear, that the reason for the Windows reinstall was
that I installed
the Sony program, stupidly, without checking it was SP1. It wasn't.
I excuse myself to a large extent in that the program should have said when
I tied to run it, beware, this is an SP2 program (you are on SP1). Everyone
who knows about these things agrees with me this is what should have
happened, it didn't, and it has been suggested to me strongly that this is
bad program design on Sony's part. After the program installed, my SP1
machine became unbelievably slow, so much so, Dell confirmed a reinstall of
Windows was necessary. I did that, and in the trauma of that (I am very
nervous in such situations), I just went for SP3, on the basis that if I
wanted to get up to date, I might as well get fully up to date. If the Sony
program is no good for SP3, on which the retailer willl advise me, I can't
take stuff off the camcorder onto my PC. At least, that is how I see it as
of now. Perhaps there is another program Sony say I could use to do so. I
only bought the thing a few weeks ago, so my best bet might well be to
return the item to the retailer and get my money back, if the retailer will
play ball. What a complicated web we sometimes weave - all because I didn't
read the install instructions 100% - the OS bit was on another page of the
guide.!! An object lesson for us all.
you that
"JS" <@> wrote in message news:%23Ei3MiS3IHA.3384@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Uninstall SP3, Install SP2
(since you implied you went straight from SP1 to SP3).
Install Sony camcorder program, verify Sony program works OK,
Then install SP3 and again verify Sony program still works OK.
JS
"xylophone" <m-rharrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eZon2PS3IHA.784@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Dell XP was on SP1. Had to reinstall Windows. Chose to do so to SP3.
Used Dell reinstall CD and
thereafter Microsoft/Windows Update. Works perfectly. Now, may have to
consider
uninstalling SP3 in order to install a Sony camcorder program which is
SP2. Enquiring via retailer if program OK with SP3 (Sony website not
mention SP3, at all: why not?). Meantime, I see in Add/Remove I can
uninstall SP3 there. My question is - if I do so, and bearing in mind I
reinstalled Windows to SP3, will the uninstall take me back to SP2?
Might there be problems there? The reinstall was traumatic, and I don't
want to reinstall Windows again if I can possibly avoid it.
Advice/comments?
.
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