Service Pack 2 and Recovery Console

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Mike

Normally we install recovery console on all our systems
by entering on the run command box:

d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons

After installing service pack 2, we are no longer able to
install recovery console in this way (older version
error). How can we install recovery console AFTER
service pack 2 has been successfully install?

Thank you,
Mike
 
Mike said:
Normally we install recovery console on all our systems
by entering on the run command box:

d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons

After installing service pack 2, we are no longer able to
install recovery console in this way (older version
error). How can we install recovery console AFTER
service pack 2 has been successfully install?

Thank you,
Mike
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Have you created a slipstreamed CD with SP2 integrated into Windows XP ?
If not, do so and use this CD to install the recovery console.

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You can install Recovery Console, after SP2 installation, via the following
workaround.....

For this you need the full network version of SP2, downloadable from here

http://tinyurl.com/5bobl

1. Open a command prompt in the folder containing the SP2 installer
and type
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -x
Choose a folder to extract the files to eg c:\SP2files

2 Make a backup of the file winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386

3 Replace the winnt32.exe file in c:\windows\i386 with the identically
named file in C:\sp2files\i386 (or in the i386 folder in the folder where
you extracted the files)

4 Open a command prompt at c:\windows\i386
Type winnt32.exe /cmdcons
Recovery Console should install


5 Replace the winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386 with its original version
(created in step 2)

[Step 5 may or may not be necessary]

Jon
 
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