Repair of XP SP2 results in SP2 not being recognized

[Guest]

Wondering if anyone could suggest a solution for this problem...the mainboard
went out on my computer; replaced mainboard, then XP would not boot...used XP
CD to repair my Windows installation...everything went fine, booted into
Windows and the Info screen in My computer reports SP1...SP2 was previously
installed...if I go to Windows Update, it shows that SP2 is installed...also,
the Genuine Advantage tool reports that SP2 is not installed...when I click
on "Get SP2", it takes me to MS's website and there it also reports SP2 is
installed....any suggestions on how to either reinstall SP2 or repair the
files that are obviously causing the problem?

Thanks in advance...

B. Clay

 

[Rock]

Wondering if anyone could suggest a solution for this problem...the
mainboard
went out on my computer; replaced mainboard, then XP would not boot...used
XP
CD to repair my Windows installation...everything went fine, booted into
Windows and the Info screen in My computer reports SP1...SP2 was
previously
installed...if I go to Windows Update, it shows that SP2 is
installed...also,
the Genuine Advantage tool reports that SP2 is not installed...when I
click
on "Get SP2", it takes me to MS's website and there it also reports SP2 is
installed....any suggestions on how to either reinstall SP2 or repair the
files that are obviously causing the problem?

You did the repair install with an installation CD that had SP1. You should
have made an installation CD with SP2 integrated on it, in a process called
slipstreaming, then do the repair install with that. Here are some links on
how to slipstream a service pack. Autostreamer makes it easier.

Slipstream
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

Autostreamer
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

You can download the full version of SP2. burn it to CD, and apply it.
Since since you did a repair on an SP2 installation with an SP1 CD I don't
know what condition the installation is in or if applying SP2 will work.

Download Windows Service Pack 2 Standalone Version
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2

 

[Guest]

Thier is no repair for a replaced MB.Even with the exact same board model,it
will still have diffrences between them..You can/could headache around with
it,or do what ant pc tech will tell you only a clean reinstall of xp will
work....

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help...yes, that is very obvious now, I'm not really sure why
I didn't think of that in the beginning...I was not aware of "slipstreaming",
so thanks for the valuable info...

 

[Guest]

Well, yes, I did think of this option first, however, there were files I
needed to preserve, thus, the attempt to repair...I have exchanged mb's
before on systems and had absolutely no problem, other than the os changing
devices...however, this one caused a no boot due to bsd...

 

[Rock]

You're welcome.
--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Thanks for the help...yes, that is very obvious now, I'm not really sure
why
I didn't think of that in the beginning...I was not aware of
"slipstreaming",
so thanks for the valuable info...

 

[Guest]

Thier is no repair for a replaced MB.Even with the exact same board model,it
will still have diffrences between them..You can/could headache around with
it,or do what ant pc tech will tell you only a clean reinstall of xp will
work....

Bad information. In our shop, we replace motherboards all the time,
sometimes with the same make/model, if we can find them, or with a
replacement that is not the same make/model. We then do a repair reinstall of
xp, as detailed here...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125

The nice thing is that no data is lost (unless it got scrambled when the m/b
failed) and most programs do not need to be reinstalled or reactivated.

The KB article is a little dated, in that it does not caution that strange
things can happen if you don't slipstream any needed service packs.