Downgrading SP3 to SP2 .

[varbagavitt]

Umm , I read that I just gotta uninstall this bullcrap from Add or Remove Programs . After I run the uninstaller for SP3 , it gives me an error that it cannot find a specific file to uninstall .

Is there any other way to downgrade ? SP3 is a loads of crap imo .

[Karnac]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950249

[Allan]

You should always have the most current service pack installed. The fact that you are experiencing some issues does not mean the update is problematic. Clearly it is not.

[varbagavitt]

It's just that after installing SP3 my PC slowed down , internet browsers lost sound , 50% of my programs installed are working with errors , my favorite mmorpg ain't working , msn crashes like million times a day . ( :

EDIT : Added this picture .

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[Karnac]

Have you run any spyware scans?....use malwarebytes and superantispyware......at least see if that's what's causing your slowdowns....Don't post any logs here...but if you do find problems post the logs in a new thread in the spyware forum.

[Allan]

Okay, but just upgrading to SP3 wouldn't cause that or you'd see everyone complaining. Something else is at work. Have you done full system scans with your AV and a good malware utility (such as MalwareBytes)? Hey look - it's your system - if you want to uninstall to SP2 that's your choice, but if it were me I wouldn't. Also, for future reference, before making any such major system change you should create an image of your system drive with a third party utility.

[patio]

My money is on you being infected prior to the install of SP3....
This has been known to cause issues.

[Allan]

My money is on you being infected prior to the install of SP3....
This has been known to cause issues.

+1 ^

[varbagavitt]

Okay, but just upgrading to SP3 wouldn't cause that or you'd see everyone complaining. Something else is at work. Have you done full system scans with your AV and a good malware utility (such as MalwareBytes)? Hey look - it's your system - if you want to uninstall to SP2 that's your choice, but if it were me I wouldn't. Also, for future reference, before making any such major system change you should create an image of your system drive with a third party utility.

Umm I'm pretty sure everything happened when i installed SP3 . Last time I installed SP3 , gettin rid of Vista and installing XP on my system , it deleted all my files on desktop and all my pictures . >_<

My money is on you being infected prior to the install of SP3....
This has been known to cause issues.

..... ? What ? XD

[varbagavitt]

bump ?

[Quantos]

bump ?

Don't bump your own posts, this is moderately rude, especially after only an hour.

[varbagavitt]

Emm thats " Posted on: August 22, 2009, 04:05:11 PM " and " Posted on: August 23, 2009, 05:08:30 PM ". You hours seem like days to me . :>

[BC_Programmer]

Umm I'm pretty sure everything happened when i installed SP3 . Last time I installed SP3 , gettin rid of Vista and installing XP on my system , it deleted all my files on desktop and all my pictures . >_<

yes. that's part of what "reformat/reinstall" happens to do.

Getting rid of Vista and installing ANY SP of XP will entail a clean install.

[Quantos]

Emm thats " Posted on: August 22, 2009, 04:05:11 PM " and " Posted on: August 23, 2009, 05:08:30 PM ". You hours seem like days to me . :>

Good catch. 

[varbagavitt]

yes. that's part of what "reformat/reinstall" happens to do.

Getting rid of Vista and installing ANY SP of XP will entail a clean install.

Read what I said please . AFTER installing Vista .. Then I had a perfectly good XP SP2 on .

But anyways , I got what I needed from you guys . Thank you so much for your help , I really appreciate it .

[BC_Programmer]

I did read what you said... perhaps it was vaguely put:

Last time I installed SP3 , gettin rid of Vista and installing XP on my system

So then, from your last post, I assume that you replaced vista with SP2.

And THEN upgraded to SP3.

However that was not stated before... and I could reread it many times and come to the same conclusion, so it is not necessarily an error on my part either.

But anyways- am I to assume that after installation of SP2, it was (of course) a clean install, you added pictures, files, etc. and then upgraded to SP3 and found those files missing?

If so that would be most peculiar.