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Un installing spk6a

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by tejota

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I have an application that will not run on service pack 6, yest the laptop I am working with has spk6a. The user did not mark the check box to backup previous files in the event you want to un-install the service pack. Is there a way to modify a config, ini, or log file to fool NT or the app into thinking service pack 5 is installed? I don't wan't to run a repair because then it will write over some drivers that I do not have the software for. Thanks.

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by amoisant

There is no clean way to do this, you can do this manually but is not recommended. You need to keep the following files if you do a manual uninstall by copying files over from the CD

Certmgr.msc
Comcat.dll
Comctl32.dll
Crypt32.dll
Cryptdlg.dll
Cryptext.dll
Cryptnet.dll
Cryptui.dll
Dssbase.dll
Dsssig.exe
Enhsig.dll
Initpki.dll
Lsasrv.dll
Mscat32.dll
Msoss.dll
Mssign32.dll
Mssip32.dll
Msv1_0.dll
Odbccp32.cpl
Odbccp32.dll
Odbcint.dll
Pcomdrv.sys
Psbase.dll
Pstorec.dll
Pstorerc.dll
Pstores.exe
Regsvr32.exe
Rsabase.dll
Rsaenh.dll
Rsasig.dll
Samlib.dll
Samsrv.dll
Schannel.dll
Secauth.hlp
Services.exe
Shfolder.dll
Softpub.dll
Spmsg.dll
Syskey.exe
Winlogon.exe
Wintrust.dll
Wldap32.dll
Xenroll.dll

Your better off searching for the drivers you need. or copying the driver files to another partition. as well as the registry and recreating the system.

by tom_linv

There is no clean "uninstall" for SP6a. I would suggest that you find out what your application doesn't like and get a patch from the vendor. You can also examine what SP6a fixes on microsoft's site. This will be difficult since it had several hundred small fixes. Your best bet would be with your software vendor.

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