SP3 not showing in System infoirmation

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When Sp3 came out, I installed it, and burned it to CD so I would have it..
now I see in System information it's not showing up.. My friend and I did
this at the same time, and her's is not showing either.. Does this mean I
don't have it? Rainy
 
thanks for your input.. it still says 2? I guess I should get it again.. I
don't know why it didn't take.. hugs Rainy
Take a look here;

Start
Run

type winver
enter
 
I went to windows update to install it.. and I just checked and it's not
there... hidden system files are visible too.. thanks.. my friend who got it
has the same result.. hugs Rainy
Rainy, did you Install the larger SP3 file. Over 448MB?
Go to C:\Windows\$NTServicePackUninstall$ which should be 448MB . If
there then
it's been installed. In order to see this folder you may have to go to
Tools>Folder Options>View>click on Show hidden files and folders. Uncheck
Hide protected operating system files.
 
I went back to windows update to try and get it again.. and it just hung! So
I got out my Cd and tried to install it.. Got tons of errors, first error
was "can't find a file" on my d drive that they just put there.. then a
zillion "can't read memory" errors as it was installing.. I finally rebooted
after the install, checked system properties to see if it installed and it
did.. but is it all there?.. Seems like after all those errors it would only
be partly there.. This was the worst install I have done.. especially from
Microsoft.. Rainy
When Sp3 came out, I installed it, and burned it to CD so I would have it..
now I see in System information it's not showing up.. My friend and I did
this at the same time, and her's is not showing either.. Does this mean I
don't have it? Rainy
 
Now I am having problems first one was outlook express had disappeared.. so
I went to add windows components and reinstalled it.. Now IE is acting
strange.. I did the same thing by reinstalling it, and it tries to open
windows live messenger.. I am thinking I should uninstall this update, or
choose system restore to go back to where I was.. Rainy
I went back to windows update to try and get it again.. and it just hung! So
I got out my Cd and tried to install it.. Got tons of errors, first error
was "can't find a file" on my d drive that they just put there.. then a
zillion "can't read memory" errors as it was installing.. I finally rebooted
after the install, checked system properties to see if it installed and it
did.. but is it all there?.. Seems like after all those errors it would only
be partly there.. This was the worst install I have done.. especially from
Microsoft.. Rainy
When Sp3 came out, I installed it, and burned it to CD so I would have it..
now I see in System information it's not showing up.. My friend and I did
this at the same time, and her's is not showing either.. Does this mean I
don't have it? Rainy
 
I went back to windows update to try and get it again.. and it just hung! So
I got out my Cd and tried to install it.. Got tons of errors, first error
was "can't find a file" on my d drive that they just put there.. then a
zillion "can't read memory" errors as it was installing.. I finally rebooted
after the install, checked system properties to see if it installed and it
did.. but is it all there?.. Seems like after all those errors it would only
be partly there.. This was the worst install I have done.. especially from
Microsoft.. Rainy
When Sp3 came out, I installed it, and burned it to CD so I would have it..
now I see in System information it's not showing up.. My friend and I did
this at the same time, and her's is not showing either.. Does this mean I
don't have it? Rainy
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The onlt time I could get a complete d/l from the MS site was at 9AM
EDT.
If you got your copy from a newsgroup. it might have been defective.

Open the ISO and extract the info on installing.
A tech said to kill the firewall and all other pgms including the AV.
I`d pull the internet connection.

I would not worry about the SP3 until your new drive is straight.

Did you mention the D partition?
Are you trying to install to the d? Doesn`t it have to be on the C
partition?
If I think of anything else, I`ll wait until you have a chance to think.
Regards
buddy b
 
I scan for virus every night with avg, but will run my asquare to see if I
have something.. but no I didn't do that right before installing.. thanks,
Rainy
Rainy, did you do a check for Malware or Virus before trying to install SP3?
That was
a major factor when people were having trouble with SP2. I installed the
large 448MB
SP3 file and most of it was updates that I already had. I have not had any
trouble with
SP3, so far.
 
D is not a partition .. C is one drive, D is the other.. and now I have a G
I will be replacing the C drive and when I do I will update again .. thanks,
Rainy
I went back to windows update to try and get it again.. and it just hung! So
I got out my Cd and tried to install it.. Got tons of errors, first error
was "can't find a file" on my d drive that they just put there.. then a
zillion "can't read memory" errors as it was installing.. I finally rebooted
after the install, checked system properties to see if it installed and it
did.. but is it all there?.. Seems like after all those errors it would only
be partly there.. This was the worst install I have done.. especially from
Microsoft.. Rainy
When Sp3 came out, I installed it, and burned it to CD so I would have it..
now I see in System information it's not showing up.. My friend and I did
this at the same time, and her's is not showing either.. Does this mean I
don't have it? Rainy
Click to expand...
The onlt time I could get a complete d/l from the MS site was at 9AM
EDT.
If you got your copy from a newsgroup. it might have been defective.

Open the ISO and extract the info on installing.
A tech said to kill the firewall and all other pgms including the AV.
I`d pull the internet connection.

I would not worry about the SP3 until your new drive is straight.

Did you mention the D partition?
Are you trying to install to the d? Doesn`t it have to be on the C
partition?
If I think of anything else, I`ll wait until you have a chance to think.
Regards
buddy b
 
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