revert from vista sp1 beta

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 wrote:
> 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

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
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

On Dec 26, 3:41*pm, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> trooperbill wrote:
> > 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
>
> 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
> --
> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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?

"Malke" wrote:

> trooperbill wrote:
> > 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
>
> 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
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>