How easy/safe to remove SP2?

[Terry Pinnell]

What chance of complete success do I have if I decide to return to
SP1? If I decide to do it, can I 'simply' use Add/Remove Programs,
which I see contains an SP2 entry?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

[AOrlando]

A lot of people I know have done this and it worked just finne for them.

"Terry Pinnell" > wrote in message
...
> What chance of complete success do I have if I decide to return to
> SP1? If I decide to do it, can I 'simply' use Add/Remove Programs,
> which I see contains an SP2 entry?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

[Will Denny]

Hi Terry

That is the best to uninstall SP2 - via Add/Remove Programs.

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"Terry Pinnell" > wrote in message
...
> What chance of complete success do I have if I decide to return to
> SP1? If I decide to do it, can I 'simply' use Add/Remove Programs,
> which I see contains an SP2 entry?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

[r]

Use Add/Remove Programs. If no go, please see this:

http://fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm#SomecommonWindowsXPproblems

Good Luck!
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How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm




"Terry Pinnell" wrote:

> What chance of complete success do I have if I decide to return to
> SP1? If I decide to do it, can I 'simply' use Add/Remove Programs,
> which I see contains an SP2 entry?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>
>

[Goldrake]

"Will Denny" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> Hi Terry
>
> That is the best to uninstall SP2 - via Add/Remove Programs.
>

How I can turn to sp1 if I have a WindowsXP HOME with embedded sp2 ?

[Will Denny]

Hi

If you performed a 'Clean' install with a slipstreamed SP2 CD, then you
can't go back to SP1/1a - only if you upgraded. In which case there should
be an entry in Add/Remove Programs to uninstall SP2.

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Will Denny
MVP - Windows Shell/User
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"Goldrake" > wrote in message
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>
> "Will Denny" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>> Hi Terry
>>
>> That is the best to uninstall SP2 - via Add/Remove Programs.
>>
>
> How I can turn to sp1 if I have a WindowsXP HOME with embedded sp2 ?
>

[GasMan]

Get it here quick before it goes walkabout.

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxpsp1.html


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:31:16 GMT, "Goldrake"
> wrote:

>
>"Will Denny" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>> Hi Terry
>>
>> That is the best to uninstall SP2 - via Add/Remove Programs.
>>
>
>How I can turn to sp1 if I have a WindowsXP HOME with embedded sp2 ?
>
>

Please remove obvious from email address if emailing.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Why not just go to the source:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp1/default.mspx

The link you gave redirects to the source.

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http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"GasMan" > wrote in message
...
> Get it here quick before it goes walkabout.
>
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxpsp1.html

[Terry Pinnell]

Other problems emerged, plus general instability. So I did decide to
revert to SP1. Used the Add/Remove route, and appears to be running OK
again. I did also clean up a bit afterwards using Norton WinDoctor.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

[Maicon]

Terry,

I removed SP2 and my system back to work OK. With SP2 the login process was
7 minutes, now with SP1 is 1 minute.

Maicon.

"Terry Pinnell" wrote:

> Other problems emerged, plus general instability. So I did decide to
> revert to SP1. Used the Add/Remove route, and appears to be running OK
> again. I did also clean up a bit afterwards using Norton WinDoctor.
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>
>

[Terry Pinnell]

Maicon > wrote:

>Terry,
>
>I removed SP2 and my system back to work OK. With SP2 the login process was
>7 minutes, now with SP1 is 1 minute.
>
>Maicon.
>
>"Terry Pinnell" wrote:
>
>> Other problems emerged, plus general instability. So I did decide to
>> revert to SP1. Used the Add/Remove route, and appears to be running OK
>> again. I did also clean up a bit afterwards using Norton WinDoctor.
>>
>> --
>> Terry, West Sussex, UK

Yes, must say it's a *great* relief to be back to normal!

With hindsight, I reckon I was over-influenced by the WU message
urging me to click for this 'critical upgrade'. Won't do that again.

How long do you propose to wait before giving it another go?

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

[Maicon]

I'll wait Microsoft publish an Official Note (ex. I'm sorry for it!) or
another version of service pack (ex. Service Pack 2a).

Regards,

Maicon.

"Terry Pinnell" wrote:

> Maicon > wrote:
>
> >Terry,
> >
> >I removed SP2 and my system back to work OK. With SP2 the login process was
> >7 minutes, now with SP1 is 1 minute.
> >
> >Maicon.
> >
> >"Terry Pinnell" wrote:
> >
> >> Other problems emerged, plus general instability. So I did decide to
> >> revert to SP1. Used the Add/Remove route, and appears to be running OK
> >> again. I did also clean up a bit afterwards using Norton WinDoctor.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>
> Yes, must say it's a *great* relief to be back to normal!
>
> With hindsight, I reckon I was over-influenced by the WU message
> urging me to click for this 'critical upgrade'. Won't do that again.
>
> How long do you propose to wait before giving it another go?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

If you wait for SP-2a, you will most likely wait forever since there
are no plans for SP-2a.

Instead research for possibility hardware or software compatibility
issues.
See:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm

Also see the Service Pack Installation Checklist:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Maicon" > wrote in message
...
> I'll wait Microsoft publish an Official Note (ex. I'm sorry for it!)
> or
> another version of service pack (ex. Service Pack 2a).
>
> Regards,
>
> Maicon.

[Maicon]

Thank you for your help.
I checked all and I find no problem with the hardware or software
compatibility.

Without SP-2a, only ramins wait for correction for this problem. Is
inadimissible wait 7 minutes to Login (after put my password) on a LAN.

Maicon.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> If you wait for SP-2a, you will most likely wait forever since there
> are no plans for SP-2a.
>
> Instead research for possibility hardware or software compatibility
> issues.
> See:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
>
> Also see the Service Pack Installation Checklist:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "Maicon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'll wait Microsoft publish an Official Note (ex. I'm sorry for it!)
> > or
> > another version of service pack (ex. Service Pack 2a).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Maicon.
>
>
>