Re: Windows XP SP2 Beta

Through the whole of the beta program I never found any program that would
not work after an uninstall, and it warned me at each build removal..

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Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Phil" <> wrote in message
news:179059DB-F6F9-40A5-87AF-...
> Regarding Windows XP SP2 "Beta" RC2, Works fine and installs fine, but if
> I
> install the SP2 "final version" RTM over it, my system will hang on reboot
> like Dave's in a previous post. The MS junior techie/expert/robot suggests
> I
> uninstall SP2 Beta, and install SP2 Final Version. Of course when I go to
> uninstall SP2 Beta, Windows warns me that most of my programs will not
> work
> afterwards. Has anyone ever done this? If i reinstall SP2 Final, will most
> of
> my programs work again? If I can get it to install and reboot my system
> successfully?

thanks, very informative...

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Through the whole of the beta program I never found any program that would
> not work after an uninstall, and it warned me at each build removal..
>
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Phil" <> wrote in message
> news:179059DB-F6F9-40A5-87AF-...
> > Regarding Windows XP SP2 "Beta" RC2, Works fine and installs fine, but if
> > I
> > install the SP2 "final version" RTM over it, my system will hang on reboot
> > like Dave's in a previous post. The MS junior techie/expert/robot suggests
> > I
> > uninstall SP2 Beta, and install SP2 Final Version. Of course when I go to
> > uninstall SP2 Beta, Windows warns me that most of my programs will not
> > work
> > afterwards. Has anyone ever done this? If i reinstall SP2 Final, will most
> > of
> > my programs work again? If I can get it to install and reboot my system
> > successfully?
>
>
>