Re: SP3 will not install but no error message

I don't think it will matter which method you use...try whichever is easiest. If the process completes successfully, and boots, it should be OK.
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
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"LewB" <whoislew@xxxxxxxxxxx(sparethespam)> wrote in message news:AA836C7B-F528-4F69-A990-863957DB7AAE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well I do have an Isobuster 2.0 program on this computer that I used to make
a slipstream for Windows XP to make XP SP2 disc for a backup program
(Retrospect) a few years ago. It was complicated but did work although I
have never had to use it. Anyway is this a better, safer way to make the
boot disc on the second "uncertain re:clean" computer??
Lew
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LJB


"glee" wrote:

Since you don't know if you have a clean system, you'll have to try it
on a questionable system. You can download it to one of your Windows
systems, put a CD in the burner and double-click the downloaded exe file
to have it burn a bootable disc.
OR
You can double-click the exe file without putting a CD in the burner,
and when it can't continue and you quit, it will offer to save a disc
image as an .iso file on your hard drive. If you choose that option,
you can then use an .iso burning app to make a CD from the .iso

Making the CD from an .iso can be done with third-party burning
programs, such as Nero, ImgBurn, or the free ISO Recorder.

"Odd person" sounds good to me! ;-) Actually OP stands for "Original
Post-er" or "Original Post" in the newsgroups.
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
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"LewB" <whoislew@xxxxxxxxxxx(sparethespam)> wrote in message
news:761AD82F-A693-42A2-982C-108A9401632E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The tutorial suggests I make the boot disc on a "clean" computer, > not
> the one
> the boot scan is to be used. I have another WIndows computer but
> there are
> similar questions on it regarding viruses/malware. And it has > McAfee
> on it
> from Cox. So what if I make the boot disc on it and then use it to
> boot on
> this computer? I have a Mac desktop but you cannot make a Windows
> boot disc
> on that system according to their tech support. I did download the
> file to
> the Mac but when opened only computer gobbledegook comes up. Ken
> suggests
> removing Microsoft Antispyware but do I run an outside scan first
> before
> removal? Clarification of "OP"....Odd Person, Old Person, > Operator,
> or
> something else?
> Lew
>
> -- > LJB
>
>
> "glee" wrote:
>
>> Exactly, and if it's been sitting there for very long, it may well
>> have
>> invited root kits aboard.....which is why I have been suggesting
>> (withoput success) that the OP run a scan from outside Windows, >> i.e.
>> an
>> boot CD AV scan.
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O33writ2KHA.4336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Could be a rogue!
>> >
>> > Sunbelt Blog: Fake Microsoft Antispyware Center:
>> > http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/fake-microsoft-antispyware-center.html
>> >
>> > McAfee Labs Blog: AntiSpyStorm: Fake Microsoft AntiSpyware >> > Center
>> > pushing Adware
>> > http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2007/10/11/antispystorm-fake-microsoft-antispyware-center-pushing-adware/
>> >
>> > Fake Microsoft AntiSpyware Site Aims For Credit Card Numbers
>> > http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202401707
>> >
>> >
>> > LewB wrote:
>> >> In Program Files this is listed as Microsoft Antispyware and >> >> has 3
>> >> folders
>> >> Deactivated Items, Quarantined, and TempUpdates and 13 files >> >> and
>> >> 17MB
>> >> total
>> >> size. Modified on %-% 2006. Perhaps as someone suggested this
>> >> could
>> >> be
>> >> Windows Defender? There is a separate listing for Defender >> >> that
>> >> has
>> >> a 2007
>> >> date but the file makeup is much different and has only 4.5MB. >> >> I
>> >> tried to
>> >> copy this for your review but it won't take here...and I can't
>> >> copy
>> >> it as
>> >> text to Word to send it along either.
>> >> Lew
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:44:01 -0700, LewB
>> >>> <whoislew@xxxxxxxxxxx(sparethespam)> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I have Microsoft Antispyware Program on this computer,
>> >>>> apparently
>> >>>> there
>> >>>> since 2006.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> There is no program with that name. Please clarify exactly >> >>> what
>> >>> you
