TSGL: A curly XP Service Pack 2 query

[The Computer Whisperer]

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
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> 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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