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Hi,

 

I have a Win2003 R2 SP2 box on which I have just installed WINS and DHCP. As

expected, it asked me for the windows CD so I popped it in and it carried on

and installed the tools. However, immediately after it finished I got the

following message:

 

"Windows File Protection: Files that are required for Windows to run

properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system

stability, Windows must restore the original versions of these files. Insert

your Service Pack 2 CD-ROM now."

 

I assume this is because SP2 updated some files that WINS/DHCP uses and I've

just overwritten them with files from the original, older (SP1) installation

CD.

 

I don't have a "Service Pack 2 CD-ROM" as I installed SP2 via windows

update. Do I cancel this dialog and simply re-apply SP2 again, or safely

ignore it?

 

Thanks for any input,

steve

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    I suggest that you reinstall SP2 or extract the contents of SP2 to

    C:\i386\SP2 and have WFP to point to the SP2 folder for the updated files.

     

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    "steve" <steve@nospamtoday.thanks> wrote in message

    news:Wdvii.520574$3h2.509108@fe08.news.easynews.com...

    > Hi,

    >

    > I have a Win2003 R2 SP2 box on which I have just installed WINS and DHCP.

    > As expected, it asked me for the windows CD so I popped it in and it

    > carried on and installed the tools. However, immediately after it finished

    > I got the following message:

    >

    > "Windows File Protection: Files that are required for Windows to run

    > properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions. To maintain system

    > stability, Windows must restore the original versions of these files.

    > Insert your Service Pack 2 CD-ROM now."

    >

    > I assume this is because SP2 updated some files that WINS/DHCP uses and

    > I've just overwritten them with files from the original, older (SP1)

    > installation CD.

    >

    > I don't have a "Service Pack 2 CD-ROM" as I installed SP2 via windows

    > update. Do I cancel this dialog and simply re-apply SP2 again, or safely

    > ignore it?

    >

    > Thanks for any input,

    > steve

    >

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