Re: Win XP SP3 cancelling question

WinXP SP3 is fully uninstallable, should the need arise: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950249

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ozegirl wrote:
It's a bit early to tell 100%, however it seems to be doing everyday tasks
OK. I had a moment of panic when I opened Printers & Faxes and there were
none listed at all, but on restarting the computer they reappeared. My main
concern was whether if it had installed, it had installed properly
considering I hit the cancel button about 85% of the way through. It would
appear that it didn't cancel the installation, I'm just hoping now that it
did install properly instead. :-)

"Alan" wrote:

So is your PC running okay with SP3??

Alan

"ozegirl" <ozegirl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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