Uninstalling SP2?

[jme574]

Is there a way to uninstall xp sp2? It auto installed on my laptop last night, now there is no network adapter. I have read all through the xp forum, read the topics listed from microsoft and nothing works. I even tried to do a system restore to before the service pack installed. It goes through the restore then reboots and tells me that it can not restore to the restore point i selected.

can i uninstall the service pack without having to format my hd and do a full xp re-install?

[gabriel_buc]

Why do you want to uninstall it ??? It's a "critical" update as M$ says.

Anyway you should have in your Add/Remove panel "Microsoft SP2" entry. Just hit Remove and that's it. This involves that you ALLOWED SP2 to back up modified files.

[Astalavista]

sp2 has a firewall automatically turned on.

you turn off the firewall your network goes back on line.

you should see a red shield on the lower right hand corner of your window's desktop.

turn off the firewall.

you good to go.

if u decide to remove sp2, you will face hundreds if not thousands of attacks and viruses. up to u.