Removing SP2 - what happens to my apps?
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Hi, i'm a bit of a Noob so please forgive my ignorance.
I have a genuine copy of XP home with SP2 installed and all of my apps
etc were installed AFTER the sp2 install. However, i wish to upgrade to
XP professional as i have an education dept disk from work, but
unfortunately that copy is older than sp2 and so it won't install over
the top as an upgrade. I get an error stating that the copy of xp on
the computer is newer than on the cd.
Therefore i was am thinking of unistalling sp2, upgrading to xp pro,
then reinstalling sp2 afterwards.
My questions are:
1) If i uninstall sp2 will i lose all my apps seeing as though they
were installed AFTER the sp2 upgrade?
2) Is this going to work or should i not bother?
Thanks
John
2)
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munki
Hi, i'm a bit of a Noob so please forgive my ignorance.
I have a genuine copy of XP home with SP2 installed and all of my apps
etc were installed AFTER the sp2 install. However, i wish to upgrade to
XP professional as i have an education dept disk from work, but
unfortunately that copy is older than sp2 and so it won't install over
the top as an upgrade. I get an error stating that the copy of xp on
the computer is newer than on the cd.
Therefore i was am thinking of unistalling sp2, upgrading to xp pro,
then reinstalling sp2 afterwards.
My questions are:
1) If i uninstall sp2 will i lose all my apps seeing as though they
were installed AFTER the sp2 upgrade?
2) Is this going to work or should i not bother?
Thanks
John
2)
--
munki
More about : removing sp2 apps
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munki[/QUOTE Wrote:
>
> Is XP Pro really needed?
> If yes, then format & re-install XP Pro, Device Drivers, SP2, Windows
> Updates, Applications & Data.
> You do back up your data & have the CD keys for your applications don't
> you?
> A clean start is best, I always find applications & data I don't use
> anymore. From your computer manufacturer you should also find updated
> drivers for your machines bios, device divers, ect. that will work
> better in SP2.
> Same with patches & updates for your applications.
> Have fun!
> Treeman
>
> "If hard work was such a great thing, the rich would have hogged it
> all."
> Tim Harden
--
Treeman
munki[/QUOTE Wrote:
>
> Is XP Pro really needed?
> If yes, then format & re-install XP Pro, Device Drivers, SP2, Windows
> Updates, Applications & Data.
> You do back up your data & have the CD keys for your applications don't
> you?
> A clean start is best, I always find applications & data I don't use
> anymore. From your computer manufacturer you should also find updated
> drivers for your machines bios, device divers, ect. that will work
> better in SP2.
> Same with patches & updates for your applications.
> Have fun!
> Treeman
>
> "If hard work was such a great thing, the rich would have hogged it
> all."
> Tim Harden
--
Treeman
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