revert from vista sp1 beta

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trooperbill

hi there, i downloaded and installed the sp1 beta and now IE, Firefox
and FTP dont work. im havgin to use opera :( ive tried uninstalling
the sp updates but three remain and i dont have the option to
uninstall these... anyone know how i can get my vista home premium
machine back to how it was ?

system restore doesnt so the trick either!
thanks
 
trooperbill said:
hi there, i downloaded and installed the sp1 beta and now IE, Firefox
and FTP dont work. im havgin to use opera :( ive tried uninstalling
the sp updates but three remain and i dont have the option to
uninstall these... anyone know how i can get my vista home premium
machine back to how it was ?

system restore doesnt so the trick either!
thanks
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If there is no place for you to uninstall the beta service pack
(normally in Programs & Features from the Control Panel), wipe the drive
and do a clean install of Windows. Or restore the image you took with
something like Acronis before you installed the unfinished SP1. Surely
you didn't install a beta operating system service pack on a production
machine and/or without taking these normal precautions when doing beta
testing.


Malke
 
If there is no place for you to uninstall the beta service pack
(normally in Programs & Features from the Control Panel), wipe the drive
and do a clean install of Windows. Or restore the image you took with
something like Acronis before you installed the unfinished SP1. Surely
you didn't install a beta operating system service pack on a production
machine and/or without taking these normal precautions when doing beta
testing.

Malke
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with it saying 'uninstall rc before installing the final thing' id
have thought this was safe... well now to kill off some space and back
up my essential files :(
 
I have been running SP1 beta for about two months. Now that the final is
out, I need to uninstall it. But it won't uninstall without critical errors.

After the first stage, it reboots to a black screen saying the ntoskrnl.exe
file is missing or corrupt (I can't boot using any listed options like safe
mode). I do a Windows Repair from the DVD but that boots to a completely
black desktop with no functionality, just the cursor. I can't even access
the Task Manager.

I have finally recovered to pre-uninstall but I still have SP1 beta (which,
of course, expires in June). Any suggestions how to uninstall beta so I can
install the final?
 
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