Re: Uninstall/Reinstall WinXP SP2 vs WinXP Repair Install

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On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 10:11:02 -0700, Rich wrote:

Thanks for the response. I was leaning towards doing the full repair but
wasn't sure if the failed uninstall would cause problems. In the end, it
didn't. I was able to perform the repair using instructions provided by
Michael Stevens (www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm) and
everything seems to be 'normal'.

Since I used an XP disk with SP2 slipstreamed in I can no longer uninstall
SP2. This side effect is noted in other discussion group posts.

Rich,

good to hear that it worked.

As to being unable to uninstall SP2, I can't imagine why you
would want to. So that may be a tiny problem to swallow.

Hans-Georg

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