Hi.
Last night I did a repair install using a Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 disk.
It was not the original disk that installed Windows XP Pro on this computer, years ago.
And now I don't seem to have Service Pack 2. Just Service Pack 3.
But I need service pack 2 to fix problems i am having with DirectX.
I have been unable to reinstall any versions of directx over my directx 9b. I can't install 9c. And I read that one fix was to download Windows XP Service Pack 2. But I can't install service pack 2 because I already have service pack 3. And I can't uninstall service pack 3 because it was part of the windows installation last night.
So I was thinking....
The only way I can possibly install service pack 2 is to do a repair install with this other disk I got a hold of that is Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 !
So it's older than the one I installed last night.
Is it a bad idea to do a repair install with the Win XP Pro SP 2 disk over the Win XP Pro SP3 install I did last night?
Please let me know what you think.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
-D.
Last night I did a repair install using a Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 disk.
It was not the original disk that installed Windows XP Pro on this computer, years ago.
And now I don't seem to have Service Pack 2. Just Service Pack 3.
But I need service pack 2 to fix problems i am having with DirectX.
I have been unable to reinstall any versions of directx over my directx 9b. I can't install 9c. And I read that one fix was to download Windows XP Service Pack 2. But I can't install service pack 2 because I already have service pack 3. And I can't uninstall service pack 3 because it was part of the windows installation last night.
So I was thinking....
The only way I can possibly install service pack 2 is to do a repair install with this other disk I got a hold of that is Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 !
So it's older than the one I installed last night.
Is it a bad idea to do a repair install with the Win XP Pro SP 2 disk over the Win XP Pro SP3 install I did last night?
Please let me know what you think.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
-D.