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by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:42 pm

my freinds uninstalled SP2 and his pc wont work properly now anyone know how to fix this ? even his CD Rom wont detect CDS, and games wont work only thing working is his internet and MSN messenger. Rob.

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:48 pm

Hey robbro...
How did your friend Un-install SP2?

Cactus

by **brad** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:49 pm

Tried System Restore?
brad

by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:53 pm

he did add/remove from there... and no he got system restore off i think

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:00 pm

Read this

Cactus

by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:01 pm

yea he read that he did the add and remove one.

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:04 pm

He might be able to do a scanreg/restore....

Reboot
press F8
choose dos mode
type: scanreg/restore

Pick a restore date....

Cactus

by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:07 pm

okayy he gonna try install SP1 again first then if that dont work he gonna try what you said cactus

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:12 pm

Ok...let us know how it went!

Cactus

by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:13 pm

will do dood

by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:48 pm

okay the installing sp1 didnt work, he went safemod with dos typed scanreg/restore it wouldnt recognise it this is windows XP cactus ? think its a win98 command? ?

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:06 pm

See if this works...might not as he had Sys Restore off but try.

Log on to Windows as Administrator.
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Restore. System Restore starts.
On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Undo my last restoration, and then click Next. A System Restore message may appear that lists configuration changes that System Restore will make. Click OK.
On the Confirm Restoration Undo page, click Next. System Restore restores the original Windows XP configuration, and then restarts the computer.
Log on to the computer as Administrator. The System Restore Undo Complete page appears.
Click OK.

Cactus

by **robbro** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:34 pm

hes logged off msn and gave up , thanks for your help tho cactus, i dunno how hes gonna format his comp either without a cd rom

, but he needs to back up his stuff before he does that but he cant , thanks for trying to help anyway cactus if you find any other info out please reply thanks dood, Rob.

by **Geekgirl** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:40 pm

Hello robbro,

If he wants to backup his data before he reformats you can set his h.d.d as a salve on another pc and put his data on that computers h.d.d.

One question, why did he unistall SP2 anyhow, just curious.

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:43 pm

Try re-installing SP2 now and see what happens before you reformat.

Cactus

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