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Uninstalling Windows 2000 SP2

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by fjaramillo

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Can someone please tell me how to uninstall Win2k Service Pack 2. I applied the Service Pack to my Win2k Professional Workstation and my Cisco "Syslog" stopped working.

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Nando

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by jon_harvey

From the readme

If you have an integrated install, you can't uninstall sp2. If you installed sp2 over a previous install...

3.1 Using Add/Remove Programs to Uninstall Service Pack 2

You can uninstall Service Pack 2 by using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

To uninstall Service Pack 2 by using Add/Remove Programs

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs, click Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, and then click Change/Remove.
Follow the instructions that appear.

3.2 Using the Uninstall Program to Uninstall Service Pack 2

You can uninstall Service Pack 2 by running the uninstall program from the command prompt.

To uninstall Service Pack 2

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
Type cd %systemroot%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\, and then press ENTER.
Type spuninst.exe, and then press ENTER.
To close the Command Prompt window, type exit.

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