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sAbout a month or so ago my HP laptop would not restart. I put in the OS

disk ad was able to repair. Did not loose any programs or files.

 

But now I do not have the XP Service Pack 2 intalled. My OS says I still

have the XP SP1 running.

 

When I attempt to update MS says I already have the SP2 installed.

 

Any advice?

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    When you use an older version (XP "Gold" or XP SP1) to Repair an SP2

    installation, you need to fix the installation disk to "slipstream" SP2.

    See:

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=slipstream+sp2

     

    Make a slipstreamed installation disk and then do the Repair again.

     

    --

    Gary S. Terhune

    MS-MVP Shell/User

    http://www.grystmill.com

     

    "Marilyn" <Marilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    news:D1F09BCF-F31B-4C40-B333-2B690DBD4347@microsoft.com...

    > sAbout a month or so ago my HP laptop would not restart. I put in the OS

    > disk ad was able to repair. Did not loose any programs or files.

    >

    > But now I do not have the XP Service Pack 2 intalled. My OS says I still

    > have the XP SP1 running.

    >

    > When I attempt to update MS says I already have the SP2 installed.

    >

    > Any advice?

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    How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875350/en-us

     

    See the paragraph titled: Use the hidden $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder

     

    JS

     

    "Marilyn" <Marilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    news:D1F09BCF-F31B-4C40-B333-2B690DBD4347@microsoft.com...

    > sAbout a month or so ago my HP laptop would not restart. I put in the OS

    > disk ad was able to repair. Did not loose any programs or files.

    >

    > But now I do not have the XP Service Pack 2 intalled. My OS says I still

    > have the XP SP1 running.

    >

    > When I attempt to update MS says I already have the SP2 installed.

    >

    > Any advice?

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    =?Utf-8?B?TWFyaWx5bg==?= wrote:

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    > sAbout a month or so ago my HP laptop would not restart. I put in the OS

    > disk ad was able to repair. Did not loose any programs or files.

    >

    > But now I do not have the XP Service Pack 2 intalled. My OS says I still

    > have the XP SP1 running.

    >

    > When I attempt to update MS says I already have the SP2 installed.

     

    http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#4

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