Gave up on getting SATA integrated, finally got a "lite" version installed, and love it. Installed SP3, and now there is no functioning of add/remove windows components ?

I tried sfc /scannow and gave up after the 20th or so file error. I tried it with OEM XP2 SP2 cd. my nlited CD, and SP3 installer image cd, same results.

I get an error stating fp40ext.inf can not be found, but I found it, copied it to windows/system32 folder, and now I get a different error "fp40ext.dll cannot be found".

Indeed, I can not find any copy of such a file on my hard drive.

Chewie

If you installed SP3, then you should seach for the missing files there.

Open or unpack SP3 and look for your files. If the files are packed in cab archives (with .dl_ or in_ extensions), you can unpack them with winrar, winzip or 7zip. All .inf files should be placed into Windows\inf folder; fp40ext.dll needs to be placed into system32\Setup. You might get more errors, though, needing other files to be restored.

If your system needs FP server components (as in this case), do not remove Internet Information Services when nliting your XP.