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ok so i got a computer about 2 years ago good comp with windows xp

so the other day i decide to go and make alittle video and i'm doin it and it says that i need to register it and i needed a product key....what product key i didn't buy it seperatly so what i did is i dled windows media maker 2.0 so i wouldnt' need to go through it and i installed and now if just won't work for anything, it just keeps telling me to install it.....can somebody help me with this problem :) :) :woot: :tazz:
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Media maker is already on there, so if you downloaded it, you may have uninstalled it

Click start, all programmes, accessories, system tools to run disc clean up, then from system tools, run disc defragmenter.

Click start then run, type prefetch then press enter, click edit then select all, all the files in the folder will now be highlighted, right click any file, click delete, a box will appear asking if you want to delete all the files, confirm the delete then reboot

Open the CD ROM Drive used to install Windows, insert the XP CD but leave the drawer open. Click start then run, type sfc /scannow then press enter, then close the CD ROM Drive drawer, You will get a blue progress bar, after the bar goes, reboot. This will check for and replace missing or corrupt system files.
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well here's the BIGGEST problem with my computer i got an HP so it didn't come with a xp disc they decided that if uever needed anything its on the D drive (system recovery) so i can't do anything

so wait if i have media maker where is it and is it the same the movie maker
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Click start then search, include hidden and system files, look for movie maker, right click moviemk, (looks like a film reel) click send to, send to desktop
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it didn't work cause all that came up is the movie maker thats not working

so i'm trying media maker but idk if thats gunna work
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nothing
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Did you download SP2 or was it already installed
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no i didn't i have s3 or something
should i dl sp2

is it still at microsoft .com
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Run the updates from here, install all the critical ones then see if SP2 is offered

http://update.micros...t.aspx?ln=en-us
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its not avalible
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Click start, control panel, add / remove, tick show updates, to look for SP2
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thats how i was looking for it when u asked me but unfortunatley i don't see it :tazz:

i have a few things that are s3 and one thing that says ps2
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In add / remove, at the top there is a show updates box which needs to be ticked, SP2 is usually way down the list

Microsoft Update will offer most of the critical updates before it offers SP2, so you will not see it until you have installed those
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yea i dl the rest will this make my comp noticibally slower because i feel like its getting slower and i think its cause of all my dling
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everything left to dl is from like 2002
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