ANother I'm an idiot question

[svofcols]

Can I and if I can how do I get rid of that da*&#d IE download patch thing ? It is doing nothing but screwing up all my settings and causing me grief. WHy o Why did I not read your opinions BEFORE downloading? NEVER again.
Sandi

[Mark]

But we're sure there are many knowledgable DBBers that still actually use IE. Good luck and many DBB Healing RAYZ to your computer. :D

:rayz: :rayz: :rayz: :rayz: :rayz:

[red haired girl]

What type of problem are you having? What patch was it and can it even be un-installed?

[svofcols]

and all of a sudden it is making a nightmare of trying to sign on to some areas with passwords, got them all screwed up and won't let me change them. Websites like Best Buy which require cookies - tell's me that I need to reset my cookie level(which I have) keep getting same message. Alos printer and digcam dont work as well. Could be coincidence but I think not, I just wanna get rid of the junk and get back to the surfin I used to enjoy.
Sandi

[red haired girl]

Here is a link to some information on service pack 2 http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=23905071

[Mark]

NOT to install XP SP2 . . . mostly because we don't need any of the enhancements and we've never had anything but probs with M$'s XP firewall (we would just like to keep it like it is . . . off). :)

When I get time I will try to search M$'s support page to find the uninstall . . . assuming it exists.

[Steven]

Sandi, if you have System Restore turned on, this may help to uninstall SP2 it:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875355

If not, try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875350 This one just states how to remove it from the Add/remove control panel and 3 other ways.

Also, read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=878454

I personally haven't installed SP2 as I'm waiting for them to fix problems. It's like what they did with Windows 95b -- I think it was 95b. They pretty much killed the OS when they released that service pack.

If you need any help in doing the above work, let me know.

[Me&DappledDuo]

Do you know how to do a system restore? SUPER easy... and the only things you'll lose are any recently added programs or registry changes.

SP2 automatically sets a restore point before it installs (that's ONE nice thing I can say about it... ;)). You can find system restore under All Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> System Restore.

It uses a wizard- simple to use. Just follow the directions and choose a date before SP2 was installed (or if you know what day it WAS installed- choose it). You can always reverse it if you screw things up worse. :)

System restore is a default setting on XP- but it IS possible to turn it off- in that case, you do have to go through some loops... :(

And yeah... no SP2 for me yet.

[blazeman]

I put SP2 on 8 machines (desktops) last week... but they had NOTHING on them before so there was nothing to mess up.

My co-worker put it on his laptop... and after an hour... started the removal process... took him 4 hours from start to finish...

I won't do it for a WHILE on my laptop!

[svofcols]

:bowing: :bowing: Using the system restore - the garbage is gone! Thank you soo much for reminding me! I had used it before but totally spaced it! My system is back to normal!
THanks again!
Sandi