RE: Uninstalled SP2, and now computer wont start

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From: cheryl (nascarcher_at_aol.com/)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:05:08 -0700

Ivan did you backup your files, I understand your anger I got into 8hrs of
downloading this, quite and now I have been informed I need to backup files
so I don't lose data or crash

"Ivan" wrote:

> So I downloaded SP2 - Great, Wonderful. But then i realized that it sucks...
> I could not use most regular programs (including MICROSOFT word, excel,
> etc.) because of the firewall. So i disabled the firewall. It helped, but
> along the line i kept getting error messages about files and applications,
> and so on and so forth. So, after about a week, I was gonna watch one of my
> movies on my computer. It auto opened Windows Media and everything seemed
> ok. The WMP downloaded a coded online, automatically. I then got an erreo
> that the codec was not safe, because the publisher was not recognized. (Note
> that WINDOWS MP dowloaded the codec from MICROSOFT.com AUTOMATICALLY, using
> MICROSOFT AUTOMATIC UPDATE) So after i had enough, i went to control panel
> and did the whole uninstall process for SP2. All fine and dandy. At the end
> of the 10 minute uninstall, my computer had to restart, but once it shut
> down, it could get no farther than the boot screen b4 it restarted. I really
> need some help/tips to getting my computer running again without (i repeat
> without) losing all my files. Thanks for listening to my anger.
> Ivan

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