Re: Service Pack 2 problem

From: "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:43:17 -0400

Check in at Windows Update (not the same thing as Automatic Updates): http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

BlueEVIL420 wrote:

Ever since I accidentally reinstalled Windows XP(I had forgotten that I left
the disk in the drive, and when another user started the computer, he
'boot[ed] from CD'), an alert has been telling me that I do not have service
pack 2 installed, yet I installed it months ago, and the site where I could
retrive Service Pack 2 told me I had it. The remnants of SP2 that I have,
like the icons for Security Center and Windows Firewall, are inoperable,
with SC turned off completely, and the WF link not working, due to an
'unidentified problem.'

I don't know what to do, and every second I am online is another second I am
exposed to innumerable security risks... Help!

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