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Old July 2nd 04, 07:44 PM
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Default Xp Home SP2 Problems

Why did you upgrade???
Didn't you see this on the Microsoft website:
WARNING!
This technical preview is unsupported and is intended for
testing purposes only. Do not use in production
environments.

It should have said: Not for amateurs !

-----Original Message-----
Okay so heres my story.

I updated from SP1 on Windows XP Home to the beta of

SP2,
Well I didn't think it would mess up my computer this

bad.

Since then I had to buy a new harddrive. The other one
gets to the windows xp screen with the scrolly thing,

then
it goes black and then the harddrive shuts off and the
computer restarts.

But heres the catch, Since I'm now running XP Pro. I can
hook the harddrive up as a slave and view its contents!
BUT I cant get into my old profile, It says Access

Denied.
And when I view the properties it says "Size: 0 bytes,
Size on disk: 0 bytes, Contains: 0 files, 0 folders"

Is this just because of the XP security? Is there a way
around this? I want all my stuff back, I have alot of
important work and photos I would love to get back. Not

to
mention all my other personal files.

Supposidly the computer shop I went to told me they

tried
a system restore but it didnt work. So now I dont know
what to do.

Is there a way of hacking the profile to get my stuff

back?
.

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Old July 3rd 04, 09:42 AM
Ron Rector
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Default Xp Home SP2 Problems

If your copy of XP is XP Home the nboot to safe mode. The security tab will be present.

If your copy is XPP then you may have to turn off "Simple File Sharing to gain access to the security tab.
To turn off simple file saharing:
Open My Computer.
Click on Tools/Folder Options
Click on the View tab.
scroll to the bottom and untick Use simple file sharing.

Now the security tab will be present.


" wrote:

Why did you upgrade???
Didn't you see this on the Microsoft website:
WARNING!
This technical preview is unsupported and is intended for
testing purposes only. Do not use in production
environments.

It should have said: Not for amateurs !

-----Original Message-----
Okay so heres my story.

I updated from SP1 on Windows XP Home to the beta of

SP2,
Well I didn't think it would mess up my computer this

bad.

Since then I had to buy a new harddrive. The other one
gets to the windows xp screen with the scrolly thing,

then
it goes black and then the harddrive shuts off and the
computer restarts.

But heres the catch, Since I'm now running XP Pro. I can
hook the harddrive up as a slave and view its contents!
BUT I cant get into my old profile, It says Access

Denied.
And when I view the properties it says "Size: 0 bytes,
Size on disk: 0 bytes, Contains: 0 files, 0 folders"

Is this just because of the XP security? Is there a way
around this? I want all my stuff back, I have alot of
important work and photos I would love to get back. Not

to
mention all my other personal files.

Supposidly the computer shop I went to told me they

tried
a system restore but it didnt work. So now I dont know
what to do.

Is there a way of hacking the profile to get my stuff

back?
.


 




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