How to I check for sp2 - Microsoft Windows XP Professional

You need to check your system ram or memory. If you have 2 system ram or memory unplug the other memory and install the windows xp sp2 again. If still having a blue screen try the other memory then run the setup again. Also if you have an extra hard disk drive you can test it that or plug your hard disk drive to the other laptop and run the windows xp sp2 using your hard drive. If you can install the windows xp sp2 on the other laptop that means your hard disk drive are good. If your memory and to the other laptop are compatible plug it and run the windows xp sp2 installer to see and to diagnose what are really causing problem. Have a nice day.

If your disk is an original or SP1 version, you can follow these directions to add SP2 or SP3 to your current CD using this link

your game requirement says the minimum requirement is SP2 but recomemded SP3, your game still runs in SP2

Hi hichris_4u

You should be able to replace the Explorer.exe. Type in the command prompt expand C:\I386\explorer.ex_ %systemroot%\explorer.exe This will expand a new copy to the windows directory.

You should also download a new version of SP2 and reinstall it. You also could download a clean copy of SP2 Click the Download button. The file is 266MB. Create a folder on the C:\ root called SP2 and download it there. Create another folder called SP2 files now at a command prompt type C:\SP2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /x it’ll ask you to specify an directory so point it to the SP2 Files folder and let it extract there. Now type in the command prompt expand C:\SP2 Files\I386\explorer.ex_ %systemroot%\explorer.exe to expand a new copy to the windows directory.

If you get an error on destination, try expand C:\SP2 Files\I386\explorer.ex_ c:\windows\explorer.exe

If you expanding fron the I386 from the C:\ root try expand C:\I386\explorer.ex_ c:\windows\explorer.exe

If all fails, try and download SP2 onto another machine and then burn it to a CD for install.

Good Luck,

Mark

Please read and follow the article for your issue trouble shooting.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=60416






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Upgrade the computer to SP2 and then check the firewall settings after the upgrade. Turn off the firewall and see if you can connect then. I you still have a problem I would check the computer for viruses with a free online virus checker or with Trinity Rescue CD.

Step 1 
Create 3 folders - C:\WINXPSP2 C:\SP2 and C:\XPBOOT 
Step 2 
Copy the entire Windows XP CD into folder C:\WINXPSP2
Step 3 
You will have to download the SP2 Update, which is 250MB.  Rename the Service Pack file to XP-SP2.EXE  Extract the Service Pack from the Run Dialog using the command:  C:\XP-SP2.EXE -U -X:C:\SP2
Step 4 
Open Start/Run... and type the command:  C:\SP1106\update\update.exe -s:C:\WINXPSP1 
Click OK 
Folder C:\WINXPSP2contains: Windows XP SP2


How to Create a Windows XP SP1 CD Bootable 
Step 1 
Download xpboot.zip  Code:  Code:  http://thro.port5.com/xpboot.zip 
( no download manager !! ) 
Extract xpboot.zip file (xpboot.bin) in to the folder C:\XPBOOT 
Step 2 
Start Nero - Burning Rom.  Select File > New... from the menu.  1.) Select CD-ROM (Boot)  2.) Select Image file from Source of boot image data  3.) Set Kind of emulation: to No Emulation  4.) Set Load segment of sectors (hex!): to 07C0  5.) Set Number of loaded sectors: to 4  6.) Press the Browse... button 


Step 3 
Select All Files (*.*) from File of type:  Locate boot.bin in the folder C:\XPBOOT 
Step 4 
Click ISO tab  Set File-/Directory length to ISO Level 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 chars)  Set Format to Mode 1  Set Character Set to ISO 9660  Check all Relax ISO Restrictions 



Step 5 
Click Label Tab  Select ISO9660 from the drop down box.  Enter the Volume Label as WB2PFRE_EN  Enter the System Identifier as WB2PFRE_EN  Enter the Volume Set as WB2PFRE_EN  Enter the Publisher as MICROSOFT CORPORATION  Enter the Data Preparer as MICROSOFT CORPORATION  Enter the Application as WB2PFRE_EN 
* For Windows XP Professional OEM substitute WB2PFRE_EN with WXPOEM_EN  * For Windows XP Home OEM substitute WB2PFRE_EN with WXHOEM_EN 
Step 6 
Click Burn tab  Check Write  Check Finalize CD (No further writing possible!)  Set Write Method to Disk-At-Once 
Press New button 
Step 7 
Locate the folder C:\WINXPSP2  Select everything in the folder and drag it to the ISO compilation panel.  Click the Write CD Dialog button. 
Press Write 
You're done. 

BIOS is unlikely to fail from a software fix such as SP2 but you may have too little ram or too slow of a processor to handle changes.
You may have to do a complete reinstallation of XP to set things right and then try the SP2 upgrade again.
Windows is unfortunately sometimes infuriatingly cranky and may require repeated installation before settling down.

Also, eMachines may have tweaked their version of XP in a way not compatible with SP2.
Check their website or MS Knowledge Base for clues.

make sure that you are selecting the sp2 to be working with zone 2/3. Be careul and check volume to zone 2/3 on front panel before you activate sp2 with zone2/3.

what exact error do you get ?