look on internet on tips how to create new windows CD with SP2.
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"ramblinwreck79" wrote in message
...
Thanks! That sounds like it would solve the problem. Unfortunately, my
Windows XP install CD is not with SP2 (the plain XP Pro CD came with my
Dell
laptop) and it won't let me run it since the current OS (with SP2) is
newer
than the CD). I looked everywhere on Microsoft's website, but I couldn't
find anywhere that would let me download the SP2 version. Do I have to
resort to buying a Windows XP CD with SP2 or is there somewhere online
that
anyone knows about where I might be able to download the recovery console
without having to purchase an operating system I already have? Thanks
again.
I appreciate it!!

"John Tiesi" wrote:

I remember learning that you can use the Recovery Console on a Windows
XP CD
to restore a kind of default registry to your computer. This keeps the
data
safe and all you have to do is re-install your apps.

"ramblinwreck79" wrote in
message
...
I was not able to install a new version of an engineering software
package
because something was left behind in the registry from the older
version
that
I had removed. So I stupidly deleted a couple of registry keys that
looked
related to the software without documenting them (not just the tags,
but
the
folders with the long alphanumeric strings). Now when I try to
install
the
software it gives me an error. I ran system restore but the problem
is
still
there (I don't think it restored the registry keys I deleted). Is
there a
way to install all of the default Windows SP2 registry keys or to
download
and reinstall SP2 in general?

Thanks!