SP2 Uninistall/XP Reinstall/"Access Denied"

[Guest]

I am reinstalling XP professional to fix a corrupted system. My Windows CD
is for Windows XP, but I later updated to SP2 using Microsoft update. I
understand that I must uninstall SP2 in order to use my Windows CD, but...

The removal of SP2 fails with a message, "access denied." It does not say
what is being accessed or how to make it available to remove SP2. So...

I'm dead in the water with a corrupted system and a legal installation disk
that I cannot use. Any suggestions?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

All you need to do is make a SP2 slipstreamed version of your
current Windows XP, then use the new CD to perform a
"Repair Install".

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I am reinstalling XP professional to fix a corrupted system. My Windows CD
| is for Windows XP, but I later updated to SP2 using Microsoft update. I
| understand that I must uninstall SP2 in order to use my Windows CD, but...
|
| The removal of SP2 fails with a message, "access denied." It does not say
| what is being accessed or how to make it available to remove SP2. So...
|
| I'm dead in the water with a corrupted system and a legal installation disk
| that I cannot use. Any suggestions?

 

[Cary Shultz]

Good evening,

Carey, I have a question for you. What does using AutoStreamer do for us
that we can not do ourselves? I have not played with that tool yet, so
maybe I better retract the question until I do.......

Just curious. Slipstreaming SP2 with WINXP Pro ( or any Service Pack with
its OS, for that matter ) is a pretty straightforward process. Or, so I
have thought all these years!

I look forward to your comments!

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Good evening,

Carey, I have a question for you. What does using AutoStreamer do for us
that we can not do ourselves? I have not played with that tool yet, so
maybe I better retract the question until I do.......

Just curious. Slipstreaming SP2 with WINXP Pro ( or any Service Pack with
its OS, for that matter ) is a pretty straightforward process. Or, so I
have thought all these years!

I look forward to your comments!

Hi,

AutoStreamer creates a ready ISO file for you in a very user
friendly way, with very little user interaction.

For some screen shots of the process, please take a look here:

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

 

[Cary Shultz]

Torgeir,

Thank you very much for the link. It is very helpful. The fact that it
makes a bootable CD is a big help. I had a couple of situation where I
wanted to make a bootable CD from an .iso file and was not able to....This
helps!

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
(soon to be updated!!!)