Originally posted by dredwingz03:
I have autoupdate on, and I was hoping that it didn't download SP2. My roommate this morning downloaded it and now his IE won't work, and some programs aren't working. Is there a way to switch back to SP1 or tell if I already have downloaded SP2? Sorry for my computer illiteracy.

thanks,
Paul

there are a couple of ways to do this, we tried both this past week in class and both worked fine. one way is if you have system restore turned on then you can simply restore to a date prior to the sp2 install. i think that system restore is turned on by default and that sp2 will create a system restore point automatically, iirc. for this method go to start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system restore. choose "restore my computer to a an earlier time". choose a date and let your comp do its thing.

alternately

you can go to start/control panel/add or remove programs and scroll down until you see "windows xp service pack 2". click this and choose remove and let the computer do its thing.

like i said, in class we used both methods and they both worked. the nice thing about system restore is that it will return your computer to a point where the computer worked fine.

oh yeah, to see which service pack you have right click my computer/go to properties/ and read the window that comes up it will tell you which version of xp you have

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