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Reinstall Win XP SP2
Name: TJMagee Date: February 3, 2006 at 15:28:19 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 2.5GHz
Comment:
Can anyone tell me what I need to do to reinstall XP SP2? I have a issue where my screensaver is not working. The .scr files work fine when I run them, and feedback from this forum has suggested that I need to reinstall SP2. But I can't seem to find a way to reinstall. Do I need to delete a file or something so that Windows Update can reinstall?
Name: stevem5000 Date: February 4, 2006 at 05:40:59 Pacific
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IF...you want to completely reinstall XP, Windows Update CANNOT do that...you MUST use your original XP install CD and to a REINSTALL...
IF...you want to reinstall SP2, Windows Update WILL NOT do that...it will sense that SP2 was previously installed and won't re-install it...
What, exactly, do you want to do???
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Response Number 5
Name: street1 Date: February 4, 2006 at 14:21:51 Pacific
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I just downloaded SP2 and reinstalled it over the SP2 on my computer.It reinstalled over the existing SP2 with no problems at all.I do have XP Pro.Maybe that makes a difference.>http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpsp2.html
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Response Number 6
Name: TJMagee Date: February 11, 2006 at 09:37:35 Pacific
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Sorry, I was out of town this past week. All I want to do is reinstal SP2. I do not want to reinstall Win XP. And Windows Update will not allow me to reinstall SP2 because it will see that it is already installed.
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