On Apr 25 Dotan Cohen did spake thusly:
On 25 Apr 2007 18:36:01 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson <init@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 4) insert Windows CD and let it automatically find and repair windows
> by going through the install wizard until you reach the bit where it
> finds your old copy of windows and can reinstall
How can this work if your binaries are not in their pristine conditions?
Such as when you have downloaded updates through Automatic Updates or
Windows Update? Wouldn't it result in some files being downgraded to the
version found on the install disc, while other files are kept in their
updated versions? This sounds like a good recipe for a mess.
That's exactly what it does. The MS versioning system is, er, lacking.
Repairing XP brings it back to the install state.
And reinstalling the service packs brings it back up to its better state -
it's meant to be a drastic thing, it shouldn't ever be needed (I've only
needed to do it once in 8 years of 2000/XP - and that was because I
changed the drives I had windows on)
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