SP 2 service pack

[Guest]

When I reboot my computer Windows Installer tries to install PhotoGallery,
gets so far and asks for a disc I don't have.(I've since found out this is a
leftoverfrom an
HP scanner which I don't have anymore) Anyway I've tried fixing the
Windows Installer several ways including Installer cleanup. I can't finish
the download because "Error 1500. Another installation is in progress. You
must complete that installation before continuing this one." I have read
that the XP SP 2 update includes windows installer. If I download it will
that fix the Windows Installer problem? I feel like I'm
going in circles. Along with all this Installer trouble I get error messages
in .NET Framework. Are both of these problems related??? Is it possible to
uninstall Windows Installer?

 

[DatabaseBen]

sp2 is an update that has alot of fixes in it.
you can download it and install.
it can be unistalled as well via add/remove programs.

because it is a massive upgrade, your windows sp1 cd
will be useless if you install sp2. However, again you can unistall
sp2 if you want to use the cd with windows sp1 on it..

although you should download and install sp2
maybe you could try repairing your current installation by
inserting your setup cd, selecting new install, saying yes to
repairing your current o.s.

if this works, then your ok. If not, you may not have no choice
but to get the sp2 and then make a good backup or disk image
of your partition with that o.s. for future restoration processes...

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

sp2 is an update that has alot of fixes in it.
you can download it and install.
it can be unistalled as well via add/remove programs.

because it is a massive upgrade, your windows sp1 cd
will be useless if you install sp2.

This statement is completely false and is likely to give someone the idea
the very much mistaken idea that they can or should throw away their
original Windows CD if they install SP2. That could cause them a substantial
financial loss.

 

[DatabaseBen]

i would appreciate that you don't take my suggestions out of context
to suit your unworthy opinions....

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

i would appreciate that you don't take my suggestions out of context
to suit your unworthy opinions....

Out of context? Unworthy opinions?

You simply made a false and misleading statement and got called on it. If
you post here, post accurately. If you don't, *expect* to get corrected.

 

[DatabaseBen]

I post here to provide suggestions and not to debate your opinions.

I have yet to see how you would address the problem by "prophunter".
Do you plan to share your infinite wisdom for us all to relish. Or are you
only able
to provide unwanted opinions?

I think that you can understand that if I wanted your opinion, I would have
asked for it.....But i'd rather ask a professional instead....

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I post here to provide suggestions and not to debate your opinions.

I'm not interested in debating anything with you. Post accurate information
and all will be fine. Continue posting errors, misleading statements, and
half-truths and you will continue to get corrected, so others aren't misled
by what you say.

I have yet to see how you would address the problem by "prophunter".
Do you plan to share your infinite wisdom for us all to relish.

I don't have infinite wisdom--far from it. And I don't know anything about
prophunter's problem and that's why I didn't post a solution. But I do know
erroneous, dangerous messages when I see them, and that's what you posted,
and that's why I corrected it.

Or
are you only able
to provide unwanted opinions?

I think that you can understand that if I wanted your opinion, I
would have asked for it.....But i'd rather ask a professional
instead....

You are in a newsgroup--a public place. You get messages--opinions or
otherwise--from anyone who wants to post them. You have no say in the matter
and what you want is completely irrelevant.

If you don't like my messages, feel free to killfile me, and you won't have
to read them. However, be aware that I will continue to post corrections to
your errors so as to protect others here.

 

[Caroline Ritchie]

What was so inaccurate about the original message? Language perhaps but
this is something one has to expect when the NG is global. Not everyone
is born an american with good english language skills.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

What was so inaccurate about the original message? Language perhaps
but this is something one has to expect when the NG is global. Not
everyone is born an american with good english language skills.

This has nothing to do with language skills. He said " your windows sp1 cd
will be useless if you install sp2." That's completely false and if someone
believed it, he might throw away his original Windows CD after installing
SP2. That could be a very expensive mistake.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

 

[Caroline Ritchie]

Perhaps he meant that SP1 CD will be useless for REPAIR INSTALLATION
PURPOSES after the systems is upgraded to SP2. Just a gut feeling but
can be wrong. I don't practice ESP nor am I a psychic to be able to
read somebody's mind. I think he said something like: "repairing your
current installation". What exactly does this mean? How can this be
achieved with SP1 based CD when the HD already contains SP2 version.
Did he also not say that SP2 can be uninstalled? Are you not little bit
pedantic by trying to be a perfectionist? Come on life is too short.
not many people are stupid to throw away MS' expensive CDs even if
somebody says it is useless. MS products are known to be NOT USELESS.
They are buggy and requires patches but I would not literally say they
are useless even if I read on a reputable newspaper or a magazine!

 

[databaseben]

t.u.

Perhaps he meant that SP1 CD will be useless for REPAIR INSTALLATION
PURPOSES after the systems is upgraded to SP2. Just a gut feeling but
can be wrong. I don't practice ESP nor am I a psychic to be able to
read somebody's mind. I think he said something like: "repairing your
current installation". What exactly does this mean? How can this be
achieved with SP1 based CD when the HD already contains SP2 version.
Did he also not say that SP2 can be uninstalled? Are you not little bit
pedantic by trying to be a perfectionist? Come on life is too short.
not many people are stupid to throw away MS' expensive CDs even if
somebody says it is useless. MS products are known to be NOT USELESS.
They are buggy and requires patches but I would not literally say they
are useless even if I read on a reputable newspaper or a magazine!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Perhaps he meant that SP1 CD will be useless for REPAIR INSTALLATION
PURPOSES after the systems is upgraded to SP2. Just a gut feeling but
can be wrong. I don't practice ESP nor am I a psychic to be able to
read somebody's mind.

It is possible that that's what he meant. But like you, I don't try to read
anyone's mind. All I know about what he meant is what I can see in his
message.

I think he said something like: "repairing your
current installation". What exactly does this mean? How can this be
achieved with SP1 based CD when the HD already contains SP2 version.
Did he also not say that SP2 can be uninstalled? Are you not little
bit pedantic by trying to be a perfectionist?

It has nothing to do with being pedantic nor with being a perfectionist. He
may or may not have meant what you suppose. I don't know. If he did, all he
had to do was say something like "Oops. Sorry, that's not what I meant. I
meant to say..." and I would have replied "OK, no problem. I understand
now."

But that's not what he did. He tried to defend his absurd position. His
statement, as I said, is absolutely wrong, and if read by someone who
believed him, could have disastrous consequences.

Rereading the rest of his message again, I now even suspect that you're
right and that's what he meant. But the problem is that the unqualified
standalone statement can easily be taken out of context (as I probably did),
and is therefore extremely dangerous.

Ben, if I misread your message, I apologize. But it's still extremely
important that you avoid misleading statements like this. It's very easy to
take a sentence out of context and believe it literally.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

By posting here, you asked and opened yourself to any and all opinions to
your post.
If you do not want any opinions...
You did ask.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


Snipped a bit...

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Caroline;
"...to throw away MS' expensive CDs even if somebody says it is useless"
Never the less it is done quite often usually without anyone's suggestion.