Ivan:
Been there, done that! I was able to get my computer
running again by performing a "repair" installation. I
still cannot use windows update, but at least I am able
to recover critical files.
Boot from your XP CD. You will be asked twice if you want
to repair your installation. I was not able to make it
work the first time it asked. So I selected the option to
load XP and then there was another opportunity to attempt
a repair which worked.
Good Luck! I think we both should send Bill Gates a thank
you note.
Gordon
>-----Original Message-----
>Ivan did you backup your files, I understand your anger
I got into 8hrs of
>downloading this, quite and now I have been informed I
need to backup files
>so I don't lose data or crash
>
>"Ivan" wrote:
>
>> So I downloaded SP2 - Great, Wonderful. But then i
realized that it sucks...
>> I could not use most regular programs (including
MICROSOFT word, excel,
>> etc.) because of the firewall. So i disabled the
firewall. It helped, but
>> along the line i kept getting error messages about
files and applications,
>> and so on and so forth. So, after about a week, I was
gonna watch one of my
>> movies on my computer. It auto opened Windows Media
and everything seemed
>> ok. The WMP downloaded a coded online,
automatically. I then got an erreo
>> that the codec was not safe, because the publisher was
not recognized. (Note
>> that WINDOWS MP dowloaded the codec from MICROSOFT.com
AUTOMATICALLY, using
>> MICROSOFT AUTOMATIC UPDATE) So after i had enough, i
went to control panel
>> and did the whole uninstall process for SP2. All fine
and dandy. At the end
>> of the 10 minute uninstall, my computer had to
restart, but once it shut
>> down, it could get no farther than the boot screen b4
it restarted. I really
>> need some help/tips to getting my computer running
again without (i repeat
>> without) losing all my files. Thanks for listening to
my anger.
>> Ivan
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