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Hosh
I hope I'm clear here.
I had a corruption of some files of the WinXP Pro operating system and
re-installed OVER the old OS to preserve everything.
It completed as expected, BUT
Now when I boot, I get a warning saying that XP is no longer safe and click
here to update to SP2.
Also expected.
But when I click on the link, Instead of IE opening up, I get an error
involving missing files in an entry point (at work now, don't have exact
error message)
Apparently after googling, it seems that error is because SP2 is now gone.
OK, so I decide to download IE7 but that executable won't run in a non SP2
environment.
So I try to install IE6 which seems to go fine, but when trying to use it, I
get the same error.
So then I find a site to download and install XP2 as a standalone that can
be downloaded via firefox, because the Windows Update site will only work
with IE.
It goes all the way to the end of the installation and then reports that it
can not finish the installation "Access Denied"
And yes the computer is logging on in an administrative account.
Simple breakdown
-Can't update to SP2 without IE6 or better
-IE won't run without SP2
Has anybody seen this?
Any suggestions???
I had a corruption of some files of the WinXP Pro operating system and
re-installed OVER the old OS to preserve everything.
It completed as expected, BUT
Now when I boot, I get a warning saying that XP is no longer safe and click
here to update to SP2.
Also expected.
But when I click on the link, Instead of IE opening up, I get an error
involving missing files in an entry point (at work now, don't have exact
error message)
Apparently after googling, it seems that error is because SP2 is now gone.
OK, so I decide to download IE7 but that executable won't run in a non SP2
environment.
So I try to install IE6 which seems to go fine, but when trying to use it, I
get the same error.
So then I find a site to download and install XP2 as a standalone that can
be downloaded via firefox, because the Windows Update site will only work
with IE.
It goes all the way to the end of the installation and then reports that it
can not finish the installation "Access Denied"
And yes the computer is logging on in an administrative account.
Simple breakdown
-Can't update to SP2 without IE6 or better
-IE won't run without SP2
Has anybody seen this?
Any suggestions???