TSGL: A curly XP Service Pack 2 query

[The Computer Whisperer]

The SP2 i installed was on an official disc from Microsoft, you can
order it for free from the Microsoft website.

Thanks anyway William

On 07/11/06, William Pike <whpike at cox.net> wrote:
> Try downloading the SP2 install from Microsoft and burning it to disk, then
> run the install from the CD.
>
>
> William Pike
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>  whpike at gmail.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of The Computer Whisperer
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: TSGL: A curly XP Service Pack 2 query
>
> 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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