Uninstalling SP2

[Lisa]

I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I can
safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've made
posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The only
other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I cannot
get it to connect for updates although I have configured the firewall
according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this would be
appreciated.

HP Pavilion
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512 MG DDR
XP Home Edition , SP2

[Carl G]

Hi Lisa
Try here , read firewall settings.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Documentation/lng/us/tpl/v5

--
Carl G
"Lisa" > wrote in message
...
>I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I
>can safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've
>made posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The
>only other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
>re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I
>cannot get it to connect for updates although I have configured the
>firewall according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this
>would be appreciated.
>
> HP Pavilion
> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
> 512 MG DDR
> XP Home Edition , SP2
>

[Rock]

Lisa wrote:

> I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I can
> safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've made
> posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The only
> other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
> re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I cannot
> get it to connect for updates although I have configured the firewall
> according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this would be
> appreciated.
>
> HP Pavilion
> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
> 512 MG DDR
> XP Home Edition , SP2
>
>

Yes you should be able to remove it, assuming you did not delete the
uninstall directory. Nothing is ever safe, however. Some people have
uninstalled it successfully and some have had problems, though it is not
clear if those with problems uninstalling had problems prior to the
attempted install in the first place.

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=875350

[PA Bear]

Is this sudden, new behaviour? AVG7 released a very large, multi-part
update on 09 Dec-04 and some users (me included) are getting "Connection
unavailable" errors.

It's due to zillions of people trying to download this update. Right-click
on your AVG icon in systray and click on 'Check for Updates'. It'll work
eventually.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

Posting and You
http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html

Lisa wrote:
> I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I
> can
> safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've
> made
> posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The only
> other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
> re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I
> cannot
> get it to connect for updates although I have configured the firewall
> according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this would be
> appreciated.
>
> HP Pavilion
> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
> 512 MG DDR
> XP Home Edition , SP2

[S.Sengupta]

http://free.grisoft.cz/softw/70free/doc/avg_free_firewall_install_en_70_4.pdf

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875350&Product=winxp

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Lisa wrote:

> I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I can
> safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've made
> posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The only
> other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
> re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I cannot
> get it to connect for updates although I have configured the firewall
> according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this would be
> appreciated.
>
> HP Pavilion
> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
> 512 MG DDR
> XP Home Edition , SP2
>
>

[Lisa]

Thank you for the info!

"S.Sengupta" > wrote in message
...
> http://free.grisoft.cz/softw/70free/doc/avg_free_firewall_install_en_70_4.pdf
>
> How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875350&Product=winxp
>
> regards,
> ssg MS-MVP
>
> Lisa wrote:
>
>> I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I
>> can safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work.
>> I've made posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response.
>> The only other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7
>> and then re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it
>> because I cannot get it to connect for updates although I have configured
>> the firewall according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on
>> this would be appreciated.
>>
>> HP Pavilion
>> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
>> 512 MG DDR
>> XP Home Edition , SP2

[Lisa]

No it isn't sudden. I've installed AVG successfully on one PC. On two others
the update will not work. I've tried everything. I've had problems with XP
on both these PCs after installing SP2. I don't know if that's related to
the AVG 7 problem, but I'm willing to give it a try. Thanks for the
response!

"PA Bear" > wrote in message
...
> Is this sudden, new behaviour? AVG7 released a very large, multi-part
> update on 09 Dec-04 and some users (me included) are getting "Connection
> unavailable" errors.
>
> It's due to zillions of people trying to download this update.
> Right-click on your AVG icon in systray and click on 'Check for Updates'.
> It'll work eventually.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
>
> Posting and You
> http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html
>
> Lisa wrote:
>> I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I
>> can
>> safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've
>> made
>> posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The only
>> other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
>> re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I
>> cannot
>> get it to connect for updates although I have configured the firewall
>> according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> HP Pavilion
>> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
>> 512 MG DDR
>> XP Home Edition , SP2
>

[Lisa]

After several weeks and multiple tries, I finally successfully completed the
install today. Thanks for responding!

"PA Bear" > wrote in message
...
> Is this sudden, new behaviour? AVG7 released a very large, multi-part
> update on 09 Dec-04 and some users (me included) are getting "Connection
> unavailable" errors.
>
> It's due to zillions of people trying to download this update.
> Right-click on your AVG icon in systray and click on 'Check for Updates'.
> It'll work eventually.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
>
> Posting and You
> http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html
>
> Lisa wrote:
>> I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I
>> can
>> safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've
>> made
>> posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The only
>> other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
>> re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I
>> cannot
>> get it to connect for updates although I have configured the firewall
>> according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> HP Pavilion
>> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
>> 512 MG DDR
>> XP Home Edition , SP2
>

[A. Guy]

"Lisa" > wrote in message
...
>I have XP Home Edition and I have installed SP2 and I want to know if I
>can safely uninstall it using ADD/REMOVE. I cannot get AVG 7 to work. I've
>made posts here as well as to the Grisoft's forum with no response. The
>only other thing I can think to do is uninstall SP2, install AVG 7 and then
>re-install SP2. I think the firewall is somehow blocking it because I
>cannot get it to connect for updates although I have configured the
>firewall according to the Grisoft's documentation. Any thoughts on this
>would be appreciated.
>
> HP Pavilion
> AMD Athlon XP 1700+
> 512 MG DDR
> XP Home Edition , SP2
Lisa,
Sounds like too much bother. Just go ahead and re-install SP2 first with
Add/Remove( I did very recently without any problems) then why not get
yourself avast! for antivirus? It's free for 14 months and this baby does a
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Good Luck