> On Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, it does not give you that
> option.
WRONG. If it did not, then you would not have been able to uninstall it.
You may have missed the archiving notice which occurs during the initial
installation page.
Three MAIN reasons why Users have difficulty installing SP2 :
1) - The presence of ad|spy|malware on the system that the User is
unaware of.
2) - Drivers that need to be updated prior to installing SP2
3) - The general "health" of XP. If you've kept the disk defragmented,
checked the hard drive(s) state with chkdsk, empty temp and temp
internet files regularly, and have had no issues with the system
previously, then you will generally not have issues with SP2. If you've
had issues with the system, the LAST thing you want to do is install SP2.
Since SP2 is in essence a "new" release of XP, I'll wager you dollars to
donuts that most of the issues arise from the 3 ones listed.
"Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be supported in accordance with
the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy. " :
http://support.microsoft.com/?LN=en-...us%3Blifecycle
MowGreen [MVP]
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Lionel wrote:
> Hi,
> I am currently running Windows-XP SP1, I used to have Service Pack 2 but
> than decided to uninstall the service pack because I didn't like it at all.
> It is a great SP but my computer wasn't the same as it was before I installed
> it. My question is, will there be future updates for Service Pack One/Version
> 2002 on Windows Update Site??? I would like to see updates except SP-2, it
> slowed down my system a bit and my dial-up internet access was slow! I hope
> there are future updates for SP-1. The service pack isn't that old, it was
> created 2002. When I installed SP-2, on the Add/Remove Program List, you can
> clearly see that the update can be removed. On other updates, before you
> install them, it gives you the option to "Archive" the update or Don't
> "Archive". On Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, it does not give you that
> option. My point is that the Update was meant to be uninstalled/removed if
> you didn't want it on your system. That's good news, the bad thing about it
> is that there migh or might not be updates other than SP-2 for SP-1, which by
> the way, i want to keep forever untill Microsoft figures out a way to make a
> new serivice pack that isn't like SP-2. Thank you, bye.
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