Re: SP2 DOWNGRAGED TO SP1 question



He may want to actually go back to a more compatible O/S!

Dont know if you noticed, but Microsoft is breaking as many things as they
are fixing! I actually had to uninstall SP1 of Server 2003 on my domain
controller because it was not compatible with my hardware. I think that is
an excellent reason to not get on the 'upgrade bandwagon.'

Outside the IT world, a lot of people and businesses have very good reasons
for not going with the status quo. I know of several businesses that have
absolutely no need to upgrade their NT and Win98 networks to 2003 and XP,
except that they cant get support from MS on those products any more. And
honestly, at this point, those O/S's have become so deprecated, it could
even be argued that they are more secure (once patched to date) without all
these extra technologies available.

Brooklyn... if you have a good reason to go back to SP1, then by all means,
dont let anyone discourage you from doing so. Sooner or later Microsoft
will realize they are quickly making their products extremely unattractive
to the business desktop. And the more of us that insist on sticking with
what we know works, the sooner that may be.

Just my 2 cents

Keith C. Jakobs, MCP


"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:OcmlH7enFHA.2904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You can't do that, plus why you would want to in the first place? SP2 is
> safer and more secure and, I believe, update support from Microsoft for
SP1
> is ending next year anyway.
> You'd have to uninstall SP2 if it's listed in Add/Remove or format and
> reinstall Windows using the SP1 or original system CD.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Home SP2
> P4 dual HT @ 3ghz, 360gb HD, 2gb DDR.
> "bRoOkLyN" <bRoOkLyN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:42FD72BD-6476-4F64-ADDD-69A7680A2DB2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I currently have sp2 and i would like to downgrade to sp1. My computer
was
> > formatted and sp2 was installed and I was wondering if I downloaded the
> > sp1
> > update from microsoft.com and I install it will that remove sp2 and
leave
> > me
> > with sp1?? is that possible or will it screw up the computer
>
>


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