Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair

[Steve R Jones]

Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair

The trouble occurs when users reinstall XP's system files using the repair capability found on genuine XP CD-ROMs. (The feature is not present on "Restore CDs.") The repair option, which is typically employed when XP for some reason becomes unbootable, rolls many aspects of XP back to a pristine state. It wipes out many updates and patches and sets Internet Explorer back to the version that originally shipped with the operating system.

[Ridgerunr]

Thanks for posting this Steve. And I'd like to let people know that creating the batch file as described worked just fine on my XP-Pro-sp2 version of Windoze...