"MAX" <> wrote in message
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| "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
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| > MAX wrote:
| > > A DR PEPPER DOWN THE KEYBOARD HOSED UP MY COMPUTER... HAD TO
| > > REINSTALL THE BASIC FILES AS RESTORE WOULD NOT WORK... ANYWAY...
| > > NUMEROUS CONFIGURATION FILES MUST HAVE BEEN DELETED IN THE
| > > PROCESS.. AS I AM STILL FINDING PROGRAMS THAT WILL NOT RUN UNLESS I
| > > REINSTALL THEM... WINDOWS UPDAT IS ONE OF THEM... THE ABOVE UPDATE
| > > WILL NOT INSTALL ... ALSO SP2 IS NO LONGER INSTALLED... JUST SP1...
| > > IT KEEPS TELLING ME YOU HAVE TO GO TO WINDOWS UPDATE TO GET SP2...
| > > THE PROGRAM THINKS I STILL HAVE SP2 I GUESS... NOTHING UPDATES AND
| > > INSTALLS ANYMORE... THE MALICIOUS TOOL REMOVAL DID INSTALL... IT
| > > IS THE ONLY ONE IN 2 MONTHS
| >
| > I tried to read through the all caps - but I failed to find an actual
| > question. I do "feel" that you are having trouble. Not sure how a "Dr.
| > Pepper down the keyboard" could cause you to have to reinstall...
| >
| > Get and install SP2, and go from there.
| > (After that - get and install all the latest drivers and such.)
| >
| > Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
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http://snipurl.com/8bqy
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| > --
| > Shenan Stanley
| > MS-MVP
| > --
| > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
| >
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
| >
| > 20 YEARS OF US NAVY BACKGROUND IS HARD TO BREAK, NOT SURE I WANT TO... SO
CAPS IT IS... AS THE TITLE OF THIS POST SAYS.... THE BITS K842773 WILL NOT
INSTALL... OR ANY OTHER.... THE SP2 YOU SENT ME TO IS FOR NETWORKS WHICH I AM
NOT ON... JUST XP HOME EDITION.... THE DR PEPPER SHORTED OUT 6 KEYS WHICH MADE
THE COMPUTER THINK I HAD MASHED THEM ALL AT ONCE ... KIND OF LIKE CONTROL, ALT,
DELETE..... IT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO IT TRIED TO GO TO HEWLETT PACKARD
HOTKEY WEBSITE TO FIND OUT...50 WINDOWS OPEN PER MINUTE... IT TOOK ME 3 DAYS TO
FIGURE OUT IT WAS NOT A WORM...BY THEN IT HAD DELETED OR DAMAGED MY BOOT FILES
TO THE POINT IT WOULD NOT BOOT WITHOUT A BOOT DISK..DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL
YOU EXCEPT MAYBE TO BITS IS DOWNLOADED AND READY TO INSTALL.... IT STAYS THAT
WAY... IF YOU GO TO HELP, ABOUT INTERNET EXPLORER, IT SAYS "windows internet
explorer ver 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.....update version SP1; Q330994; Q824145;
Q828750; Q832894" EVERYTIME I GO TO GET SP2, IT STARTS
| WINDOWS UPDATE ALL OVER AGAIN WHICH SAYS BITS IS READY TO INSTALL....I FEEL
THAT IF BITS EVER GETS INSTALLED.... THE REST WILL FALLL IN PLACE... MIGHT...
MIGHT NOT!!!!!
The SP2 download that Shenan suggested is for single PCs including WinXP Home.
It's the full download.
You could also check to see why your updates failed to install -
On the WU Website, select your history of updates - now click on failed update
(red mark) and see if there is an error code.
If there is an error code, write it down and post back or in the alternative, do
a search for the error code.
You Cannot Install Some Updates or Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798
BTW - the reason why all caps is not used on the Newsgroup is because it's
considered rude and shouting also it's hard to read.
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