 sp2 failed to install help!, Had to reinstall xp |
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  Jan 20 2005, 05:11 AM
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Chain of events below: Did AdAware SE scan and deleted what it found Did Spybot S&D scan and let it fix what it found Clicked automatic update icon on toolbar and let it install SP2 (it has been asking to install for months but I have not let it.) Installation went about halfway and stopped. could not get any reaction from keyboard or mouse so I did a reboot by pressing the power button on the computer while rebooting (slowly) Message came up that files were missing or changed and system was unstable to insert original XP disk. I put Xp disk in it reinstalled Xp during reinstall it said it could not find three diffrent files ( I did not write the names - I know dumb) i told it to skip and continue. XP install finished and rebooted computer. I was told to register within 30 days. I registered. computer boots very slow now and windows explorer works for a while and then fails and has to shut down. I went to system restore to go back a week or two to reset everything to before SP2 but there are no restore points before SP2 was installed. Today 1/20/05 My personal files seem to be ok. Microsoft created a falure report about win explorer shuting down and I clicked the link "to see how to fix the problem" It told me to install SP2 to see if that fixed it! Where do I go from here? |
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Jan 20 2005, 06:30 PM
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QUOTE Clicked automatic update icon on toolbar and let it install SP2 (it has been asking to install for months but I have not let it.) Order the CD from Microsoft. The download install failed. You will have one less problem to contend with when you can physically insert the CD in your PC. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx -------------------- patiently patrolling, plenty of persisant pests n' problems ...
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Jan 21 2005, 03:20 AM
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SP2 Download page
If you have high speed internet access you can download the file that comes on the CD from here. It's about 260mb. -------------------- |
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