What is the best way to Uninstall SP2?

[Guest]

Hello,

My questions is this; What is the best way to uninstall SP2?

Here is what I tried:

I am having difficulties booting my computer after the installation of SP2
by automatic updates. I was able to get
into safe mode, and I went to add/remove programs to uninstall SP2 and I
didn't find it as one neat package. I found multiple entries with (SP2) and
I removed one. It immediately caused a reboot, and I am unsure it was even
removed. Do I have to go through this process for each SP2 entry or is there
a better way?

I apologize for cluttering the board with another SP2 thread, but I am new
to the board and was unable to get the question designation while replying
to another thread.

Thanks for your help!

Mark a.k.a. Howlingwolf

 

[Alias]

It sounds like you *didn't* download it. If you had, you would have only had
one SP2 reference in Add/Remove.

Did you make a restore point before you "downloaded" it? If so, use system
restore to put your computer back the way it was before this happened.

Alias

 

[Guest]

System restore worked great for me. Go to start, all
programs,accessories, system tools, system restore.

this will not compleatly restore your computer to the way
it was out of the box but will get rid of all installed
progs that were installed after a checkpoint. Prior to
installing SP2, the setup makes this checkpoint. All
personal documents and pictures should remain even though
they were created after the date of the checkpoint.

once you open system restore, select restore my computer
to an earlier time, select the date you installed the SP2
and your good to go

 

[Guest]

Anonymous,

Thank you very much for the detailed advice! This will help accomplish what
Alias recommended as well (returning to a profile that worked before the
attempted install).

I am at work now, but I will certainly try this as soon as I get home.

I appreciate your help and patience with, what appears to me, a problem with
a simple answer.

Mark

 

[Peter]

FYI those "multiple entries" weren't SP2 but the SP2 hotfixes that came in a
while back for SP1....very confusing, but they were important hotfixes. WU
will offer you SP2 again I guess.

 

[Guest]

Peter,

Thank you for yet another clarification. You are correct they were SP2
hotfixes, and I assumed they were part of SP2...yes very confusing.

I will attempt the system restore nonetheless. That should have the SP2
hotfixes from my earier updates and hopefully rid me of whatever is causing
my reboot problems. I am inclined SP2 is the culprit since it happened the
day after the suposed installation. Plus the newsgroup here seems to be
filled with people experiencing similar difficulties.

Thanks again for the heads up regarding the SP2 hotfixes and their
importance apart from the SP2 update.

Mark a.k.a. Howlingwolf

 

[Kristi]

Hello,

My questions is this; What is the best way to uninstall SP2?

Here is what I tried:

I am having difficulties booting my computer after the installation of SP2
by automatic updates. I was able to get
into safe mode, and I went to add/remove programs to uninstall SP2 and I
didn't find it as one neat package. I found multiple entries with (SP2) and
I removed one. It immediately caused a reboot, and I am unsure it was even
removed. Do I have to go through this process for each SP2 entry or is there
a better way?

I apologize for cluttering the board with another SP2 thread, but I am new
to the board and was unable to get the question designation while replying
to another thread.

Thanks for your help!

Mark a.k.a. Howlingwolf

This may not help you now. It is something I have done for years.

1) make a Ghost (or PQDI) image of your opsys partition.
2) update your opsys with whatever.
3) if/when it goes bust, just restore the partition image. Voila!

4) I keep OE folders, My Documents, backup of favorites, addressbook, etc
on another partition so all I lose is time and that's about 10 min or so
total.

hth
Kristi

 

[Guest]

Thank you everyone for the advice. I want to clear something up, since I was
mistaken. My problem had nothing to do with SP2 installation, in fact as
many pointed out (Alias and Peter) SP2 never installed on my system at all.

I tried the system restore suggested by anonymous, but it didn't work for
me. The computer claimed nothing had changed. I knew differently, but I
realized long ago it is no use arguing with the computer

I had a driver issue with my sound card. I am unsure how it was corrupted,
but it was and after uninstalling the card, reinstalling the driver (the same
one I had installed two months ago) the system works fine.

Lastly, thanks you Kristi for your advice. As you pointed out, I couldn't
use it this time. But I will be investing in an external hard drive and some
ghosting software before I attempt to install SP2 for real!

Thanks again to all who responded and helped me out.

Mark a.k.a. Howlingwolf

 

[Alias]

Thank you everyone for the advice. I want to clear something up, since I was
mistaken. My problem had nothing to do with SP2 installation, in fact as
many pointed out (Alias and Peter) SP2 never installed on my system at all.

I tried the system restore suggested by anonymous, but it didn't work for
me. The computer claimed nothing had changed. I knew differently, but I
realized long ago it is no use arguing with the computer

I had a driver issue with my sound card. I am unsure how it was corrupted,
but it was and after uninstalling the card, reinstalling the driver (the same
one I had installed two months ago) the system works fine.

Lastly, thanks you Kristi for your advice. As you pointed out, I couldn't
use it this time. But I will be investing in an external hard drive and some
ghosting software before I attempt to install SP2 for real!

Thanks again to all who responded and helped me out.

Mark a.k.a. Howlingwolf

An internal hard drive is much cheaper than an external one.

Alias

 

[Kristi]

Lastly, thanks you Kristi for your advice. As you pointed out, I couldn't
use it this time. But I will be investing in an external hard drive and some
ghosting software before I attempt to install SP2 for real!

You're welcome - but external hard drive is not necessary (probably nice,
though!) I back mine up to a file in a 20gb partition I have on my second
internal HD. So I can have quite a few backups stored there. Granted, if
the drive goes byebye I lose everything - that is why I occasionally (once
every 6 months) burn important stuff to a CD, again using Ghost.
Kristi