can't install SP2

[Guest]

am trying t install SP2 from the SP2 CD i odered, it keeps on giving me this
error message:
"this Service Pack cannot be installed on top of the Windows XP Service Pack
2 build currently installed on your computer, Cancel this installation
process, uninstall you current Windows XP Service Pack 2 build, then
re-install this Service Pack"
i can't uninstall the SP build because i don't know how!!! i tried to seach
the net for solution but they all say i have to reinstall windows and i dont
want to.. i just want to upgrade.
my Windows Version 5.1 (build 2600.xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745 : Service Pack
2, v.

thanks

Rami Dahabreh

 

[Guest]

My reply is at the bottom of your message :

am trying t install SP2 from the SP2 CD i odered, it keeps on giving me this
error message:
"this Service Pack cannot be installed on top of the Windows XP Service Pack
2 build currently installed on your computer, Cancel this installation
process, uninstall you current Windows XP Service Pack 2 build, then
re-install this Service Pack"
i can't uninstall the SP build because i don't know how!!! i tried to seach
the net for solution but they all say i have to reinstall windows and i dont
want to.. i just want to upgrade.
my Windows Version 5.1 (build 2600.xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745 : Service Pack
2, v.

thanks

Rami Dahabreh

I have never heard of Service Packs Beta versions but you obviously have
something like that. Generally all kind of updates/upgrades are uninstall the
following way
Goto Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs
( now check on Show updates)

Find Service Pack 2 built ...

Remove it

Restart. You should now have SP1a , SP1 or now SP installed/built-in

Then visit this site and learn what you need to do before installing Service
Pack 2 of Windows XP (finished , non-beta version)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/russel_installsp2.mspx


Panda_man

 

[Guest]

already tried that, i can't find the uninstallation for the beta Service
Pack, its not me who isnstalled it in the firstplace.. is there a way to make
Windows think that there's no BETA Service Pack installed?? maybe a
workaround in the registry or sth

 

[Peter]

Can you System restore to before the beta SP2 was installed. Whomever
gave you that needs their head examining...I beta tested SP2 but that was
ages ago.
I think your only answer is to format and reinstall.
You could slipstream SP2 with your original system CD using Autostreamer and
a burning programme such as Nero:
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.shtml

That way you have a new system disk with everything you need, except the
latest updates since SP2 (60-odd depending on your set-up).

 

[Peter]

I should add the beta builds were all a bit dodgy when it came to removal, I
know I, in every case, reformatted. It gives the hard drive a good spring
cleaning anyway. You can always back up your important files and folders to
removable media.

 

[Guest]

Can you System restore to before the beta SP2 was installed.

Oh , this is impossible . I checked in MS sites so I understood the BETA
service pack is not available since the non-beta is live. Plus , he or
somebody else must have installed this beta service pack in the early 2004
when it first appeared.


Panda_man

 

[Guest]

already tried that, i can't find the uninstallation for the beta Service
Pack, its not me who isnstalled it in the firstplace.. is there a way to make
Windows think that there's no BETA Service Pack installed?? maybe a
workaround in the registry or sth

No , format the hard drive and reinstall Windows. Before that , create a
back-up of your important data. Open my site and read a simple description
how to reinstall Windows =>useful
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg


Regards!
Panda_man

 

[Peter]

Thanks...the minute I posted that I thought...er DUH!!

 

[Guest]

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Thanks...the minute I posted that I thought...er DUH!!

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD

No problem ;-)

Panda_man

 

[Guest]

already did the format,, abt the service pack.. i checked the CDs in the
company.. it came with Windows itself maybe someone burned the SP2_beta with
it... i BROKE the CD btw
i re-installed Windows and got everything under control

thanks guys

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

If there is no uninstall option for SP-2, a Repair Installation will
accomplish the same thing:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
Any updates including Service Packs that are not part of the Windows XP CD
will need to be reinstalled.

 

[Guest]

thanks for the tip, i think i'll do it on other computers having the same
problem in the company