RE: Win XP SP3 cancelling question

Too late - it looks like it completed the installation anyway.

"ozegirl" wrote:

I found my husband had downloaded and was installing the XP SP3 update. I
didn't want him to do this, so I hit the cancel button - however for some
time it continued installing files, though it said cancelling. Eventually it
said something about changing registry entries, then it said "performing
clean up" - this was all under a main heading of "finishing installation". It
took a very long time to do this section. I am confident that the cancel
request went through because on the main automatic updates windows it said
cancelling updates, and on both that window and the installation window all
buttons (finish, cancel, etc) were greyed out. I now have a screen that says
installation finished and to restart the computer for changes to take effect.

Would it be best to:

Restart the computer...or
perform a system restore first and then restart the computer......and
in either case should I delete any temporary files first before restarting
or restoring?

I'm a bit concerned as to whether the installation has been fully reversed
and don't want to end up with a half-baked windows that might prevent the
computer from booting . advice please.
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