If there is a small chance that this computer which is 1. Otherwise I will have used either a dell reinstallation cd which has windows xp home sp2 or a new windows xp professional sp2 depending on which gives the most flexability or options for any possible future operating system repairs.
I had bought my dell inspiron laptop computer in and had the hard drive replaced in When the hard drive was replaced under extended warantee dell sent to me another set of installation disks. So I no long can tell which is the old and which is the new on some of the disks. I'll list all the disks I have and their contents. The above 12 disks are what I have for the reinstallation and some are either duplicates or updates.
I do not want to install the McAfee antivirus and I am not sure whether it will be automatically installed or whether it is an option. I would like to reinstall MSE. I may need to install the McAfe and then uninstall. If i have to install Mcafee then the add remove programs failed to uninstall all of the antivirus software and I will then need to run the special removal tool again.
Is this something I can download now onto the external hard drive and use when needed or must I have a downloaded browser and an internet connection to get and properly use this antivirus software removal tool. Bear indicated that with the combined issues that i am having that I have malware. This is in spite of the numerous malware scans whether norton, trend micro, hijackthis, kapersky etc. There was a period of time in which i did not actively update the antivirus definitions and this convinced him that this must be a malware problem.
So it seems sensible to replace the operating system and just make sure all the bases are covered. At the same time I would like to understand if there is a way to determine if corrupted files are the problems and if there is no detected malware by numerous scans whether corrupted files can be fixed. That is does windows xp give you the option to run a repair with either the reinstallation disk or a brand new installation disk? If you have no detected malware and then perform a repair and the system appears to work normally again is the problem that the malware still has altered the registry and this is missed by the repair tool?
So it is essentially an incomplete repair? Is that the reason for always doing a complete reinstall or is it something else? Based on what I know as of this moment I would make these steps and i bet there are lots of errors.
But here goes anyway. Please correct me anywhere I get the steps out of order, make a mistake or miss a step. Currently I am backing up my documents and desktop but I will need to learn how to backup files of contacts within microsoft outlook, aol etc. This has already been done with MS and malwarebytes. These are potentially malware contaminated files but since they are not the operating system files and since they passed the malware scans they are safe to reinstall?
Will one of the windows updates convert xp sp2 into xp sp3? Will there be numerous reboots with numerous updates. This is likely to take one or more hours? When I was having the problems I checked the hardware on my computer by booting and pressing the f12 key. This opened dell diagnostics and all of the hardware passed. It skipped one step and that was flashing the bios.
I have a dead battery and it indicated that it only can flash the bios with battery power. If flashing a bios is a part of the windows installation process then It would fail at that point as I will only have electrical power.
I hope that this is not a part of the reinstall process. If it is then I would need to get a battery before I replace the operating system. I have not set up microsoft outlook since 5 years ago and no longer remember how to do that. But I anticipate I will need to get isp codes or use smtp or something like that?
I'll have to google search for the aol configuration too. Using wifi and speed test. How do I download now and them get them to the proper place on my internal drive after the operating system installation. Is it somehow a simple copy and paste somewhere or does the operating system look and find it on the external hard drive to place the files in the right place?
The download options are run, save and cancel. If i click on save now can it go to the extrnal hard drive for use later? I am guessing that this is a lot diffrent than the word, excel, powerpoint, adobe files etc which is a copy and paste to my documents? And the same for the drivers, the updated drivers could be downloaded somehow to the external drive and then somehow go to the right place after operating system installation?
How do i find each driver that is old to make sure it seeks a new driver that is on the external drive? The SP2 installation procedure leaves the prior Hotfix Uninstall files in place in case you want to uninstall SP2 and then uninstall a particular Hotfix. You can also remove any Hotfix Uninstall files for Hotfixes that you've installed after SP2 if you're satisfied with the way they work.
Even though the goal here is to remove the Uninstall files because you no longer feel that you need them and would prefer to have the extra hard disk space available for data and applications, you should make backup copies of the SP2 and other Hotfix Uninstall files.
That way, should you ever decide to uninstall the files, you can restore the Uninstall files and then uninstall them. In this article I'll walk you through the entire procedure for backing up and removing SP2 and other Hotfix Uninstall files. Several folks with whom I've discussed this technique with mistakenly assumed that if you removed the SP2 Uninstall files, you would run into problems with Windows File Protection, which would no longer be able to do its job.
However, that's not the case. This folder is then used by Windows File Protection in the event that a crucial system file needs to be replaced. As such you'll need to be sure that you've enabled the Show Hidden Files and Folders option on the View tab of the Folder Options dialog box. At this point, you can investigate the folders and determine which ones you want to backup and then remove.
While you're doing so, you can find out how much disk space each Uninstall folder is occupying. To do so, right-click on any folder, select the Properties command, and check out the Size On Disk section on the General tab. If there are a lot of Hotfix folders in the Windows folder and you want to be able to quickly determine which Hotfixes were installed prior to installing SP2 and which Hotfixes were installed after installing SP2, you can quickly and easily compile a text file listing of all the Hotfix folders sorted by date with a simple command line.
Here's how:. Load the file into Notepad for viewing and printing by typing the command: Notepad HotfixFolders. This makes it a snap to determine which ones you want to backup and then remove.
While the idea of trashing unnecessary clutter from your hard disk, on the surface sounds very appealing, when it comes right down to it and you're just about to perform the Delete operation, chances are that you'll get butterflies in your stomach and start second guessing the wisdom of such a move. Sign up for the Confident Computing newsletter for weekly solutions to make your life easier.
Click here and get The Ask Leo! It was installed by a computer place and not through Windows Update. Become a Patron of Ask Leo! That means the system was running without SP2, and it was installed either via Windows Update, or via the Automatic Updates feature. As an integrated part of a fresh install.
Once SP2 was released, the changes it contained were integrated directly into new copies of Windows XP. In my opinion, this is a good thing. In your case, there was no upgrade, SP2 was there from the beginning. That implies that any problems you are experiencing are not likely to be SP2 related. If you are absolutely , positively , dead set on removing SP2, the only way I know to do it would be to find and install a copy of Windows XP that did not have SP2 integrated, make darned sure you have replacements for all the security enhancements that SP2 provides, and make sure not to take SP2 as an automatic update.
In my opinion SP2 remains a very good thing, and an important part of keeping your computer safe and secure. Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. I am having trouble removing xp sp2.
I tried several ways from the microsoft website. There is nothing that says xp2 in the control panel remove section even under hidden files. Nothing in the recvovery area. There is a ton of hotfixes and windows updates…but nothing that sp2. How do i get rid of this irritating update? PLease help, thanks. I want to delete XP SP2.
I downloaded it, tried to install it, and it gives an error message during the install saying there is a a corrupt file. How do i delete the uninstalled SP2 so that I can download a new copy? The microsoft update website tells me I already have the SP2 downloaded, so I cant get a fresh copy. I do have the option of uninstalling it in my control panel. What problems can occur if I uninstall SP2? The biggest issue is that you will no longer have many of the security updates that SP2 includes, and will be at risk from various forms of malware.
A clean install of Windows avoids those issues. Found out too late that it will overwrite 98 and all info lost.
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