Re: sp2 to sp1

From: Steve N. (me_at_here.now)
Date: 05/30/05 

Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 13:52:40 GMT

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

> Q: "Does that not imply that whatever baseline version disk you use will take
> out all updates & patches released after that version disk ?".
>
> A: Only as long as the "uninstall" files for the Service Packs exist. If the
> Service Pack uninstall files do not exist, as in the case of a slipstreamed
> version, then the Service Pack cannot be uninstalled.
>
> I have actually tried performing a Repair Install using the original RTM
> Windows XP CD or a Windows XP CD with SP1 after having deleted
> the SP2 uninstall file directory ( $NTServicePackUinistall$) in Windows Explorer.
> The only repair install that will work is with a Windows XP CD with SP2 slipstreamed.
>
> With a new computer that comes preinstalled with Windows XP SP2, the
> SP2 uninstall file directory ( $NTServicePackUinistall$) does not exist,
> therefore SP2 cannot be uninstalled manually or via a repair install using
> a pre-SP2 Windows XP CD.
>

Are you really that dense? You've got to be lying about actually trying
it because I just did it yesterday and so did Torgeir. Clean install
from an XP Pro SP2 CD, then a repair install from an XP Pro SP1 CD. No
errors, period. Not even a re-activation required. The box is now
running XP Pro SP1.

Steve

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