>> >>> mean. Do you mean Defender?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Was this the predecessor of the MSE program and needs to be
>> >>>> removed before downloading MSE? I should be able to disable >> >>>> the
>> >>>> McAfee
>> >>>> and then run the MSE to see how the two compare?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> MSE is much better than McAfee.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> I haven't tackled the somewhat involved process >> >>>> recommended
>> >>>> by
>> >>>> Glen and
>> >>>> for home use question if this is a bit of "overkill"?
>> >>>> Also I downloaded, installed and ran Malwarebytes and it
>> >>>> came
>> >>>> up with
>> >>>> two items after hours of full scanning and these were >> >>>> removed.
>> >>>> I
>> >>>> also
>> >>>> downloaded and installed and ran SuperAntiSpyware and it >> >>>> found
>> >>>> three items
>> >>>> from AdWare. What do you folks think about the Spyblaster
>> >>>> program
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> AdWare?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> They are OK, but not a good as Malwarebytes and >> >>> SuperAntiSpyware.
>> >>> I
>> >>> would run them *instead* of Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware,
>> >>> but I
>> >>> don't object to also running them.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> I don't know if this thread is being followed by all so >> >>>> will
>> >>>> copy this
>> >>>> comment to the others. Thanks.
>> >>>> Lew
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:17:01 -0700, LewB
>> >>>>> <whoislew@xxxxxxxxxxx(sparethespam)> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Ok I then would appreciate your best suggestion, free or
>> >>>>>> otherwise. The
>> >>>>>> computer store that did some diagnostics for me said they >> >>>>>> like
>> >>>>>> Spyseeper
>> >>>>>> antivirus from Webroot. I had their basic program spyware
>> >>>>>> program for a
>> >>>>>> number of years before their antivirus program became
>> >>>>>> available.
>> >>>>>> There
>> >>>>>> should be some consensus of opinion from those of you that
>> >>>>>> follow
>> >>>>>> these
>> >>>>>> matters closely as to the best two or three or four one >> >>>>>> should
>> >>>>>> consider.
>> >>>>>> Thanks.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Here are my recommendations:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Get one of the following anti-virus programs
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The best--NOD32
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Free and almost as good--Avira, Avast, or Microsoft Security
>> >>>>> Essentials (as I said in my last message).
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Also get at least the following two anti-spyware programs >> >>>>> (both
>> >>>>> freeware)--MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware.
>> >>>>> Having
>> >>>>> more
>> >>>>> than two is even better, but don't run them at the same >> >>>>> time.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:44:11 -0700, LewB
>> >>>>>>> <whoislew@xxxxxxxxxxx(sparethespam)> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Finally a computer wise person said
>> >>>>>>>> McAfee was available through my cable system (Cox) at no
>> >>>>>>>> cost
>> >>>>>>>> so I
>> >>>>>>>> went for it.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Ugh! There are several better anti-virus programs >> >>>>>>> available
>> >>>>>>> for
>> >>>>>>> free:
>> >>>>>>> Avira, Avast, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I have always considered it to be in the same league as
>> >>>>>>>> Norton,
>> >>>>>>>> etc. I
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> LOL! Yes, it's in *exactly* the same league as Norton. As >> >>>>>>> far
>> >>>>>>> as
>> >>>>>>> I
>> >>>>>>> (and many others here) am concerned those are the two >> >>>>>>> worst
>> >>>>>>> anti-virus
>> >>>>>>> programs available.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> It's a big shame, as far as I'm concerned. Twenty years or >> >>>>>>> so
>> >>>>>>> ago,
>> >>>>>>> McAfee was the best such program available, Then Norton >> >>>>>>> took
>> >>>>>>> over as
>> >>>>>>> the best. But today, Norton is the worst, and McAfee is
>> >>>>>>> second
>> >>>>>>> worst.
>> >>>>>>> What happened to them and why they went from the top to >> >>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>> bottom, I
>> >>>>>>> don't know.
>>
>> -- >> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
>> A+
>> http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> .
>>

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