Repair Install

[Guest]

Have XP Home. Installed SP2 beginning of year. Due to various problem -
system hangs, unresponsive, etc, etc, I want to do a repair install of XP
Home. I have done it previously - before the days of SP2. Do I just do the
reapir install? How will it affect the files that was changed from the SP2
installation? Do I have to run SP2 again? Please help!!!! Thanks

 

[AJR]

You may not be able to use the repair option. XP Home edition with SP2
installed is considered an "upgrade" of XP Home.
When you insert the XP CD a message nay appear stating that setup.exe has
been disabled - or that the current installed OS (Home with SP2) is a later
version than the CD.

To remove SP2 the following may be an option: Start>Control panel>Add or
remove programs -at top check option to show all updates- scroll listing and
look for "Windows XP Service pack 2" - select to remove.

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Have XP Home. Installed SP2 beginning of year. Due to various problem
- system hangs, unresponsive, etc, etc, I want to do a repair install
of XP Home. I have done it previously - before the days of SP2. Do I
just do the reapir install? How will it affect the files that was
changed from the SP2 installation? Do I have to run SP2 again? Please
help!!!! Thanks

Repair Install
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[Jerry]

You can merge the original Home CD with the SP2 download and burn a new CD
that will be Home with SP2 - it is called slipstreaming. A Google search
will give results on how to do it.

 

[Guest]

After repair install with orignal XP CD (non SP2):
Reapply updates or service packs applied since initial Windows XP
installation. Please note that a Repair Install from the Original install XP
CD will remove SP1/SP2 and service packs will need to be reapplied.

 

[scGram]

Here are two sites with slipstreaming info:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4444.html
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
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[Guest]

Thanks for the advice folks. I am going to try the slipstreaming route with
AutoStreamer. Regards
Wilem M from Cape Town, South Africa
(Yes we do have computers and the Internet in Africa!!!)