Re: [MCE] XP SP3 Issues

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RobinM Premium join:2001-10-24 Lupton City, TN Reviews: ·EPB Fiber Optics	reply to bcastner Re: [MCE] XP SP3 Issues said by bcastner: Promise me you will not go into Safe Mode if it happens again, and that you will not use System Restore. The choice if this happens again is to start XP in Normal mode. 1. Please check in Add or Remove Programs to see if there is an entry for Service Pack 3. If so, Uninstall it. If you have IE7 or IE8(beta) installed, use Add or Remove Programs and uninstall. 2. Download the stand-alone SP3 package. This is 315mb, and will not be quick to download: »www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···ylang=en 3. When the download completes, reboot, and begin tapping frequently the "F8" function key. When the boot option menu appears, select Safe Mode (without Networking). Use as the Logon Name "Administrator" (without the quotation marks). Double click your SP3 dowload to install Service Pack 3. 4. Remember that if you see the Boot Option again after a restart, please choose to enter Normal mode. When your Desktop finishes loading, reboot again. Please advise of any issues you experienced. Yes, I tried choosing Start in normal mode, or last known cofiguration. Both of them resulted in it going right back to that screen, in a loop. So I had to start in safe mode and do a restore. Um, I posted above in my last post that I did that and there is no entry for SP3. I have IE7 installed. Why do I need to remove it before installing SP3? I want IE7 and don't plan on removing it.
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bcastner Premium,VIP,MVM join:2002-09-25 Chevy Chase, MD kudos:7	The reason for removing IE7 is given here: »XP SP3 and IE6, IE7 & IE8 (Beta) - Important Information It is not absolutely necessary. But it does make very difficult the process of doing an in-place repair reinstallation in the future. We will reinstall IE7 when SP3 has been fully installed. My primary concern at the moment is that you cannot successfully revert a Service Pack installation by using System Restore. Your computer is presently in a completely unknown state, with pieces of Service Pack 2 and pieces of Service Pack 3 installed side-by-side. The only reason this is not completely obvious, is that you are using an archived set of registry hives. This has to be remedied. -- ============ MS-MVP 2004 - -2008, ASAP Member *Users Helping Users*
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RobinM Premium join:2001-10-24 Lupton City, TN Reviews: ·EPB Fiber Optics 2 edits	Ok so if I uninstall 7, will I have 6? Sorry if this seems a dumb question. Also, as I said, when I rebooted the last time, it would only boot into safe mode. What if this is the issue again? And I checked and I do have MCE 2005. It was in the add/remove programs
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