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More info?)
Raymond J. Johnson Jr. wrote:
> William B. Lurie wrote:
>
>> Sharon F wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:49:53 -0500, William B. Lurie wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The reason I want to go back is to be able to install RC,
>>>> and I have no Install CD that's modern enough, so I wanted
>>>> to fall back to SP1.....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Haven't tried any of these but there are a few workarounds described at
>>> Michael Stevens' site for getting Recovery Console installed after
>>> SP2 is
>>> already present:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#RC
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you, Sharon. I copied out these instructions
>>
>> # Open a command prompt in the folder containing the SP2 installer
>> and type
>> WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -x
>> Choose a folder to extract the files to eg c:\SP2files
>> # Make a backup of the file winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386
>> # Replace the winnt32.exe file in c:\windows\i386 with the identically
>> named file in C:\sp2files\i386 (or in the i386 folder in the folder where
>> you extracted the files)
>> # Open a command prompt at c:\windows\i386
>> Type winnt32.exe /cmdcons
>> Recovery Console should install
>> (Ignore the first error message, if any)
>> # Replace the winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386 with its original version
>> (created in step 2)
>>
>> but I'm afraid they aren't quite specific enough for me.
>> Yes, I have the full SP2 CD from Microsoft so I surely
>> have the full starter set. But I don't know what he means by
>> the first line. Do I put the CD in place, type that in the
>> "run" window? And will it extract the files and ask me where
>> to save them? The rest I do understand.
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Not specific enough??? Why in the hell don't you try it and see what
> happens? Where is the SP2 installer? It's on the SP2 CD. Open a
> command prompt at the root of the CD and do what the instructions say to
> do. You're the only one who has ever posted here who was given
> line-by-line detailed instructions and then complained that they weren't
> specific enough--congratulations.
Sorry, I need something more specific. For the effort of shooting
off your big mouth uselessly, you could have answered constructively.
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William B. Lurie