can't install SP2

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am trying t install SP2 from the SP2 CD i odered, it keeps on giving me this
error message:
"this Service Pack cannot be installed on top of the Windows XP Service Pack
2 build currently installed on your computer, Cancel this installation
process, uninstall you current Windows XP Service Pack 2 build, then
re-install this Service Pack"
i can't uninstall the SP build because i don't know how!!! i tried to seach
the net for solution but they all say i have to reinstall windows and i dont
want to.. i just want to upgrade.
my Windows Version 5.1 (build 2600.xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745 : Service Pack
2, v.

thanks

Rami Dahabreh
 
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Rami Dahabreh said:
am trying t install SP2 from the SP2 CD i odered, it keeps on giving me this
error message:
"this Service Pack cannot be installed on top of the Windows XP Service Pack
2 build currently installed on your computer, Cancel this installation
process, uninstall you current Windows XP Service Pack 2 build, then
re-install this Service Pack"
i can't uninstall the SP build because i don't know how!!! i tried to seach
the net for solution but they all say i have to reinstall windows and i dont
want to.. i just want to upgrade.
my Windows Version 5.1 (build 2600.xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745 : Service Pack
2, v.

thanks

Rami Dahabreh
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I have never heard of Service Packs Beta versions but you obviously have
something like that. Generally all kind of updates/upgrades are uninstall the
following way
Goto Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs
( now check on Show updates)

Find Service Pack 2 built ...

Remove it

Restart. You should now have SP1a , SP1 or now SP installed/built-in

Then visit this site and learn what you need to do before installing Service
Pack 2 of Windows XP (finished , non-beta version)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/russel_installsp2.mspx


Panda_man
 
already tried that, i can't find the uninstallation for the beta Service
Pack, its not me who isnstalled it in the firstplace.. is there a way to make
Windows think that there's no BETA Service Pack installed?? maybe a
workaround in the registry or sth
 
Can you System restore to before the beta SP2 was installed. Whomever
gave you that needs their head examining...I beta tested SP2 but that was
ages ago.
I think your only answer is to format and reinstall.
You could slipstream SP2 with your original system CD using Autostreamer and
a burning programme such as Nero:
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.shtml

That way you have a new system disk with everything you need, except the
latest updates since SP2 (60-odd depending on your set-up).
 
I should add the beta builds were all a bit dodgy when it came to removal, I
know I, in every case, reformatted. It gives the hard drive a good spring
cleaning anyway. You can always back up your important files and folders to
removable media.
 
Peter said:
Can you System restore to before the beta SP2 was installed.
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Oh , this is impossible . I checked in MS sites so I understood the BETA
service pack is not available since the non-beta is live. Plus , he or
somebody else must have installed this beta service pack in the early 2004
when it first appeared.


Panda_man
 
Rami Dahabreh said:
already tried that, i can't find the uninstallation for the beta Service
Pack, its not me who isnstalled it in the firstplace.. is there a way to make
Windows think that there's no BETA Service Pack installed?? maybe a
workaround in the registry or sth
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No , format the hard drive and reinstall Windows. Before that , create a
back-up of your important data. Open my site and read a simple description
how to reinstall Windows =>useful
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg


Regards!
Panda_man
 
already did the format,, abt the service pack.. i checked the CDs in the
company.. it came with Windows itself maybe someone burned the SP2_beta with
it... i BROKE the CD btw ;)
i re-installed Windows and got everything under control

thanks guys
 
thanks for the tip, i think i'll do it on other computers having the same
problem in the company
 
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