dubstar
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so i install SP2 update to a Dell which has SP1. (my girlfriends parents).. im telling them how great the security is, and the built-in firewall and blah blah...
so it load and great, everything is functional.. i goto update it again with the new updates MS has,.. updates.. and on reboot i get a bunch of little blue vertical lines.. not long.. but short.. probably 100 or so.
i reboot and the same thing.
so i try to uninstall SP2 with "$NTServicePackUninstall$\SPUNINST.TXT" on the command prompt from cd (after a load from cd, recovery console...)
i goto "BATCH SPUNINST.TXT" and its not there... it says it cant do it.. so i say screw it.. to Safe Mode i go.
in safemode i delete the update 824141.. or atleast i try.. it says something is missing and it cant revert to the original. so i say screw it,.. dont revert.. but i keep the uninstall going.
big mistake.. the reboot takes me to a big fat error and nothing is good at all.
i try to reinstall windows OVER the existing partion of windows (C and ahhhhhhhh!!! now its saying "the procedure entry point GetIUMS could not be loacated in the dynamic link library MSDART.DLL"
so i press OK, and W&*@*(&JMND(!! grrrrrrr!
this is where i am stuck.
do i need to reformat?? i'd like to avoid it since there are so many pictures and all sorts of mom things that are crafty and her brothers essays..... (i dug a deep one here)
help guys!! i know you can do it!! you guys rock!
honestly. thanks for any help.
-alan
so it load and great, everything is functional.. i goto update it again with the new updates MS has,.. updates.. and on reboot i get a bunch of little blue vertical lines.. not long.. but short.. probably 100 or so.
i reboot and the same thing.
so i try to uninstall SP2 with "$NTServicePackUninstall$\SPUNINST.TXT" on the command prompt from cd (after a load from cd, recovery console...)
i goto "BATCH SPUNINST.TXT" and its not there... it says it cant do it.. so i say screw it.. to Safe Mode i go.
in safemode i delete the update 824141.. or atleast i try.. it says something is missing and it cant revert to the original. so i say screw it,.. dont revert.. but i keep the uninstall going.
big mistake.. the reboot takes me to a big fat error and nothing is good at all.
i try to reinstall windows OVER the existing partion of windows (C and ahhhhhhhh!!! now its saying "the procedure entry point GetIUMS could not be loacated in the dynamic link library MSDART.DLL"
so i press OK, and W&*@*(&JMND(!! grrrrrrr!
this is where i am stuck.
do i need to reformat?? i'd like to avoid it since there are so many pictures and all sorts of mom things that are crafty and her brothers essays..... (i dug a deep one here)
help guys!! i know you can do it!! you guys rock!
honestly. thanks for any help.
-alan