microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

Additionally, I tried to do a XP recovery and tried to list the commands at
the command prompt with "recovery console commands" but it told me "the
command was not recognized"

"RDT" wrote:

> I checked what it was trying to update and it must have been and office
> update but it needed to install SP2 also. I did the command lines mowgreen
> suggested in another post and I thought it installed SP2 properly but now
> anytime I try to boot it up I get the compaq screen, then the XP screen with
> the moving blue dashes, then a blue screen with words that is gone too fast
> to read then it goes to the safe mode screen. I have tried safe mode, last
> configuration mode and regular mode and they all do the same thing. What did
> I screw up?
>
> "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > PRO11.msi is an Office 2003 MSI database package installer. Is Office
> > 2003 installed?
> > If not, download and run the Windows Installer Cleanup utility from the
> > link on this page after you've read how to use it:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
> >
> > Also, why isn't SP2 installed for XP ?
> >
> > MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> > ===============
> > *-343-* FDNY
> > Never Forgotten
> > ===============
> >
> >
> >
> > RDT wrote:
> >
> > > I not sure how I managed to post this in accessibility but it probably shoud
> > > be here. I have a machine I recently had to reinstall XP sp1 on. That went
> > > well but now it has the updates icon on the task bar but when I click on that
> > > to install, a few seconds into it, I get a message that it can't find
> > > "PRO11.msi". I did a search and it's not on the comp or the install disk.
> > > What is this and how do I get it? Thanks.y but It probably should be here.
> >