Re: Please help with uninstalling Windows XP Service Pack 2

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:35:02 -0800, Mrs. M <Mrs.
M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>I would like to know if I uninstalling Windows XP Service Pack 2
>will I be losing all the software that I've installed after installing
>Service Pack 2
>Thanks for you help!

Your registry will be restored to the state that it was when you
installed SP2. Anything installed since then (that uses the registry)
will have to be reinstalled.

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Guy

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