Thread: Repair of XP SP2 results in SP2 not being recognized

Thier is no repair for a replaced MB.Even with the exact same board model,it
will still have diffrences between them..You can/could headache around with
it,or do what ant pc tech will tell you only a clean reinstall of xp will
work....

"B. Clay" wrote:

> Wondering if anyone could suggest a solution for this problem...the mainboard
> went out on my computer; replaced mainboard, then XP would not boot...used XP
> CD to repair my Windows installation...everything went fine, booted into
> Windows and the Info screen in My computer reports SP1...SP2 was previously
> installed...if I go to Windows Update, it shows that SP2 is installed...also,
> the Genuine Advantage tool reports that SP2 is not installed...when I click
> on "Get SP2", it takes me to MS's website and there it also reports SP2 is
> installed....any suggestions on how to either reinstall SP2 or repair the
> files that are obviously causing the problem?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> B. Clay

Well, yes, I did think of this option first, however, there were files I
needed to preserve, thus, the attempt to repair...I have exchanged mb's
before on systems and had absolutely no problem, other than the os changing
devices...however, this one caused a no boot due to bsd...

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Thier is no repair for a replaced MB.Even with the exact same board model,it
> will still have diffrences between them..You can/could headache around with
> it,or do what ant pc tech will tell you only a clean reinstall of xp will
> work....
>
> "B. Clay" wrote:
>
> > Wondering if anyone could suggest a solution for this problem...the mainboard
> > went out on my computer; replaced mainboard, then XP would not boot...used XP
> > CD to repair my Windows installation...everything went fine, booted into
> > Windows and the Info screen in My computer reports SP1...SP2 was previously
> > installed...if I go to Windows Update, it shows that SP2 is installed...also,
> > the Genuine Advantage tool reports that SP2 is not installed...when I click
> > on "Get SP2", it takes me to MS's website and there it also reports SP2 is
> > installed....any suggestions on how to either reinstall SP2 or repair the
> > files that are obviously causing the problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance...
> >
> > B. Clay