Replacement of SP2 New DLLs

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A.M

Hi,

when I do "Add/Remove Windows Components" sometimes windows xp asks for
installation media to take some dlls from there.

After installing SP2, when windows asks from installation media, I have
concern that old DLLs replace SP2 dlls. Is it legitimate concern?

Thanks,
Alan,
 
Windows XP has two provisions to handle DLL's. First Windows
File protection. Whenever an application replaces a monitored XP
component, XP will silently replace the non-matching version Dll.
Also, XP has what's called Side-By-Side which allows for an app
to use a specific version DLL while not affecting the normal XP dll.
 
A.M said:
After installing SP2, when windows asks from installation media, I have
concern that old DLLs replace SP2 dlls. Is it legitimate concern?
Click to expand...

After SP2, such files should first be looked for in the folder
Windows\servicePackFiles, where a complete set is put by SP2 install
 
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