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Ed Medlin wrote:
> "David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message
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>>Ed Medlin wrote:
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>>>"David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message
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>>>>Anna wrote:
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>>>>>(All responding to a query re re:installing Windows XP)...
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>>>>>>spodosaurus wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>After you do that you will need to get all the Windows updates and
>>>>>>>>>service packs again.
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>>>>>>>David Maynard wrote:
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>>>>>>>>Yes. And I'd suggest first downloading the 'full' service pack 2 (IT
>>>>>>>>version with all files) so you don't have to depend on the system
>>>>>>>>working to get updates because a 'reinstall' will usually result in a
>>>>>>>>myriad of things complaining about needing to be reinstalled as they
>>>>>>>>expect the now missing service pack files to be there.
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>>>>>Ari wrote:
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>>>>>>>Slipstream that SP2 into a new install cd...makes things easier for
>>>>>>>the future, too.
>>>>>>>Ari
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>>>>>"David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>You could but it's only 'easier' if the person knows how to slipstream
>>>>>>a CD and, IMO, for the average person it's easier to just keep a copy
>>>>>>of SP2 for the rare times it's needed.
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>>>>>David, et al:
>>>>>Don't know if you're familiar with the (freebie) AutoStreamer program.
>>>>>It's designed to create slipstreamed versions of XP, i.e., XP including
>>>>>SP1 and/or SP2. It's become enormously popular as the program of choice
>>>>>for many users to create slipstreamed copies of XP, and rightly so,
>>>>>because of its simplicity & effectiveness in doing so. I believe the
>>>>>latest version is 1.0.33. Take a look at it at:
>>>>>http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562
>>>>>Anna
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>>>>Nice program.
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>>>One thing to remember about slipstreaming SP2 is that there will no
>>>longer be an uninstall for SP2 in the "Add, Remove program area. If you
>>>have an XP version, either original or SP1, you will need to uninstall
>>>SP2 before an in-place repair install or it will just tell you that the
>>>version on your system is newer than the version you are installing and
>>>refuse to go further.
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>>This is something I haven't run into yet. Are you saying a slipstreamed
>>SP2 won't repair install itself or that you can't 'fix' it with the pre
>>SP2 copy you'd likely have?
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> The latter. You can never uninstall SP2, so the pre SP2 disk will never work
> for repairing.
OK. That's what I would expect.
>>>If you slipstream XP, make damn sure you have a good copy before you
>>>begin
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>>That's one reason why I still say that simply keeping a full copy of SP2
>>on a backup CD is 'easier' than making a slipstreamed XP CD.
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> That is what I do. I have a slipstreamed copy, but used it one time a couple
> years ago (whenever SP2 came out.....forget) and just decided it was not
> that difficult or time consuming to just uninstall and reinstall SP2.
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>>>or you will end up in a DaveW situation.....(format and
>>>reinstall)......
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>>DaveW's 'universal solution' to all ailments: start over.
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> Yep. There are few situations that an in-place repair will not work. I am on
> my 3rd MB and processor replacement right now without having to do a
> complete reinstall.... I like easy......
How did you ever manage to avoid those "nasty ongoing registry errors
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Btw, me too (multiple changes with perfectly fine repair reinstalls).
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