TSGL: A curly XP Service Pack 2 query

[The Computer Whisperer]

Thanks for your responses guys,

I ended up doing a slipstream install over the top of the old version,
then created the account names that used to be present. then booted
with ultimate boot cd and deleted the new accounts but renamed the old
ones to what the new ones were.

Worked a charm :-)

The hard drive looks a bit messy now, but meh. it works. :-)

Justin


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On 29/10/06, The Computer Whisperer <justin at whisperer.com.au> wrote:
> Unfortunately reformatting is not an option,
>
> There are programs that the person does not have the original install discs for
>
> documents and settings etc....
>
> Justin
>
> On 29/10/06, Ron Brunton <rbrunton at accesswave.ca> wrote:
> > When I installed SP2 on my Dell, it went very smoothly. No hassles at all.
> > Same was true for my wife's computer, also a Dell. My new computer I built
> > and I purchased XP with SP2 already included.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> > Behalf Of Don Penlington
> > Sent: October 28, 2006 1:42 PM
> > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: TSGL: A curly XP Service Pack 2 query
> >
> > Justin wrote:
> > >have you ever experienced problems with installing SP2? >>
> >
> >
> > Yes, I found SP2 would never "take" on my OEM XPPro, either. It would get
> > part way through and get stuck, leaving a bit of a mess behind.
> >
> > Finally I made a slipsteam CD from my 2 separate XP and SP2 disks (I think
> > the SP2 disk was a magazine one).
> >
> > I reformatted, and the slipstream disk has worked perfectly ever since,
> > both on mine and repairing other machines. Installs like a dream.
> >
> > Well, as near to a dream as Windows is ever likely to get.
> >
> > Don Penlington
> >
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