And I thought I'd seen everything.
Apr. 21st, 2008 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingSo, a Windows XP machine won't boot, corrupted registry. BSOD on startup. Fine by me, I tell it to go with Last Known Good and try again.
.... and suddenly the machine boots just fine, but now I'm looking at a lovely fresh install of XP Professional.
Service pack 1.
It was SP2 two minutes ago, for the record. And that was installed, as SP2, outright.
All the data and programs are still there, and all the user folders, but no user accounts, according to Windows. All the device drivers for the stuff Windows doesn't handle natively are not installed. They're THERE - just tell the machine to install the "unknown device" and poof, they install themselves.
IE 7 is still installed, for the record. Despite this now being SP1.
Windows Firewall is still there - or, rather, all the services are still there, but none of the control interfaces.
The fuck?
None of the network connections work, of course, because Windows Firewall is totally gefucked. Luckily, I've got an upgrade-to-SP2 CD.
.... and suddenly the machine boots just fine, but now I'm looking at a lovely fresh install of XP Professional.
Service pack 1.
It was SP2 two minutes ago, for the record. And that was installed, as SP2, outright.
All the data and programs are still there, and all the user folders, but no user accounts, according to Windows. All the device drivers for the stuff Windows doesn't handle natively are not installed. They're THERE - just tell the machine to install the "unknown device" and poof, they install themselves.
IE 7 is still installed, for the record. Despite this now being SP1.
Windows Firewall is still there - or, rather, all the services are still there, but none of the control interfaces.
The fuck?
None of the network connections work, of course, because Windows Firewall is totally gefucked. Luckily, I've got an upgrade-to-SP2 CD.